Date: 27/06/2018 17:35:15
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1245160
Subject: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

Astronomers Are Freaking Out Over a New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed “The Cow”

A mysterious cataclysm in a neighboring galaxy was spotted in the sky above Hawaii last week, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to understand the source of the staggeringly brilliant flash.

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Date: 27/06/2018 17:43:18
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1245164
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

Tau.Neutrino said:


Astronomers Are Freaking Out Over a New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed “The Cow”

A mysterious cataclysm in a neighboring galaxy was spotted in the sky above Hawaii last week, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to understand the source of the staggeringly brilliant flash.

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Too many massive unexplained explosions out there, it’s unsettling.

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Date: 27/06/2018 17:44:49
From: Cymek
ID: 1245165
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

Bubblecar said:


Tau.Neutrino said:

Astronomers Are Freaking Out Over a New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed “The Cow”

A mysterious cataclysm in a neighboring galaxy was spotted in the sky above Hawaii last week, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to understand the source of the staggeringly brilliant flash.

more…

Too many massive unexplained explosions out there, it’s unsettling.

Starkiller bases perhaps

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Date: 27/06/2018 18:03:37
From: transition
ID: 1245174
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

read that

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Date: 27/06/2018 18:11:45
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1245180
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

Tau.Neutrino said:


Astronomers Are Freaking Out Over a New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed “The Cow”

A mysterious cataclysm in a neighboring galaxy was spotted in the sky above Hawaii last week, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to understand the source of the staggeringly brilliant flash.

more…

in the course of just three days, AT2018cow became about 10 times as bright as a normal supernova.

It was extraordinarily bright in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum – from X-rays to radio waves.

Whereas most supernovae carry spectral signatures called absorption lines, caused by certain elements within them that absorb wavelengths of light, AT2018cow is “surprisingly smooth,”

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Blazars have a spectrum that is “surprisingly smooth”. Blazars are black holes so perhaps what we’re seeing is a black hole eating lunch?

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Date: 27/06/2018 18:42:20
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1245185
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

>>Blazars are black holes

That’s probably the most inappropriate name eva.

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Date: 28/06/2018 03:35:16
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1245317
Subject: re: New Mysterious Space Object Nicknamed "The Cow"

Peak Warming Man said:


>>Blazars are black holes

That’s probably the most inappropriate name eva.

Which? Blazars or Black Holes?

I don’t know if you know the history of that name?

Quasars are Quasi-stellar objects

So when a new Quasar-like object was discovered that was even hotter, the first was the “star” previously catalogued as BL Lacertae. So

Blazars are BL Lacertae objects

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