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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.

  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.