NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz on May 14, 2008 11:14 AM | 1 Comment | Link to here ∴
I saw a teaser that's got me wondering what's going on at NASA...
WASHINGTON -- NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years. This finding was made by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with ground-based observations.

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Dennis G. Jerz | May 14, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply

It's the most recent supernova known in our galaxy, having occurred about 140 years ago. --NASA

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