From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 21:31:59 MDT
At 02:40 AM 7/12/02 EDT, Spud wrote:
>http://www.cnn.com/virtual/editions/europe/2000/roof/change.pop/frameset.exc
>lude.html
>But iron in the quasar, known as APM 8279+5255, was three times more
plentiful than in our solar system, which puzzled astronomers.
>"The solar system formed just 5 [billion] years ago, so it should contain
more iron than the quasar, which formed over 13.5 [billion] years ago," ESA
said in a statement.
Those damned ironclad time machines...
Damien Broderick
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