NASA about to announce something Big?, page 3

reply to post by Fibonacci11235

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You can be guaranteed if NASA announced anything it wouldn't be anything they want covered up so its probably something mundane or they have known it for a while and decided to tell the world.

Its like them telling us they have a new shuttle when there are things in space that are going on that no one knows about and possibly even NASA, but the question is which one would they prefer to tell.

The shuttle or a possible galactic problem.......hmmm something tells me the shuttle story will do, as always.

reply to post by Essan

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reply to post by DuneKnight

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I have to agree. Given the fact that this is an announcement from the Chandra team, and they said it is an object IN our galaxy, I would have to bet that they confirmed that the compact radio source Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in the center of our Galaxy is actually a black hole.

It has been speculated that this radio source is a black hole, but that has not yet been confirmed. I'm suspect the Chandra X-ray observatory found some new compelling evidence confirming that Sgr A* is a black hole.

It was 50 years ago that David Finkelstein first described the chracteristics of what we know as black holes (but gravitational singularities were theorized before that), although the term "black hole" was not coined until 10 years later. However, I think the concept of a supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy has been theorized for less than 50 years, so I suppose this announcement COULD be something else -- but I suspect nothing that important to most people.

The confirmation of a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way would be thrilling and exciting news to astrophysistis whose careers revolve around discoveries such as this, but it is of purely esoteric importance to the rest of the world.

I did some searches and found out that during the cold war they launched some satellites to spy with. The satellites were to detect radiation, but to their surprise the radiation was coming from outer space. This may be the results of years of searching for what is causing it.

Source

I will keep searching though. I love a mystery like this.

reply to post by phaistonian

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Probably just conformation of a "Supermassive Black Hole"in the center of the galaxy.

reply to post by Rhain

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Those satellites were detecting Gamma Ray Burst......we already know what they are.

reply to post by phaistonian

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The announcement will be to brief on the success of the shuttle replacement. here is part of nasas press release.

MEDIA ADVISORY : M08-093 NASA to Update Media About Constellation Program Progress WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of progress made in the last few months and work ahead for NASA's Constellation Program. Constellation will build the spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and return humans to the moon by 2020. Following the update, NASA managers will answer media questions.

reply to post by Fibonacci11235

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That is a funny comment lol. They make is sound so good then bam!. lol.

reply to post by IgnoreTheFacts

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it will be so funny when your wrong because then you will look ignorant.

Btw if it was something not so important im sure they would have released the information already.

Originally posted by Solarskye
reply to post by QBSneak000

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Well NASA has been looking for life in our galaxy, so maybe, just maybe it's life of some kind. It doesn't necessarily have to be intelligent life.

Um... "cough"Yeah, right"cough". They've been looking for life.


I agree with a few of the OP's.
Either
1. A Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy.
or
2. The missing mass in our universe, some of which has been recently discovered to be low density gas.

Yay!

NASA Sucks.

[edit on 8-5-2008 by SumnerKagan]

reply to post by Flyer

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Exactly what i said, instead of being a Smug (wont use another word) explain it. Because i much rather be a Idiot then a hating self sintered smug.

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