NASA announcement - Wednesday, May 14

Just came across this ...... should be interesting???


Any ideas of what it might be about????




MEDIA ADVISORY : M08-089

NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt 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. This finding was made by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with ground-based observations.

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the Chandra Press Office at 617-496-7998 or e-mail mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu. Live audio of the teleconference will be streamed online at:


www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


A video file about the discovery will air on NASA Television on May 14. NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. NASA TV is available in Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization.

For information about NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory on the Web, visit:


www.nasa.gov/chandra
www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08...handra_Advisory.html

a decent funding budget

or

direct evidence of a black hole????????

Interesting... A black hole? Extra-terrestrials? Planet X? We'll have to wait 'til next week I guess...

a decent funding budget

:lol:

a decent funding budget

:lol:

Was thinking the same!

direct evidence of a black hole????????

finding black holes as an xray source is hardly new is it? Perhaps they do have pretty spectacular images of the galactic center one now. Or something about antimatter fountains. Or something about high velocity clouds...