Darn I missed it!
By myamiphil at Fri, 03/21/2008 - 11:37pm
I was busy in Michigan this week...didn't notice the big glow in the sky LOL...
But here's a several billion year old gamma burst that occured well before the Earth existed!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21mar_nakedeye.htm?list880574
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Brief
on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 11:07pm
It would've been cool to see - but as the website mentions it only rached 5.8 magnitude and lasted only a few miuntes. So we didn't miss much...
Gamma Ray Burst
on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 10:19pm
Wow
It vanished long ago,
but only now her lonely glow
to our sight came through
The icon of the star that died
It was when to our sight denied
Now what we see is ended
--from "To The Star" by M Eminescu, 1886!