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![ReaperOfSly ReaperOfSly](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1417862699/portrait?size=64)
ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.10 23:26:00 -
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Wow, looking at the article, I was sure it was going to be a black hole. Specifically the one at the centre of the galaxy. The only other thing I can think of that NASA have been looking for for 50 years is an alien spaceship or radio transmission. That would be awesome, but I won't get my hopes up. It's probably going to be something really boring like a nebula.
OOH I just had a thought. Nemesis! The supposed dark twin of the sun - a brown dwarf star that orbits the sun with a period of 3000 years and is too dark to see most of the time. If I understand the doomsday theories surrounding it, they said it would first be spotted in 2008. OooooOOOOooooOOHH! ![Shocked](/images/icon_eek.gif) --------------------------------------------------------------------
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![Wild Rho Wild Rho](https://images.evetech.net/characters/321189808/portrait?size=64)
Wild Rho
Amarr GoonFleet
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Posted - 2008.05.10 23:31:00 -
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I bet it's a nebula that looks like a pair of boobs.
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![Kirjava Kirjava](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1174081287/portrait?size=64)
Kirjava
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.10 23:31:00 -
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Nemesis eh? I hadnt thought of that.....
Possible, its awesome, we would be a binary but it would ultimatly mean little changes. A wormhole however.... it would reinvigorate physics, when you know it can exist in nature, man does its best to make it himself.
Haruhiists - Overloading Out of Pod discussions since 2007. |
![Captain Hudson Captain Hudson](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1070205945/portrait?size=64)
Captain Hudson
Caldari Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.10 23:49:00 -
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internets gone nuts about planet x or nemesis, bet its just something really boring. if it was something REALLY important they would not wait till wensday.
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![ReaperOfSly ReaperOfSly](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1417862699/portrait?size=64)
ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.10 23:51:00 -
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Originally by: Captain Hudson internets gone nuts about planet x or nemesis, bet its just something really boring. if it was something REALLY important they would not wait till wensday.
Actually, the fact that they're waiting until Wednesday indicates it IS something really important. They're making sure they get good media coverage when they do finally announce it - make sure it doesn't get buried on the back page of the newspaper. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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![Kirjava Kirjava](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1174081287/portrait?size=64)
Kirjava
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:07:00 -
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NASA Special Report
After 50 years of searching, NASA have discovered what they have.... for 50 years searched for.
Many have asked how? Why? But now it is know....
Training the Hubble Telescope on Uranus - a wormhole apeture has been spotted, spewing odd socks into the upper atmosphere.
NASA has begun reverse enginearing Washing Machines in an attempt to understand how Humanity has had wormhole technology for half a century, without realising it.
Back to the studio.....![Cool](/images/icon_cool.gif)
Haruhiists - Overloading Out of Pod discussions since 2007. |
![Cmdr Sy Cmdr Sy](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1213688326/portrait?size=64)
Cmdr Sy
Appetite 4 Destruction Clown Punchers Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:11:00 -
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The existence of a dark binary companion to the Sun was only suggested in 1985, so the announcement is unlikely to be it. I doubt it is going to be any Planet X either, as only a truly exceptional Oort-Kuiper object would warrant a press conference.
I think a supermassive black hole or pulsar in the galactic core is more likely to be it.
Then again it could turn out to be something really boring.
EVE CCG Trinity Booster
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![Thorliaron Thorliaron](https://images.evetech.net/characters/703463564/portrait?size=64)
Thorliaron
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:14:00 -
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Originally by: ReaperOfSly
Originally by: Captain Hudson internets gone nuts about planet x or nemesis, bet its just something really boring. if it was something REALLY important they would not wait till wensday.
Actually, the fact that they're waiting until Wednesday indicates it IS something really important. They're making sure they get good media coverage when they do finally announce it - make sure it doesn't get buried on the back page of the newspaper.
hey we are going to get hit by a astroid on saturday, christ lets announce it on wensday then!
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![Captain Hudson Captain Hudson](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1070205945/portrait?size=64)
Captain Hudson
Caldari Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:15:00 -
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Originally by: ReaperOfSly
Originally by: Captain Hudson internets gone nuts about planet x or nemesis, bet its just something really boring. if it was something REALLY important they would not wait till wensday.
