Hubble Confirms Nature of Mysterious Green Blob 140
An anonymous reader writes "In 2007, Dutch secondary school biology teacher Hanny van Arkel spotted something mysterious in the night sky. Combing through Galaxy Zoo, an online database set up to enlist the public's help in classifying galaxies, she came across a glowing green smudge of light approximately 650 million light-years away. The object, which became known as Hanny's Voorwerp (Dutch for 'object'), is one of the most mysterious in the universe. Now, detailed Hubble Space Telescope images and new x-ray observations presented here today at the 217th meeting of the American Astronomical Society may finally confirm what it is."
Re:And for those not interested in reading TFA (Score:5, Insightful)
They leave out such pertinent points intentionally to encourage you to fill them in and score some easy mod points, instead of "first post" every article.
I bet you'd find they even get removed if you submit with them included ;)