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post #1 of 49
2/20/09 at 6:22am
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Alderaan?
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The US space agency's Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected, a report published Thursday in Science Express said.

The spectacular blast, which occurred in September in the Carina constellation, produced energies ranging from 3,000 to more than five billion times that of visible light, astrophysicists said.
= ?
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post #2 of 49
2/20/09 at 6:29am
No, we all know it was really Alex Rogan and a gung-ho iguana stopping the KODAN Armada from invading Rylos. But, as we know, Xur escaped, the Frontier is down, so there is still danger!

If we could listen in on the moment right before the explosion, we'd just hear the whizzing of a futuristic red monocle and the words "We die."
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post #3 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:40pm
There was a great disturbance in the Force. Like a billion voices all crying out at once and then. . . nothing.

Unfortunately, it took 5 1/2 months to get here.
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post #4 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:44pm
Dark Phoenix has consumed another Sun.
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post #5 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:47pm
There has been an incident on Praxis.
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post #6 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:52pm
I remember quite a while back, I was reading a book by Arthur C. Clarke. He was talking about photos taken of distant supernovae.

I don't remember the name of the book(it was fiction), but scientists were looking at a nova, and they noticed that right before the star exploded... the second planet in that system had blown up first.

Zero-point energy... to quote Riggs, "That's some hea-vy shit."

I think maybe someone just blew themselves up.
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post #7 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:55pm
Maybe it was a giant amorphous space tornado heralded by this guy:

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post #8 of 49
2/20/09 at 12:55pm
In other news, a Kansas couple has adopted a young boy.
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post #9 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:00pm
I hope Dr. Soran was able to get into the Nexus.

What? All the good planet-exploding movies were taken.
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post #10 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:03pm
I think they are taking this viral marketing for Transformers 2 a bit far.....
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post #11 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:05pm
...and thus was another Interstellar bypass cleared: another successful project for the Vogon Constructor Fleet.
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post #12 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:14pm
Someone must have gotten their hands on the Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
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post #13 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny View Post
I hope Dr. Soran was able to get into the Nexus.

What? All the good planet-exploding movies were taken.
Looking between your post and this one...apparently not.
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post #14 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:23pm
Hey guys, a mountain just landed outside. Should I be concerned?
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post #15 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Hey guys, a mountain just landed outside. Should I be concerned?
Not at all.
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post #16 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:34pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Not at all.
Epic win!!
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post #17 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:45pm
O.K. There's a ball of fire, it's 1200 miles in diameter headin straight for Earth, and we have no idea how to stop it. THAT's the problem.
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post #18 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:51pm
Hmm, this just popped up on Twitter:

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT CARINA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
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post #19 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:53pm
Somebody better check and see if there's a ninth dimensional object around there. Be careful though, human language can't explain it, but math sure as hell can.
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post #20 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:55pm
Gamma radiation you say? I heard there are these three scientists and this guy who is a gruff but ace pilot are going to go into space and investigate this.

Or it was The Doctor setting of fire crackers outside of his Tardis.
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post #21 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:56pm
Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory...and for our mutual pleasure...I destroy it utterly.
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post #22 of 49
2/20/09 at 1:57pm
That's what he gets for using protomatter.
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post #23 of 49
2/20/09 at 2:02pm
Nordling = pwnd
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post #24 of 49
2/20/09 at 2:17pm
Oh shit. Someone activated the Inhibitors.
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post #25 of 49
2/20/09 at 2:32pm
I know we're all geeks and nerds here, but Jesus Christ, we are some fucking geeks and nerds...
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post #26 of 49
2/20/09 at 2:40pm
Seven goofy spaceships just showed up to defend us. Now I'm getting worried.
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post #27 of 49
2/20/09 at 2:42pm
Someone get the BPRD on the line. Fuck that Torchwood nonsense.
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post #28 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:07pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Or it was The Doctor setting of fire crackers outside of his Tardis.
Was it the Fifth Doctor or the Tenth? Was the explosion the size of Belgium?

Shoot, all the really good exploding star/planet stuff's been taken. Hmmm, let's see...

Anyone know what Cthulhu and the Old Ones are up to lately?
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post #29 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin View Post
I know we're all geeks and nerds here, but Jesus Christ, we are some fucking geeks and nerds...
When you go. You go whole hog.
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post #30 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:13pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Seven goofy spaceships just showed up to defend us. Now I'm getting worried.
OK, I got your 'Krull' reference right away but I'm unsure on this one. 'Battle Beyond the Stars'?
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post #31 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
When you go. You go whole hog.

Agreed... why go half-assed, when one can go whole-assed?
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post #32 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory...and for our mutual pleasure...I destroy it utterly.

My vote for tread winner....
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post #33 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
OK, I got your 'Krull' reference right away but I'm unsure on this one. 'Battle Beyond the Stars'?
Bingo.
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post #34 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:38pm
What JXN1138 said.
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post #35 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:41pm
And anyway, Carina is too remote to make an effective demonstration.
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post #36 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:48pm
A star exploded.
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post #37 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:50pm
I'm just waiting to see if two new worlds will be spawned from this Ragnarok. One world called New Genesis, the other Apokolips.
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post #38 of 49
2/20/09 at 3:55pm
Someone was hungry:
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post #39 of 49
2/20/09 at 4:08pm
So, does it actually have that expanding shockwave "ring" like the one lucas added to the deathstar explosion in the new hope special edition?

If so, SWEET! I have always hoped that real exploding stars/ planets/ moon shapped space stations would have that.
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post #40 of 49
2/21/09 at 4:04am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Hmm, this just popped up on Twitter:

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT CARINA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
This easily my favorite. Not a classic, but I am still a big fan.
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post #41 of 49
2/21/09 at 5:30am
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin View Post
I know we're all geeks and nerds here, but Jesus Christ, we are some fucking geeks and nerds...
I love these threads.
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post #42 of 49
2/21/09 at 6:24pm
We all know what caused this. Remember, Up, Up, Forward, Down.
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post #43 of 49
2/21/09 at 9:14pm
Well it did happen a long time ago (12 billion years) in a galaxy FAR FAR away! I don't get why the notion of it being Alderaan seems so preposterous.
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post #44 of 49
2/22/09 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Gamma radiation you say?
Does this mean that any day now people are gonna start turning green & get all muskalur an' shit when they get mad? Will ripped purple pants be all the rage in the world of fashion as we are all belted by body chemistry altering gamma rays?

Edited to add: How Un-Glamo-rays!
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post #45 of 49
2/22/09 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by Bitches Leave View Post
Well it did happen a long time ago (12 billion years) in a galaxy FAR FAR away! I don't get why the notion of it being Alderaan seems so preposterous.
Man makes an excellent point.
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post #46 of 49
2/22/09 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by IggytheBorg View Post
Does this mean that any day now people are gonna start turning green & get all muskalur an' shit when they get mad? Will ripped purple pants be all the rage in the world of fashion as we are all belted by body chemistry altering gamma rays?

Edited to add: How Un-Glamo-rays!
Ouch, Iggy. Just ouch.
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post #47 of 49
2/22/09 at 1:08pm
I think you guys are making more of this than it really is. Check with your local astronomy text, k?

That explosion occurred in the D-Troyt system. That sort of shit happens there all the time.

with love to Overlord
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post #48 of 49
2/23/09 at 9:58am
(Sniff!) That wasa fucking beautiful tribute, man!
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post #49 of 49
2/23/09 at 10:31am
bows and then smacks you one for being a sap
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