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NASA Shows Off Fireworks In Space

gizmodo.com — The flash in the sky is a remnant of a blast 7,000 light-years away in the Lupus constellation. Scientists say that it was the brightest observed supernova in recorded history, and that the light from the explosion could be seen in the daytime for weeks afterward.

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skewl, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5It's truly marvelous! Hubble's photo of starburst really superb!
BlogXilla, on 07/06/2008, -13/+3dugg
- NuclearIsShit, on 07/07/2008, -5/+0Suck it
  - NuclearIsShit, on 07/07/2008, -4/+0ya you dildanob snizach
  - SquareEnix, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1I eat food.
fpaudon, on 07/06/2008, -4/+13The stars must have been celebrating the 4th of July... 7,000 years ago
- datcrazydj, on 07/07/2008, -3/+3You mean...2,000 years ago.
  /s
  - urbandistrict, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2Errrrrm bro...you got your Christian mockery all mixed up.
buckchoris, on 07/07/2008, -8/+3Here is the awesome slideshow if anyones interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3X6U-fBpts
- acetv, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1...why did I just digg you up?
Hanny26, on 07/07/2008, -1/+0This is pretty cool.
damian7, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2What's all this crazy ness with the exploding, and bing boom, and zip-zop, zippity-bop...puddin pops.
DaviDTC, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6Figured this would be a good place to ask this question. Can the ISS see the fireworks on earth during big celebrations like 4th of July and New Years? I am guessing no, but really have no clue at all. If yes, can you please link to something that says so, or a pic if there is any. Thanks.
- mtied, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3I don't know for sure, but I would assume the fireworks are too low to be viewable from space
fuzzybeard, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1It's the Genesis Effect!
emt1451, on 07/07/2008, -0/+15NASA can color those pictures however they want.
- aeroeng, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5That's true pictures arrive in black and white its just artist's conception
- MuskokasFinest, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5He's right, the blue is x-ray data and the red is radio data. The only light that would be visible to us is the yellow. The only reason it's "America's Colours" is because nasa scientists made it that way.
  - synaesthesia, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Nuh uh, its divine proof that God loves America the best!
- fuzzybeard, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2They've had plenty of experience doctoring photos. Look at the Apollo program.
  
  *ducks and runs* Just kidding, really!
Danby123, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1space jellyfish???
fr3ddie, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Could you design fireworks that work in space?
- mrbeagle, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Yes, there are explosives that work without oxygen.
DavidinBoston, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4Buried for misleading title. Just kidding.
Marumekomu, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3Beautiful shot.

But I might as well be "that guy" and point out that the main image was front page'd not 2 days ago:
http://digg.com/space/APOD_SN_1006_Supernova_Remna ...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080704.html
Tenlow, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6So wait, you're telling me this time it *is* Lupus?
- DeathJux, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5This is something weird I've noticed about digg: Many commenters have the same idea at the same time. I see it all over the place, but it often happens to me as well.
  
  For example, I came in here to say *exactly* that, and I found that, two minutes ago, you had the same sentiments. Bizarre.
  - mrbeagle, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1It means you both watch the same TV show. SHOCKING
mrgeekguy, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Access to larger pics:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_ ...
WilliamAdama, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3"good ol' American freedom" ... and what the ***** are you smoking?
- kidathinnes, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1my thoughts exactly.
pak314, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4Its never Lupus.
meebio, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2Space numbers always amaze me. 7000 light years away, it was observed in 1006, so it actually happened in the year -5996. Awesome.
- fuzzybeard, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1That's unpossible! If that were true than that means that God created the Universe in a timeline inconsistent with that which was set out in the King James Version of the Bible; which we all know is the only true, perfect, & inerrant version of how Creation happened!
  
  /sarcasm OFF
daxsymbiont, on 07/07/2008, -5/+1nasa is past its prime. pathetic losers are trying to revive it.

viva la ESA.
- fuzzybeard, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2NASA can be great again. It all started when the majority of the American public became bored and/or annoyed about spaceflight coverage preempting "Here's Lucy" & "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In". This was compounded by budget cuts (evisceration would be a bit more truthful) to help prop up the military during the waning days of the Vietnam War.
  
  Throw in Nixon's funny business; add the general malaise in the nation at the time...hell, NASA's never really fully recovered, IMO.
Kristijan12, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Some things die spectacularly, and beautiful.
- Ortheos, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1Like me impaling you in the head with my giant penis, that I sharpen every day.
  - Kristijan12, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Yes, you would die if you try something like that.
    What a ***** retard you are.
  - Ortheos, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1What a ***** humorless sarcasm deaf retard you are.
bizsumpark182, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Its a big bubble.
americamatrix, on 07/07/2008, -0/+120 million miles per hour = 5 555.55556 miles per second......WOW
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