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Local Galaxy Cluster About to Go Boom

Posted by timothy on from the about-to-is-relative dept.

A. Price writes "The Slacker Astronomy podcast reports on a recently discovered super star cluster located just 10,000 light years away. This system is expected to spawn 1500 supernovae in about 40 million years. I don't plan to be around to see the fireworks, but I wish I could. The show will be awesome. SA is a weekly look at astronomy by astronomers as told by a 20-something gal from Harvard and two of her friends. It's funny and cheesy, like the Dr. Who of podcasts."

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  1. Now I'm curious (warning: offtopic) by FuturePastNow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After reading their website, now I want to hear their April Fools podcast (" We will not play the show again. It was up for one day and one day only."). Did anybody who knew about this site before five minutes ago save it? Post a link?

    --
    Give a man fire, and you warm him for the night. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life.
  2. Re:Truth in advertisement...??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Tru dat. Should have been "nearby super star cluster".

    Although you can debate whether it is nearby or not. For Pamela, who did her PhD on extra-galactic stuff, this is right next door. For me, working on a PhD on stellar stuff, this is not so close. :) But still plenty close enough to put on a great show, even in the daytime.
    -aaron