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  • March 2008
    • Exploding Star Brightest Object Ever Seen

      Exploding Star Brightest Object Ever Seen

      (Newser) - Light from a star that exploded billions of years before the Earth was formed have been spotted by terrestrial astronomers, Space.com reports. The gamma-ray burst from halfway across the universe was the most distant object ever seen by the naked eye, and the brightest object ever observed by humans. The burst formed as a massive star collapsed into a black hole, briefly burning as bright as billions of stars. More »

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      NASA   astronomy   star   universe   Arthur C. Clarke   gamma rays

    • Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90

      Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90

      (Newser) - Arthur C. Clarke, the sci-fi author who helped shape 20th-century scientific imagination, is dead at 90, the New York Times reports. The co-creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey faced post-polio syndrome in recent decades and died at his home in Sri Lanka due to breathing trouble. “No one can predict the future,” Clarke maintained, but he couldn’t resist trying—and often succeeded. More »

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      obituary   book   literature   author   Sri Lanka   space travel   science fiction   satellites   Stanley Kubrick   Arthur C. Clarke   polio   2001: A Space Odyssey

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