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Starburst snap holds clues to galactic evolution

John Bayly

I still think of them as ... 

Opal Fruits

Anonymous Coward

global nature? 

quote:

"Because of the global nature of the starburst..."

I've yet to see one in my back garden.

Dillon Pyron

Billions of years? 

Billions of years old? Don't you mean roughly 6000 years old? There's a museum here in the US that will set these so called "scientists" straight on issue. If you can't believe the Bible, what can you believe. The President believes, and he's always right.

James Taylor

A bit late! 

This isn't news! It's not happening now either, as I have it on good authority that this event happened a good 12000000 years ago!

Dax Farrer

Like its all relative dude ... 

To us its now, and lets face it, if we are the centre of the universe then thats all that matters.

Let not piddling facts get in the way of the BIG picture.

Anonymous Coward

Wow. It's stunning 

despite my lack of understanding. Sort of like what an aphid's understandiong of a flowering rose...