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Possible Supernova In Nearby Spiral Galaxy

Posted by Soulskill on from the sorry-about-your-luck-aliens dept.

New submitter Zburatorul writes "In an electronic telegram to the IAU, an Italian astronomer reports his discovery of a possible supernova (magnitude R = 15) near spiral galaxy M95 on images taken March 16th. Many more independent and confirming observations are trickling in. The Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, has a more layman-friendly article about it. The bad news: it won't be visible with the naked eye. The good news: it's not going to kill us."

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  1. I've got some bad news and some good news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bad news: It won't be visible to the naked eye.

    Bummer man! Bummer!

    The good news: It's not going to kill us.

    Well THAT sucks!

    Wait, what?

  2. Probably not a supernova. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    More likely cause is that they got their version of the Large Hadron Collider up to full power.

  3. Bad news for the dinosaurs by ehiris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since it occurred 40 million years ago, it must have killed off the dinosaurs.

    1. Re:Bad news for the dinosaurs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The dinosaurs missed out on any possible threat from this explosion by about 40 million years.

      Hear that WOOOOSH? That's the joke flying overhead 25.5 million years too late.

  4. How very advanced of them! by schmidt349 · · Score: 4, Funny

    An "electronic telegram?" Great, let's head up to Mauna Kea and confirm their results. I propose we travel by horseless sleigh.