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Fonzie
05-08-2008, 11:45 PM
NASA - NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt (http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08089_Chandra_Advisory.html)

Sounds rather important.

Kirobaito
05-08-2008, 11:47 PM
I was honestly expecting to get rick-rolled.

I can't exactly comment, because for all I know they call press conferences like this all the time. Proof of alien life? I don't think that's only been looked for for 50 years.

Fonzie
05-08-2008, 11:48 PM
It's got to be the Klingon race.

Roto13
05-08-2008, 11:49 PM
I bet it'll end up being something only astronomy buffs get excited about.

Vermachtnis
05-09-2008, 12:02 AM
It's a big space rock make of some useless element. I'll call it now.

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 12:02 AM
Its prob another planet like earth some 100.000 lightyears away from us.. like we'd ever get there.

Old Manus
05-09-2008, 12:07 AM
Shergar

Avarice-ness
05-09-2008, 12:26 AM
The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

Lawr
05-09-2008, 12:29 AM
I told you the moon was made of cheese.

Madame Adequate
05-09-2008, 12:37 AM
Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

Fonzie
05-09-2008, 12:38 AM
The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

If it where life on another planet, I'm sure they'd already of told us, since it's a very big matter.

Avarice-ness
05-09-2008, 12:42 AM
The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

If it where life on another planet, I'm sure they'd already of told us, since it's a very big matter.

True.

I guess it wouldn't be something THAT life changing.

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 12:43 AM
Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

Its not a rock, but it seems like the only useful thing.. at least to me..

actually.. now im kinda excited at the possibility :)

Fonzie
05-09-2008, 12:45 AM
Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

I think this might just be it.

Captain Maxx Power
05-09-2008, 12:46 AM
My friend informs me that the most likely observation is that of a star that has recently gone supernova. There's a composite image from the telescope that seems to support that thesis. (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/bios/immler/chandra_composite.jpg) The last time this happened they just missed it, an event that occurred in the 50's or 60's, which would be consistent with the 50 year gap thing.

Vermachtnis
05-09-2008, 12:54 AM
My friend informs me that the most likely observation is that of a star that has recently gone supernova. There's a composite image from the telescope that seems to support that thesis. (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/bios/immler/chandra_composite.jpg) The last time this happened they just missed it, an event that occurred in the 50's or 60's, which would be consistent with the 50 year gap thing.

That is a pretty awesome image.

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 01:02 AM
My friend informs me that the most likely observation is that of a star that has recently gone supernova. There's a composite image from the telescope that seems to support that thesis. (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/bios/immler/chandra_composite.jpg) The last time this happened they just missed it, an event that occurred in the 50's or 60's, which would be consistent with the 50 year gap thing.

That is a pretty awesome image.

If you look at the bright star on the upper right side, you can see the individual pixels xD

Madame Adequate
05-09-2008, 01:21 AM
Also possible: Elerium 115.

DMKA
05-09-2008, 01:22 AM
"Pluto is a planet after all."

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 02:59 AM
Also possible: Elerium 115.

xD, that'd better be a joke :p

KentaRawr!
05-09-2008, 03:18 AM
"Pluto is a planet after all."

Lulz. :3

I'm thinking it's going to be something really awesome, like, Black Holes take you to an alternate universe where Dinosaurs roam the Earth, or something.

Not really. I actually have no clue.

o_O
05-09-2008, 03:19 AM
It's probably going to be something mundane (relatively speaking), but I'd be cool if it were the Voyager 1 probe. It was launched in 1955, so I guess scientists could have been looking for it for over 50 years. :p

The words "<i>discovery of an object in our Galaxy</i>" don't really lend themselves to my hypothesis though. :p

Meow
05-09-2008, 05:15 AM
it's bruce willis

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 05:39 AM
it's bruce willis

in space.

Xaven
05-09-2008, 05:39 AM
I don't think it's life they've discovered if they were using an X-Ray telescope.

A supernova or black matter seems plausible. :O

Roto13
05-09-2008, 06:11 AM
I hope it's Earth-2149 (http://en.marveldatabase.com/Earth-2149).

Big D
05-09-2008, 06:48 AM
Hmm... I'm going to guess it could a black hole. We *know* they exist, but we've never been able to observe one. Obviously you can't directly observe something that's inherently invisible, but the accretion disk and plasma and such might finally have been recorded.

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 06:52 AM
I don't think it's life they've discovered if they were using an X-Ray telescope.


Nice try buddy, but you arent really getting the idea of Infinite space.. or rather, Space distances. Youd have to be able to set a pretty accurate angle to see things a few lightyears away.. and when i say pretty accurate.. i mean.. well, you get it.