Actually, the fact that they're waiting until Wednesday indicates it IS something really important. They're making sure they get good media coverage when they do finally announce it - make sure it doesn't get buried on the back page of the newspaper.
Object in our galaxy = unimportant to average people
The Real Eve FanFest |
![Nerogk Shorn Nerogk Shorn](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1267169983/portrait?size=64)
Nerogk Shorn
Caldari Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:26:00 -
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Yeah, to be honest, i'm pretty sure we've proven black holes exist already. We've seen stars "blink out" when a black hole has moved in front of them. We've seen their x-ray emissions, though i can't remember the name of this property of black holes. Also we've seen the stars at the center of our galaxy go on orbits like comets around some "mysterious" point in space. Also we know quasars are just swirling clouds of gas around a blackhole when it sucks up matter from stars etc.
I doubt it's "a black hole." If it's something else that has to do with a black hole then i can understand. I wasn't aware we had the technology to find smaller planets yet. I thought the telescope that was going to be built for that was due to go into orbit in about 4 years or so...
I really wonder what it would be. I mean, personally, I think only really BIG discoveries would be postponed like this in order for them to "prepare for the public." KLINGONS... that must be it >_>
The Bulbasaur Wizard D-F-A-A-B-A-A-S
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![Thorliaron Thorliaron](https://images.evetech.net/characters/703463564/portrait?size=64)
Thorliaron
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:32:00 -
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Originally by: Nerogk Shorn Yeah, to be honest, i'm pretty sure we've proven black holes exist already. We've seen stars "blink out" when a black hole has moved in front of them. We've seen their x-ray emissions, though i can't remember the name of this property of black holes. Also we've seen the stars at the center of our galaxy go on orbits like comets around some "mysterious" point in space. Also we know quasars are just swirling clouds of gas around a blackhole when it sucks up matter from stars etc.
I doubt it's "a black hole." If it's something else that has to do with a black hole then i can understand. I wasn't aware we had the technology to find smaller planets yet. I thought the telescope that was going to be built for that was due to go into orbit in about 4 years or so...
I really wonder what it would be. I mean, personally, I think only really BIG discoveries would be postponed like this in order for them to "prepare for the public." KLINGONS... that must be it >_>
Can't be that of a bigger discovery if i have to come onto the eve-online fourms to see they have a big announcement to make ![Confused](/images/icon_confused.gif)
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![defiler defiler](https://images.evetech.net/characters/149311641/portrait?size=64)
defiler
Mad Hermit
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Posted - 2008.05.11 00:36:00 -
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Originally by: Thorliaron hey we are going to get hit by a astroid on saturday, christ lets announce it on wensday then!
An asteroid was my immediate thought as well, Wednesday is probably when they figure it'll hit us. Imagine a stern guy walking up to the mics, laying down the cold hard facts that we're all going to die in the next three minutes, after which he starts singing Never Gonna Give You Up. Best way to handle it, everyone's gonna be so annoyed at being rickroll'd that they forget to panic.
I hope I'm wrong, a wormhole would be way more fun. Then we'll just have to construct a gate and... well, you know the rest. ![Very Happy](/images/icon_biggrin.gif)
Mad Hermit corporation Minding our own business since 2004 |
![Ryushe Ryushe](https://images.evetech.net/characters/878495950/portrait?size=64)
Ryushe
M. Corp Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2008.05.11 01:30:00 -
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Whatever it is, it can't be that important. NASA's Deputy Director will be attending a Future Forum discussion in Calif. that day (the 14th). See news release about that here. If this announcement is really going to be a major deal, I would think she'd be present during the teleconference, seeing as the Chandra X-Ray observatory is part of NASA.
