Major discovery announcement to be made overnight tonight

[JonathanN]

Hello all,

Just letting you know that there will be a major astronomical discovery announcement made worldwide overnight tonight . . . specifically, at 3:00am Sydney time. The news cannot be announced before that, as it is under embargo.

I'll have the story on www.spaceinfo.com.au (http://www.spaceinfo.com.au) from 3:00am, and no doubt it will be everywhere else too.

Regards,

Jonathan Nally
Editor
SpaceInfo.com.au
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[madtuna]

please tell me that it'll be better than NASA's huge announcement
I'll go postal if I have another all night vigil only to be sadly dissapointed by 3am ;)

[iceman]

Another exo planet discovery maybe? Maybe an earth-like one?

Like Steve, I hope it's more exciting than last weeks NASA announcement.

[Matty P]

Whatever it is it better be good!

I was dissapointed when I heard NASA's "huge" announcement.

[erick]

Quick, someone start a poll so we can guess! :)

[madtuna]

ha! was thinking the same thing.. prizes??? I could use a new ISS beenie or a sticker (hint hint)

[JonathanN]

I hope I haven't raised everyone's expectations too high!

No, it's not little green men. It's not a new planet. It's very interesting scientifically, something that hasn't quite been seen ever before. But I suppose it might not thrill everyone.

Regards,

Jonathan


Jonathan Nally
Editor
SpaceInfo.com.au
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[Ric]

I'll keep an eye out for the annoucement, hope it a good one.

Cheers

[citivolus]

I'm still trying to figure out what it is.

[citivolus]

Oh well, I guess I expected a flashing "this is the story" headline :P

[xelasnave]

Do we know yet..was it the super nova thing or finding missing normal matter? or none of those?
alex

[Marko of Oz]

I guess my other post was inappropriate :shrug:

Pretty amazing stuff. So if that galaxy is 90 million light years away does that mean the event took place 90 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled the Earth?

[erick]

Observation, in real time, of the X-ray outburst from a Type Ibc supernova in NGC 2770. Yep, that's pretty major.

http://www.spaceinfo.com.au/sn20080522.html

[matt]

Here's how it was reported in the 'mainstream' media up here in Qld.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/champagne-moment-for-supernova-boffins/2008/05/21/1211182883469.html

[erick]

That's a good report, thanks for sharing Matt.

[Starkler]

Now who will be first here to image and post it here ? :D

[[1ponders]]

Nice challenge at Mag 16. I'd be happy to give it a go if the moon would go away and someone would remove a couple of trees I haven't gotten around to yet. ;)

[Ric]

That is pretty amazing and very lucky to capture a SN in real time.

Congratulations to the team that found, they should also go out and buy some lottery tickets.

Cheers

[Stephen65]

Without wanting to be too much of a Philistine, I'd only stay up for a 3am announcement if it were the discovery of aliens, or maybe an Earth-like planet. Otherwise it can wait to the next morning.

[gaa_ian]

A Very cool discovery.
Amazing that it has been kept quite for so long, a pretty tight code of silence on the part of the professional Astronomers !

[AlexN]

Yeah I had a read about it in the paper yesterday, was very interesting to read about but at mag 16.. Its not for me :)