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Possible Supernova In Nearby Spiral Galaxy

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @03:21PM 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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I've got some bad news and some good news. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-20 15:25 · 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?
Probably not a supernova. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-20 15:30 · Score: 5, Funny

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