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	Earth looking down the barrel of a deathstar

tabsey

3-3-2008 11:53 PM

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astronomy, death star

tabsey says:

Bush had better tell it that it is rude to spit. That should work.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/20339900-ec36-42ae-bece-d958c4c08b8e/8651317B-0051-4C60-9834-F82DC9AD2E71/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402359576.html?s_rid=theage:top5" href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402359576.html?s_rid=theage:top5" style="font-size: 11px;">www.brisbanetimes.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402359576.html?s_rid=theage:top5"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.brisbanetimes.com.au/img/A4947A2F-B31C-4CD3-B246-C90223E76528" alt="A star known as Wolf-Rayet 104 (WR104). The highly unstable star could unleash a burst of gamma-ray radiation directed straight at Earth." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402359576.html?s_rid=theage:top5"><P>A star known as <SPAN class="highlight">Wolf-Rayet</SPAN> 104 (WR104). The highly unstable star could unleash a burst of gamma-ray radiation directed straight at Earth.<BR /><SMALL>Photo: <EM>AAP</EM></SMALL></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/03/03/1204402359576.html?s_rid=theage:top5"><P>Earth may be staring down the barrel of one of the galaxy's most
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