Swift catches monster flare

[Zoid]

Nasa's Swift satellite has seen a giant flare explode from a nearby star.

Our Sun also flares when twisted magnetic field lines in the solar atmosphere suddenly snap - but this was on a far bigger scale, scientists say.

The energy released by the II Pegasi star was equivalent to about 50 million trillion atomic bombs, they calculate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6124960.stm

Wow, 50 million trillion atomic bombs. That´s quite a few

[SlowwHand]

What a master of understatement.

[LordShiva]

50,000,000,000,000,000,000 atomic bombs, huh? How much is that on Kim Jong-Il's fake atomic device scale?

[Harovan]

Does Bush know about it? He might want to invade...

[Kuciwalker]

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[Winston]

Swift catches monster flare

All the more impressive when you consider that Jonathan's been dead for centuries now.

[Zoid]

You´re just jealous because there´s no H.C Andersen satellite

[BlackCat]

Ørsted ?

[Winston]

There's an H.C. Ørsted one though.

[Winston]

Heh.

[Zoid]

Fuglesang Not really a satellite, but what the hell...

Edit: for BC

[BlackCat]

Nope, no Ängström sattelite

Edit: dammit Zoid - stop editing your posts

[Zoid]

The danish name their satellites after famous astronomers. Sweden name them after Astrid Lindgren and norse mythology...

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Zoid
The danish name their satellites after famous astronomers. Sweden name them after Astrid Lindgren and norse mythology...

Well, I guess that you swedes have to pick the best that you can find

[Winston]

Originally posted by Zoid
The danish name their satellites after famous astronomers

Not to mention physicists, like, oh I don't know.. Ørsted?