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Star halfway across the universe was visible to naked eye for 30 secs on Wednesday
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nationalgeographic.com
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alexwg
on March 23, 2008
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dhimes
on March 23, 2008
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Those of you interested in astronomical things may enjoy
http://www.badastronomy.com/
trekker7
on March 23, 2008
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Wow, this is amazing. Anybody on HN happen to see it?
doubleplus
on March 23, 2008
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Halfway across the visible universe, not the entire universe, which is 90+ billion light years across. Sorry to nitpick. :)
foonamefoo
on March 23, 2008
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It is impossible to know what is outside of our lightcone.
mynameishere
on March 23, 2008
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_burst#Mass_extinction...
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