WASHINGTON — NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years. This finding was made by combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with ground-based observations.
Live audio of the teleconference will be streamed online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
OK, its probably not Planet X but with the way the world’s luck has been running it could be exciting………….or not.
NASA is still a waste of money.
I got the date wrong, though… The boom was seen about 1868-ish.
The next one will be called My Nova.
The latest Chandra podcasts are here.
More information about the latest discovery is here.
Thanks, KD! And thanks to #18 Boru for the stand-in!
#17, Peter iNova, distance to G1.9+0.3 has not yet been accurately determined, according to the info I’ve received.
“Based on its small size, it was thought to have resulted from a supernova that exploded about 400 to 1000 years ago.” If it’s 26,000 ly. distant, then the age data doesn’t make sense. It would have exploded at least 26,000 years ago.
danno said
#5 McCullough – today is Wednesday. Check your calendar.
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I see that’s it’s business as usual around here.
LOL…
satman said
Oil on Uranus
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Already found…
http://www.myalli.com/
Hey iNova, careful what you wish for. A Supernova at less than a 1000 lightyears would definitely qualify as an extinction level event. Lucky ones on one side of the planet burnt to a crisp, for the other side slow death. Fortunately it’s highly improbable, sure hope our luck holds out. This is great science though, nothing like observable phenomenon to give credibility to a mathematical model.
God is on his way. Look busy.
All the technology in the world, and they use Real Media…