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Supernova Imaged by Hubble Telescope

Posted by michael on from the long-shot dept.

Delta Vel writes "First discovered by a Japanese amateur astronomer on July 31, this Type II supernova was imaged by Hubble on August 17th. The newly named SN 2004 dj, the closest supernova to be observed in over ten years, is about 11 million light-years away in the spiral galaxy NGC 2403. Looks like they goofed in one of the images, though--the arrow points to a different bright spot on the before-and-after image than it does on the main and annotated images." Reader Saeed al-Sahaf writes "Today, astronauts Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke popped open the hatch on the Russian side of the ISS spacecraft and quickly stepped through the fourth and final spacewalk of their six-month mission. Their mission? Install three antennas and replace a 2-foot-square Russian pump panel. But of course, because it isn't a part or our Mission to Mars, it is still too dangerous work on the Hubble Telescope, which after all, is only used for science."

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  1. Re:Political Comments not Nesissary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hold your horses: everything that dubya has touched has become politicized, because Rove wants it that way.

    He is picking fights with every type of intellectual and scientist. You figure it out.

    If you are a thinking person, and you value individual liberty, you cannot vote for bush, because if you do, the terrorists have already won. Why? Their goal is to affect our society. By handing over the keys to science, liberty and truth to bush and his cronies, every advance in science and civil liberties will be lost, and voila - the changes have been made.

    This chowderhead is an enemy to truth and science everywhere. Chances are this idiot hates Hubble because of his fucked up religious beliefs. Those fucking right wing fundamentalists are turning america into a christian taliban.

    Don't agree with me? Try asking any one of the hunderds of people arrested and charged with very serious felonies for walking on the sidewalk, taking a photo or getting off at the wrong stop.

    I am voting for Kerry, but I am no fan of the democratic party.

    http://www.infowars.com