NASA creates an astro-buzz

re: NASA creates an astro-buzz

leebe — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:03:28 GMT

I think the press conference is to release as yet unseen photos of the supernova event, all doctored up and looking pretty. Surely something to look forward to but not good enough to keep it secret.

re: NASA creates an astro-buzz

Daniel Pendick — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:56 GMT

Thanks for the note, HiltsNino. The big news was finding the youngest supernova ever, just 140 years old. Here is the link to NASA:

www.nasa.gov/.../HQ_08126_Chandra_Supernova.html

To me, the hype does not live up to either the discovery or the delivery. They said this thing has been sought for 50 years. But I see no mention of that now. Sure, it's scientifically significant, and no doubt, a real feat of telescope tech. But to call a press conference one week earlier--to call a press conference at all--smells of the boy who cried wolf/supernova.

re: NASA creates an astro-buzz

torchwooddirect — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:13:31 GMT

all that for a supernova that exploaded 140 years ago, well, plus the 27000 odd years the light took to get here. well it's interesting but i wouldn't keep the world waiting fro that!, as you can guess though i'm not really interested in supernovas!

re: NASA creates an astro-buzz

HiItsNino — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:32:16 GMT

Well...what was the announcement? I can't find anything...

re: NASA creates an astro-buzz

Mercuria — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:10:34 GMT

My idea..

The term wormhole was coined by the American theoretical physicist John Wheeler in 1957. However, the idea of wormholes was invented already in 1921 by the German mathematician Hermann Weyl in connection with his analysis of mass in terms of electromagnetic field energy.[1]

en.wikipedia.org/.../Wormhole

Sorry if doubleposted