I seriously doubt that any aliens would make something the size of a sun and just as bright.

I agree with Big D.. Its probably a Black hole.

CimminyCricket
05-09-2008, 07:22 AM
I hope it makes me crap in my pants.

The Summoner of Leviathan
05-09-2008, 07:28 AM
They discovered the ruins of the Silver Millennium on the Moon!?

Wolf Kanno
05-09-2008, 09:41 AM
"Pluto is a planet after all."
Damn straight and don't you forget it! :mad2:


They discovered the ruins of the Silver Millennium on the Moon!?
Lol Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon :love:

I'm guessing either a new comet, rock, a new hole in the ground of Mars that supports it might be able to have had water, or the most significant would be they discovered another planet in our solar system thats some distance past Pluto.

ReloadPsi
05-09-2008, 10:17 AM
I'm gonna go with alien derelict.

Bahamut2000X
05-09-2008, 04:06 PM
Clearly it's Space Nazi's ('http://youtube.com/watch?v=4KEueJnsu80').

Aerith's Knight
05-09-2008, 04:32 PM
Clearly it's Space Nazi's (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4KEueJnsu80).

I always knew it :)

Proxy
05-09-2008, 11:47 PM
it's bruce willis

in space.

no, rly
nasa would be announcing something on earth.
but space take a hike, never woulda thought it!

Could be anything. Probably nothing that interesting to the general population though.

Yar
05-10-2008, 03:39 PM
Jews in Space?
YouTube - Jews In Space (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cAVJyBshh0)

I can only imagine. :rolleyes2

Tallulah
05-10-2008, 05:49 PM
Parallel world, where everything is the same as it is on Earth, yet different.

Or, in reality, something really boring!

Bahamut2000X
05-10-2008, 09:52 PM
Jews in Space?
YouTube - Jews In Space (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cAVJyBshh0)

I can only imagine. :rolleyes2

Jews and Nazis both in space? It seems we have a Space Wars on our hands!

Big D
05-11-2008, 01:18 AM
Parallel world, where everything is the same as it is on Earth, yet different.So basically, every second episode of the original Star Trek? :p

Tallulah
05-11-2008, 02:39 AM
Parallel world, where everything is the same as it is on Earth, yet different.So basically, every second episode of the original Star Trek? :p

Pretty much, yes! :D

Aerith's Knight
05-11-2008, 03:16 AM
Its the mutant space goat!

Nominus Experse
05-11-2008, 06:38 PM
They found Elvis

Fonzie
05-11-2008, 10:50 PM
They found Elvis Tupac

Aerith's Knight
05-11-2008, 11:16 PM
They found Elvis Tupac Dr. Evil

Bahamut2000X
05-11-2008, 11:45 PM
They found Elvis Tupac <s>Dr. Evil</s> a monster with the head of Dr. Evil, the blue suede shoes of Elvis, and the rapping style of Tupac.

Namelessfengir
05-12-2008, 12:29 AM
im figuring they found space arabs and bush wants to prep for the defense of freedom.

or maybe a death star.....

CimminyCricket
05-17-2008, 05:45 AM
So, what was it?

rubah
05-17-2008, 05:48 AM
a very young super nova in the milky way

Vermachtnis
05-17-2008, 06:02 AM
What does that mean for us? Well, those of us on Earth.

Aerith's Knight
05-17-2008, 06:07 AM
What does that mean for us? Well, those of us on Earth.

I suppose they hope to get some data out of it. It's probably important in Cosmology to get their assumptions tested on a real supernova.

CimminyCricket
05-17-2008, 06:07 AM
That was kind of boring. I wanted a new planet like Earth or something.

Aerith's Knight
05-17-2008, 06:11 AM
That was kind of boring. I wanted a new planet like Earth or something.

They already theorized that there might be one(studies from gravitational effects, no real data.. all bull, but lets humour them for a second) and only a few hundred thousand lightyears away!

So if you build us a nice spaceship, figure out how to stop cell degradation in cryogenics and hope to god you dont get pulled into some orbit in the 10.000.000 year journey.. you possibly get to see a bright new earth! isnt that exciting?

Big D
05-18-2008, 06:47 AM
you possibly get to see a bright new earth! isnt that exciting?Supernova... I do not think it means what you think it means.

This is actually pretty neat. The explosion of something of something as massive and powerful as a star is a pretty phenomenal concept, as well as a big part of the life cycle of the cosmos. Anything that helps us learn more about this is a big boost for science. The fact that it's relatively close to us - maybe 30,000 light years - adds to the amount of info we'll be able to glean.

rubah
05-18-2008, 06:49 AM
I don't htink he was talking about that, d-man.