Whatever it may be, seeing as it was found by Chandra, my bet is they found yet a bigger black hole than the last one (I believe the current record stands for a blackhole with a total mass estimated to be 14-16 times that of our Sun?). I can't see them finding a wormhole, as from what I understand the type of radiation put out by a wormhole is very very similar to a blackhole. Also, wormholes are as of yet still a purely theoretical feature. The only thing about it possibly being a wormhole is that the guy who first coined the term (by the name of John Weeler) did so in 1957. This is more than 50 years ago :)
As someone else pointed out, putting out a press release on an upcoming announcement is pretty normal in the scientific world. This way, people can prepare to find time in their schedules to actually listen in on this teleconference.
On a side note, it's funny how they make an announcement of them making an announcement :) (yes yes, I know why they do it that way (see above) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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![armas armas](https://images.evetech.net/characters/179013812/portrait?size=64)
armas
Gallente Dark Centuri Inc. Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2008.05.11 01:41:00 -
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Originally by: Ryushe I believe the current record stands for a blackhole with a total mass estimated to be 14-16 times that of our Sun?
You're off some orders of magnitude there chief ![Smile](/images/icon_smile.gif)
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![Amastat Amastat](https://images.evetech.net/characters/975523299/portrait?size=64)
Amastat
Caldari Omegatech
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Posted - 2008.05.11 01:48:00 -
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Edited by: Amastat on 11/05/2008 01:49:24 They found a very large series of these on a intercept course for earth. NASA/SETI Radio Telescopes picked up eerie sounds coming from these unknown objects, much like the noise bumblebees would make. ![Shocked](/images/icon_eek.gif)
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![Constantine Arcanum Constantine Arcanum](https://images.evetech.net/characters/810286830/portrait?size=64)
Constantine Arcanum
IMPERIAL SENATE Pure.
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Posted - 2008.05.11 01:49:00 -
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Originally by: Kirjava Nemesis eh? I hadnt thought of that.....
Possible, its awesome, we would be a binary but it would ultimatly mean little changes. A wormhole however.... it would reinvigorate physics, when you know it can exist in nature, man does its best to make it himself.
Except when Nemesis moves through the Oort Cloud and causes many planetoids and comets to come flying our way. ![Shocked](/images/icon_eek.gif)
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![Ryushe Ryushe](https://images.evetech.net/characters/878495950/portrait?size=64)
Ryushe
M. Corp Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2008.05.11 01:53:00 -
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Edited by: Ryushe on 11/05/2008 01:55:53
Originally by: armas
Originally by: Ryushe I believe the current record stands for a blackhole with a total mass estimated to be 14-16 times that of our Sun?
You're off some orders of magnitude there chief ![Smile](/images/icon_smile.gif)
Well, seems I was wrong, it was more like 24 solar masses. Then again, I see where I got thrown off; I was thinking of "Stellar Mass" blackholes, handily bypassing the fact that there's more than one classification for a blackhole. My apologies. See the news article here on the largest confirmed Stellar Mass black hole.
For those of you interested in this kind of thing, go read up on blackholes (wikipedia has a lot of info on them), they're fun.
-- Edit -- I know what's going on; Chandra has found the radiation emitting from the EVE Gate ![Cool](/images/icon_cool.gif) ![Very Happy](/images/icon_biggrin.gif)
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![F'nog F'nog](https://images.evetech.net/characters/858768261/portrait?size=64)
F'nog
Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Valainaloce
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Posted - 2008.05.11 03:49:00 -
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I'm putting my nonexistent money on the BH at the center of the galaxy. We've seen evidence of them in other galaxies, but never in our own.
On a side note, it's not gonna be a Quasar, as Quasars are only seen at billions of LY distant, so they're most likely just young, energetic galaxies. The Milky Way is no longer young. It was probably a Quasar long, long ago, but stopped being one billions of years ago.
Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
F'nog for Amarr Emperor. Nuff said![Laughing](/images/icon_lol.gif)
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![Nerogk Shorn Nerogk Shorn](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1267169983/portrait?size=64)
Nerogk Shorn
Caldari Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.05.11 05:35:00 -
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Originally by: F'nog I'm putting my nonexistent money on the BH at the center of the galaxy. We've seen evidence of them in other galaxies, but never in our own.
On a side note, it's not gonna be a Quasar, as Quasars are only seen at billions of LY distant, so they're most likely just young, energetic galaxies. The Milky Way is no longer young. It was probably a Quasar long, long ago, but stopped being one billions of years ago.
