Pillars of Creation Destroyed

anthemaniac writes with news about the Pillars of Creation, an iconic structure in the Eagle Nebula some 7,000 light-years distant. The Hubble Space Telescope's image of this structure is one of the most widely recognized astronomy images ever captured. Now a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests that the pillars probably toppled 6,000 years ago. From the article: "Astronomers think [a] supernova's shock wave knocked the pillars down about 6,000 years ago. But because light from that region of the sky takes 7,000 years to reach us, the majestic pillars will appear intact to observers on Earth for another 1,000 years or so.'"

Ah ha!

[grub]

Astronomers think [a] supernova's shock wave knocked the pillars down about 6,000 years ago.

Just as the the Earth was being created!

Bummer

[CaptainNerdCave]

that's it, pack up the space program, nothing left to see out there

Re:Ah ha!

[bladesjester]

for the MtG geeks out there (I haven't played in years, but still) =]

Pillars of Creation
Artifact
Casting Cost: 3
1T: Sacrifice Pillars of Creation, put one Earth Token into play. Treat Earth Token as a land which produces either W, R, B, Bk, or G

If you lived in the Eagle Nebula

[andy314159pi]

There was a gimmicky sign left by the pillars of creation:

If you lived in the Eagle Nebula, you'd be destroyed by now.

topple

[Feyr]

i find the idea that anything in space can "topple" or "fall down" highly amusing

some of these reporters need to check their gravity :)

Proper Time Travel Grammar

[Peter Trepan]

They willan on-have collapsen.

Re:Bad use of "already"

[baldass_newbie]

Actually, this is a *ahem* perfect use of the pluperfect tense [wikipedia.org].

Re:Ah ha!

[AndroidCat]

They weren't destroyed, just modded down. Set your telescopes to view -1.

Re:Ah ha!

[Anonymous Coward]

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian.

• Thou shalt no God but me adore:
  'Twere too expensive to have more.
• No images nor idols make For Robert Ingersoll to break.
  
• Take not God's name in vain;
  select A time when it will have effect.
• Work not on Sabbath days at all,
  But go to see the teams play ball.
• Honor thy parents.
  That creates For life insurance lower rates.
• Kill not, abet not those who kill;
  Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill.
• Kiss not thy neighbor's wife,
  unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress
• Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete Successfully in business.
  Cheat.
• Bear not false witness --that is low
  -- But "hear 'tis rumored so and so."
• Cover thou naught that thou hast not
  By hook or crook, or somehow, got.

Cake.

[Anonymous Coward]

This article takes the cake! This has to be the oldest story I've seen posted on Slashdot!

Re:Cool... hope it didn't cost too much

[Anonymous Coward]

HEY! Stop wasting time posting messages on the internet and get back to work on your urgent energy research!

Re:Ah ha!

[dc29A]

You mean they got plutoed? [bbc.co.uk] ;)

Re:Bad use of "already"

[nacturation]

So if I fart and you're 100 meters away, will you say that I haven't yet farted because it's outside of your smell cone?
 

Re:Ah ha!

[mollymoo]

Thanks for the new sig!

Re:Bad use of "already"

[Lectrik]

Are you sure you knew which post I was replying to?

As a guess the one your posted is childed to?

But since you neglected to quote anything and I'm not allowed to read minds while off the clock, it's only a rough estimate.

Re:Ah ha!

[StrongAxe]

The earth is actually older than 6,000 years.

Yes, according to Archbishop Ussher's calculations, it is 6011 ;)

Re:Bad use of "already"

[mcvos]

So if I fart and you're 100 meters away, will you say that I haven't yet farted because it's outside of your smell cone?

I'm afraid the speed of fart is not a fundamental constant of our space-time continuum.

Re:Ah ha!

[bdonalds]

"but we do know that it has been roughly 6,000 years since Adam & Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden"

We do?

You don't need to change it, its +6

[TheAxeMaster]

Sorry for the apparent magnitude joke...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula [wikipedia.org]