Astrophysics…
You know, those extremely super smart guys, and smart to the point spare brain matter just leaks out of their ears, smearing us all in its annoying gray goo?
Not happy right about now.
And all because?
They are not saying there were WRONG about gamma-ray bursts being responsible for the origin of the strongest cosmic rays…
They just weren’t RIGHT.
[via Space] Mystery of cosmic rays deepens: The mystery of the origin of the strongest cosmic rays has
deepened as new clues into key suspects, the most powerful explosions in the universe, suggest they are likely not potential culprits, researchers say. Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe.
They can emit as much energy as our sun during its entire 10-billion-year lifetime in anywhere from milliseconds to minutes. Some gamma-ray bursts are thought to be collapses of super massive stars — hypernovas — while others are thought to be collisions of black holes with other black holes or neutron stars,” said study co-author Spencer Klein of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Both types produce brief but intense blasts of radiation.” New evidence may now rule out gamma-ray bursts as sources of these. Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole in Antarctica, the boffins watched 300 gamma ray bursts (GRBs) while searching for the neutrinos that are believed to be linked with cosmic ray generation, and found none. “The unexpected absence of neutrinos from GRBs has forced a re-evaluation of the theory for production of cosmic rays and neutrinos in a GRB fireball and possibly the theory that high energy cosmic rays are generated in fireballs.” [Read More]
Generated in fireballs?
Pffft, duh.
Most definitely.
Want to know the origin of these crazy-strong cosmic rays, brilliant astrophysicists?
Well, allow this lowly blogger enlighten you, these rays are obvious caused by…
Stupid Gootans.
You see?
They. Hate. US!
[via Weekly World News] Authorities confirmed that loud explosions heard across Nevada and California on
Sunday morning were caused by alien ships from Planet Gootan.
The shots fired from Gootan ships rattled homes and prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada. Thousands of people saw fireballs across the skies.
Astronomers quickly announced that the fireballs were caused by a meteor that entered Earth’s atmosphere. But WWN spoke with Dr. Susan Begley of the U.N. Panel on Extraterrestrials and she confirmed that the “fireballs” were actually laser missiles fired from alien spaceships from Planet Gootan.
“The Gootans are in the very first stages of their attack on Earth. These were basically warning shots, telling us that they are here and that we’d better prepare,” Dr. Begley said. ”Luckily, the United Nations has been preparing for the Gootan invasion for the last two decades.” [Read More]
They are so racist.
So, you see…
Mystery solved.
Feel free to thank me at any time.
Yeah, I think I saw these guys, Gootans. Scary looking dudes. And now I see they have fireballs and gamma rays. We are doom, dude. Bye, bye Earth.
Heck, I think I’m related to some!
You are related to scary dudes? Are you pale green too?
Oh, no. Now I am scared of you.
More like I am related to people NOT from this planet…Considering the way they act? They can’t be.
Haha
I was always hopping I was adopted.
Unfortunately, the physical resemblance is too strong. Damn it.
No freaking kidding. I do NOT get what is up with my family sometimes and the crappy things (some, not all) of them do. Found out today, via FACEBOOK, my mom was having a heart procedure done and pffft… Apparently I didn’t deserve to know. I text my brother, who was just as surprised as I was that I didn’t know and apologized. He promised to let me know in the future since others don’t deem me worthy. Nice to know, you know, if mom were to like DIE, someone exists in this world who would be big enough to let me know such things. Jeez, certain family members, (YOU know who I am talking about but I won’t freaking name because honestly they don’t deserve the attention) can just be real B&^%$#@. I won’t lie and say for a good few minutes I wasn’t just hurt at the utter smallness of certain family members behavior, utter lack of regard for anyone but themselves, but after I allowed myself to be REALLY hurt for a minute? I took a step back, a deep breath and remember who was causing me to get all upset. And I get them, I do. While I disprove of their actions, the imaginary and made-up motivations they use to validate their horrific behavior, I do understand. And… They aren’t worth any reaction from me. I can’t change who they are, what they have done, the behavior they CONTINUE to ruthlessly propagate motivated by the SOUL need to just hurt me for delusional past slights? I can only change my reaction TO them…
And give them nothing.
They don’t F*&%$#@ deserve it.
Whew. OK, sorry about that rant. I needed to purge apparently. Jeez. Feel better. Might have to do an Inspiration post tonight to get my positive thoughts rolling again. Just give me time.
I can always work my way back to ‘happy’ eventually… Staying hurt & all wounded? Too depressing. 
Wow.”hugs”
First, sorry about your mom. Hopefully she will be all right and it’s something minor.
Sorry you found out by Facebook and I hope the family member you are talking about will one day feel shame for not telling you.
Similar thing happened to me when my mom had her first cancer surgery, I was here and my father didn’t tell me not wanting to upset me. I didn’t even know she had cancer. Only after the surgery he told me everything went ok.
While I understood why they didn’t tell me, it upset me greatly I wasn’t told. It wasn’t the first time I didn’t have any idea what was happening. All in the name that am too sensitive. I asked him how I would feel if she died without knowing what was going through. That kind of behavior pissed me off. Tell me and let me make my own decision.
So I get you were hurt and in pain. “hugs” And rightfully upset, and I am sorry you went through this.
You had to deal with lots of emotions, fear for your mom , hurt because you were not told and anger at the one we shall not name.
Only thing you can do is to be above their pettiness and ugliness.
No worry about rant. You have to vent and have no doubts I completely understand your situation.
You can always rant anytime you want, I am here to listen to you.
Keep being strong and hopefully everything will be ok.
Take care “hugs”
Apparently the doctors do not know what the problem is, and that is after checking for blockage today. So no, not serious as far as I know now, but that is not the point. The point is I should have know, and have been given the option to be there for support in case it WAS something serious, which called for a possible immediate, life-threatening surgery, as it has been known to happen, but I wasn’t. And only because I wasn’t given the option. As for this particular family member having some sort of “Eureka Moment” and figuring out for themselves how wrong they have been in this whole matter? Yeah….Not going to happen. This person is not big on personal accountability/responsibility, and goes of their way, every day, to make sure everyone knows that anything that happens bad in their life is EVERYONE ELESES fault, never theirs.
Working on it.
But sometimes, given my temper…Its a process. 
Don’t worry, doctors will take care of her. It’s gonna be ok.
Yes, you should have know and you should have option to make your own decision. That’s what I am talking about.
You took the control back which is a good think to do.
This vindictive/vicious manipulation would get my temper really hot. But I, like you learn to control it. It’s a work in process for me but hey at lest I am on that road.
You work on it. Hard.
Jeez. Feel better. Might have to do an Inspiration post tonight to get my positive thoughts rolling again. Just give me time. I can always work my way back to ‘happy’ eventually… Staying hurt & all wounded? Too depressing.
OK. Good for you.
Don’t let them hurt you.
Find the pic. of lab puppies and kittens and do your best Inspirational post ever.