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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Subject: NASA'S Big Announcement
Time: 1:28:00 AM EDT
Author:  stuartatk


... so what was it? What had NASA found after 50 years of searching? A black hole in our cosmic neighbourhood? A brown dwarf orbiting the Sun? A parking space in Kendal? No. They'd found a "very young supernova remnant".

I known that that'll be an exciting and significant discovery for the people who study these things, but I can't help thinking they over-hyped this.

Full story here at Sky & Telescope.



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  • #2 Comment from velcrot 
    5/15/08 3:04 PM Permalink
    This is extremely significant in that it moves up the most recent supernova event in our own galaxy from the 1680s to the 1870s.  It was missed because it was obscured in visible light by the gas and dust in the galactic center.  We have never seen a supernova this young at such close range.
  • #1 Comment from memes121 
    5/15/08 9:15 AM Permalink
    *sound of balloon with the air going out* Tammy