The Universe is Flipping Us Off

This is a cloud that has broken off the Carina Nebula. It's about 8,000 light years away and has a nasty attitude. Or did, at least 8,000 years ago. Did we do something offensive at the time?

Link via Geekologie | Photo: NASA

We started thinking and it didn't like it.

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I betcha the aliens that evolved in that nebula would have middle fingers . . .

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Whatever we did 8,000 years ago would only now be arriving there as information. It must have been something we did 16,000 years ago.

Or it's aimed at someone behind us...

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We started thinking, got dumber, then someone post something about a nebula flipping us off.

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