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 7/10 Very Good --- blog.wired.com http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/atom.xml
| Wired.com weighs in on the latest science news, including space, biology, disease, drugs and alcohol, geology, math, neuroscience, and physics. ... |
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 --- 72 days ago http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/liveblog-nasa-a.html
NASA scientists at the Chandra X-ray Observatory are holding a teleconference this morning to announce "the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years."
The press release announcing the teleconference generated considerable speculation , despite the efforts of some astronomers , so we're going to bring you live coverage of the announcement starting at 10 AM PST/1 PM Eastern.
We think it'll be interesting, but if it isn't, you'll be the first to know the news is boring.
There's a stream of the audio available, but I'll be on the phone, so if you've got any burning questions you want asked, Tweet @alexismadrigal, AIM: gatobarb, or post a comment. I'll be updating the post as the conference happens, so remember to hit the old refresh button.
9:57 AM : Headset on. Excellent classical music on the hold line. (Vivaldi, maybe?)
10:03 : NASA press release goes live, spoiling the fun. Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the Milky Way's most recent supernova, which exploded a mere 140 years ago, a few years after the Civil War. It's not exactly the discovery of extraterrestrials our readers were hoping for, but it's a significant finding.
10:05 : Still on hold. But news: Previously, the latest known supernova occurred in 1680, right around the time Newton published his Principia . A discovery like this was long sough ... |
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