The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
Posted on 07/28/2008 5:54:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Calculations show that the star's sudden brightness was clearly visible to the naked eye, but no one reported anything until the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton telescope spotted an unexpected burst of cosmic X-rays. On Oct. 9, 2007, XMM-Newton was turning from one target to another when it passed across a bright source of X-rays that no one was expecting. The source was not listed in any previous X-ray catalog, yet the mysterious object was lighting up XMM-Newton's view of the cosmos. The XMM-Newton team looked up three possible celestial candidates as at this location, including a normally faint star known only by its catalog number USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039. Acting quickly, Andy Read of the University of Leicester and Richard Saxton of ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Spain, e-mailed other astronomers about the newly-discovered X-ray source. Astronomers turned to the 6.5-meter Magellan-Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, and found that USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039 had become 600 times brighter than normal. Analyzing the light from the source meant that they could classify the object as a nova... An explosion of this type does not immediately release X-rays, because the expanding cloud of debris created in the detonation temporarily masks them. That meant the explosion must have taken place many days before XMM-Newton spotted the X-ray burst, although no one reported seeing it.
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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
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NASA observatory uncovers youngest ever supernova
Tech Herald | May 15 2008, 00:16 | by Rich Bowden
Posted on 05/14/2008 8:00:33 PM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016153/posts
Global Warming Strikes Again.
I didn’t see it but I did hear it.
That’s amazing. Call them!
Can we name it Britney Spears? :-)
Ah, so that’s how I got that tan while cutting my grass the other night beneath the starlight.
I’m pretty sure that it had something to do with Obama’s campaign.
It wasn’t my turn to watch for them. It was Billy’s and he fell asleep. slacker.
Blush...........
I am just here for the betterment of mankind, not to receive accolades for all the great things that I do.
cough....cough.....
This story is old news. It happened millions of years ago. :)
Bttt.
Anyone looked at the spectro? What proportion of, and what heavy element mix is getting poofed out.
Just cause I am curious about this kind of gunk.
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