Hubble Finds Unidentified Object in Space, Scientists Puzzled, page 4

reply to post by nerbot

What I get from reading this and the various other articles on this subject is that final determination of the object as to what it was and how far away it was is still being debated.

I am disappointed that this information was withheld from the general public for over a year. Unless this story was released at the time of its discovery and I/we simply overlooked it, I want some ones figurative head on a platter as this behavior is unacceptable. It is exactly what sparks mistrust in the government and the scientific communities. Granted, politicians and scientists both hate to say “I don’t know”, but a scientists is supposed to say, “I don’t know, let’s find out!” and the politician is supposed to say, “I don’t know because the previous administration left uncertainties about this type of issue”. Or words to that effect in either case.

The 100 day duration of this mystery light, may be due to something igniting and burning out or may be due to something that has been there all along and something else has been blocking our view of it, and for 100 days, that something has moved aside. Another theory, Gravitational Lensing, is that something else has passed between the light source and us causing a magnification of that light for the 100 days allowing us to see it, perhaps a black hole. A radical theory is that this light is from an object that has been moving faster than the speed of light and for 100 days the object had slowed down to normal light speed, during which time it became visible. All I can say to that is, May the Force give you long life and prosperity, always. (there, star wars and start trek combined)

My confusion to these articles stems from such a great diversity of theory and interpretation of facts. The time references given in the original article, place the source of the light at 160 light years away, while a conflicting reference places the light source at well over several billion light years away. The assessment of the actual light in determining it origin, distance and originating source composition is another enigma altogether. If I am understanding this correctly, it could be from a source of Hydrogen, but appears different somehow from the way normal Hydrogen burns, Argon, Arsenic, Sodium, Helium, Iron and oddly enough Helium3 have all been suggested. I say Helium3 as an oddity because Helium3 has only recently come into the world of science as a potentially powerful energy source and thus the resurgence of lunar exploration as the moon is a plentiful supply of Helium3 while it is very rare on the Earth.

I guess I am like everybody else here, I am disappointed that the discovery was withheld from the public, intrigued at the possibilities as to what this new thing is, dumbfounded that those who I hold in such high regards can’t give me a definitive explanation after all this time. I’ll stay tuned………

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[edit on 16-9-2008 by Jbird]