Hubble Reveals Secrets of a Celestial 'Blob' 6
tewl writes "Saw this on http://cnn.org/2000/TECH/space/10/09/hubble.nursery/index.html
The nebula N 81 earned its nickname of "The Blob" because few of its features can be discerned ground-based telescopes. But the space-based Hubble telescope has afforded a closer look, revealing a stellar nursery at work within its cloudy confines."
Hubble is fine and dandy but... (Score:2)
Peace out.
Not to be too picky... (Score:1)
There's a ton of new stories waiting to be posted here. For instance, I particularly liked the one about N = NP and the supposed discovery of the Higgs particle. But this one? I failed to see anything novel. Just another case of "bigger telescope reveals more details of something seen a gazillion times before".
In that same page, you can find out about NASA aborting Discovery's launch due to some equipment left on the pad [cnn.org]. That's something to talk about, spending so much time and money preparing for the launch just to have it all come apart due to someone's carelessness.
Re:Hubble is fine and dandy but... (Score:1)
uh... when the Chinese [slashdot.org] get there?
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Re:Hubble is fine and dandy but... (Score:1)
Back in the days when the Big Red USSR had plans and schemes and rockets and ICBMs and stuff, and was commie to boot, they were the heydays of NASA, Star Wars, etc.
Now all we have is Saddam and a few ickle upstarts. It'll be interesting to see what happens when China gets a foothold in space (if such a thing is possible), that last big bastion of red-ity.
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Re:Not to be too picky... (Score:1)
This story talks about some astronomy that may be interesting to astronomy buffs. I am certainly glad that I read it. I don't give two fucks about the Red Hat stories that get posted on the main page, but you don't see me complaining, do you?
Re:Not to be too picky... (Score:1)