NASA finds distant galaxy shining as bright as 300 trillion suns

[TwistedDictator]

 

Ever tried looking at the sun with your bare eyes? Too bright, right? Now imagine looking at something with the brightness of 300 trillion suns. That's how intense "the most luminous galaxy found to date" is, so much so that NASA has created a new classification for it and the 19 other similar galaxies it has discovered: extremely luminous infrared galaxies, or ELIRGs. Scientists have recently spotted the ELIRGs in infrared images of the sky taken by the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope in 2010. This particular one is located 12.5 billion light years away, which means it started forming soon after the universe was born 13.8 billion years ago. As for why it's so incredibly brilliant, NASA JPL scientist Chao-Wei Tsai says it "may be from the main growth spurt of the galaxy's black hole."

See, some galaxies have supermassive black holes in the center that actively absorb gas, dust and other matter that form a disc around them. These discs radiate a ton of energy and make the black holes look brighter than stars. Some black holes are a lot more ravenous than others, though, attracting more matter than their less voracious counterparts and, as such, are several degrees more luminous and massive. To wit: the bigger the black hole, the larger the disc and the brighter the whole galaxy.

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More Galaxy could mean a planet with life form. If we belive in the big bang then it is very possible that there is some form of life form some where out there. I just feel sorry for them as they dont have someone awesome like me ;(

[ZetZet]

Meh, impossible to reach other galaxies anyway. We will most likely find some form of life in our own galaxy after a while. (thousands of years) 

[Notree]

Meh, impossible to reach other galaxies anyway. We will most likely find some form of life in our own galaxy after a while. (thousands of years) 

It's sad isn't it.

[ZetZet]

It's sad isn't it.

It's somewhere in the meh category, it's sad how we humans act so stupid when we know so much. 

[slightlyjaded]

I'm hoping there's intelligent life out there in outer space, cause there's bugger all down here on earth.......

[Sharif]

I will pass on your CV 

[TroubleKlef]

Even without the big bang. If the universe is as big as we think it is, then other life and possibly life at the level of deity status exists.

[ZetZet]

possibly life at the level of deity status exists.

What's your proof for that.

 

We know that life can exist because carbon bonds form themselves all the time that is why we speculate.

[MoonSpot]

What's your proof for that.

 

Seeing how were not even close to being able to get to a neighbouring star in anything that resembles a workable amount of time, us finding other life outside our solar system and meeting it is in the out to lunch camp.

With a speed limit of less than C, we're not going anywhere soon.  To even accelerate the smallest mass to the speed of light would require more energy then exists in our system.  Physics is a brutal mistress.

 

OT that's a radical galaxy.  I would assume that along with the extremely large amount of infrared radiation are corresponding radical amounts of other radiation bands, making the odds for life there harder to imagine(for me).

[Delusional Phil]

Too far away ... Technology isn't advance enough to get there anyways ... Sad ...

[slightlyjaded]

 

Seeing how were not even close to being able to get to a neighbouring star is anything that resembles a workable amount of time, us finding other life outside our solar system and meeting it is in the out to lunch camp.

With a speed limit of less than C, we're not going anywhere soon.  To even accelerate the smallest mass to the speed of light would require more energy then exists in our system.  Physics is a brutal mistress.

 

OT that's a radical galaxy.  I would assume that along with the extremely large amount of infrared radiation are corresponding radical amounts of other radiation bands, making the odds for life there harder to imagine(for me).

This came up recently. not a solution, but it's one small step for mankind.

 

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/

 

Not sure how much I trust the source, but it's an interesting read.

[MoonSpot]

This came up recently. not a solution, but it's one small step for mankind.

 

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/

 

Not sure how much I trust the source, but it's an interesting read.

 

It's been circling for a while, I recall seeing it last year.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html

 

 

The bulk of scientific knowledge concludes that it’s impossible, especially when considering Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. There are certainly some credible concepts in scientific literature, however it’s too soon to know if they are viable.

Science fiction writers have given us many images of interstellar travel, but traveling at the speed of light is simply imaginary at present.

[Notree]

This came up recently. not a solution, but it's one small step for mankind.

 

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/

 

Not sure how much I trust the source, but it's an interesting read.

They've already said its no where near being anything that they can use yet.Its going to take a lot more science to perfect anything capable of propelling a spaceship . We can only dream . Maybe area 51 has something 

[ZetZet]

It's been circling for a while, I recall seeing it last year.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html

no they recently did an experiment, now they will be doing another one, and then one in microgravity, of course it's a slow process

[slightlyjaded]

It's been circling for a while, I recall seeing it last year.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/warp.html

Yeah, the problem isn't so much the theory, so much as making it possible with modest energy constraints. After all fusion power is possible, making it economically viable, and    containable is where we're stuck at the moment.

 

Give us a few decades. It might be far more likely.

[Bouzoo]

I just wanna have my own Asari. I don't think I'm asking too much.

[MoonSpot]

no they recently did an experiment, now they will be doing another one, and then one in microgravity, of course it's a slow process

I take it your quoting the less significant of my posts means your are denying my submission...I will bring the knightly light to your darkened shores yet heathen!

 

It's probably beyond me, but I don't see the EM drive and warp drive as the same.  Ya know, with that whole controlling the warping of spacetime in front of the vehicle and whatnot.

[Albatross]

 

I bet there is life in that galaxy!

 

If the concept art is beautiful I wonder how a ELIRG really looks. I hope it is equally beautiful in its own right. <33

[Enferk]

Cool discovery! But i'm still waiting that NASA finds Mass Relay.

[Ruostunut kokis]

I'm hoping there's intelligent life out there in outer space, cause there's bugger all down here on earth.......

How much are you willing to bet that humans would end up in a conflict if that were to ever happen? Conflict is in human nature, and world peace cannot be had as long as there are humans left on this planet. Now imagine if some intelligent lifeforms were found... There would most likely be some sort of conflict eventually, ignited by humans if the other intelligent life form wouldn't do it first.

 

Just my two cents.

[Trik'Stari]

How much are you willing to bet that humans would end up in a conflict if that were to ever happen? Conflict is in human nature, and world peace cannot be had as long as there are humans left on this planet. Now imagine if some intelligent lifeforms were found... There would most likely be some sort of conflict eventually, ignited by humans if the other intelligent life form wouldn't do it first.

 

Just my two cents.

If you consider the possibility that natural selection would play a role in the evolution of any intelligent species, then conflict would//could be in their nature as well.

[Albatross]

If you consider the possibility that natural selection would play a role in the evolution of any intelligent species, then conflict would//could be in their nature as well.

 

I agree, though I think that whole "conflict is human nature" thing is complete garbage...

[Trik'Stari]

I agree, though I think that whole "conflict is human nature" thing is complete garbage...

Well it is human nature. It's the nature of any consumer type species. Even herbivores compete for mates, and that's all human conflict is in the end, sublimated sex drive.

[FakezZ]

Meh, impossible to reach other galaxies anyway.

ahem...    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

 

It's not proven that it works, but it's not been proven that it doesn't either, so who's to say it's impossible?

[ZetZet]

ahem...    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

 

It's not proven that it works, but it's not been proven that it doesn't either, so who's to say it's impossible?

You do know that you would literally have to blindly jump to other galaxies because what we can observe happened either thousands or millions of years ago.