Looks like we found it in time ... it's not yet complete.
Posted on 05/08/2008 10:43:02 AM PDT by 444Flyer
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.
Looks like we found it in time ... it's not yet complete.
Conservative republican’s spine?
The original “Hitchhikers” guide...
A 10th planet
Ooooo.
Stray satellite?
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51): A Classic Beauty
M51, whose name comes from being the 51st entry in Charles Messier's catalog, is considered to be one of the classic examples of a spiral galaxy. At a distance of about 30 million light years from Earth, it is also one of the brightest spirals in the night sky. A composite image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majesty of its structure in a dramatic new way through several of NASA's orbiting observatories. X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals point-like sources (purple) that are black holes and neutron stars in binary star systems. Chandra also detects a diffuse glow of hot gas that permeates the space between the stars. Optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (green) and infrared emission from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red) both highlight long lanes in the spiral arms that consist of stars and gas laced with dust. A view of M51 with the GALEX telescope shows hot, young stars that produce lots of ultraviolet energy (blue).
“Whatever it is, it’s in danger of global warming.”
Maybe it’s recyclable.:)
Nah. Apparently Chandra found somthing they were very interested in.
Klingon love nest?
Your Gary Condit reference was lost on me.
Ross law firm papers?
First laugh, great!
You have to love scientific technology. That is beautiful.
That’s no moon!
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