TBH i'm pretty sure we already have decent evidence for the black hole in the middle of our galaxy. I've seen an animation of the stars at the center of our galaxy move in a highly elliptical orbit around some "point" speeding up as they got closer. It might have been on NASAs site actually... *shrugs*
I really wonder what it could be! I wonder how often "announcements" like this happen.
The Bulbasaur Wizard D-F-A-A-B-A-A-S
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![LaVista Vista LaVista Vista](https://images.evetech.net/characters/699886074/portrait?size=64)
LaVista Vista
Conservative Shenanigans Party
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Posted - 2008.05.11 08:03:00 -
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I bet it's planet x! ![Laughing](/images/icon_lol.gif)
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![Knight Lemming Knight Lemming](https://images.evetech.net/characters/785405034/portrait?size=64)
Knight Lemming
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Posted - 2008.05.11 08:18:00 -
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Maybe they have discoverd that the age of the Universe is over 20 Billion years![Question](/images/icon_question.gif) ![Shocked](/images/icon_eek.gif)
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![Steakkbone Steakkbone](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1355336887/portrait?size=64)
Steakkbone
Helios Incorporated Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.05.11 08:55:00 -
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I highly doubt its a black hole. We've pretty much proved they're existance through synchrotron radiation emission ec.t
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![Ishtar1 Ishtar1](https://images.evetech.net/characters/143809365/portrait?size=64)
Ishtar1
Rionnag Alba Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.05.11 09:46:00 -
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forgive me if im wrong but isnt the black hole theory a realitvly new one (less than 50 years)
And if they have been searching for one for more than 50 years that would mean they knew about the thing in question back then and well we've had a few advances since then so that narrows it down abit
also can someone tell me what time 1 pm EDT is in GMT :p /me is lazy
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![goodby4u goodby4u](https://images.evetech.net/characters/722175279/portrait?size=64)
goodby4u
Logistic Technologies Incorporated
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Posted - 2008.05.11 10:24:00 -
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Man I hope this is big and not just'HEY we found a cool new comet".
I doubt it would be something as big as life on another planet, but it might be great.
Bah I cant wait 3 days for this ![Mad](/images/icon_mad.gif)
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![F'nog F'nog](https://images.evetech.net/characters/858768261/portrait?size=64)
F'nog
Amarr Celestial Horizon Corp. Valainaloce
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Posted - 2008.05.11 10:41:00 -
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Originally by: Nerogk Shorn
Originally by: F'nog I'm putting my nonexistent money on the BH at the center of the galaxy. We've seen evidence of them in other galaxies, but never in our own.
On a side note, it's not gonna be a Quasar, as Quasars are only seen at billions of LY distant, so they're most likely just young, energetic galaxies. The Milky Way is no longer young. It was probably a Quasar long, long ago, but stopped being one billions of years ago.
TBH i'm pretty sure we already have decent evidence for the black hole in the middle of our galaxy. I've seen an animation of the stars at the center of our galaxy move in a highly elliptical orbit around some "point" speeding up as they got closer. It might have been on NASAs site actually... *shrugs*
I really wonder what it could be! I wonder how often "announcements" like this happen.
We only have anecdotal evidence, i.e. there's one in most other galaxies, so there should be one in ours. As far as any evidence you've seen, it's probably based on the supposition that what holds for other galaxies should follow for ours.
Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
F'nog for Amarr Emperor. Nuff said![Laughing](/images/icon_lol.gif)
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![Rana Ash Rana Ash](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1093661449/portrait?size=64)
Rana Ash
Minmatar Aeon Trinity
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Posted - 2008.05.11 10:42:00 -
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It's aliens, they just want some of our water cause their homeplanet is drying up. In return they will share their technology with us *noddels*, like a cure for cancer and such.
¦on Trinity is recruting, inquire within for details lyret dedreen
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![ReaperOfSly ReaperOfSly](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1417862699/portrait?size=64)
ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.11 10:43:00 -
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It's Discworld! They must have caught a glimpse of the turtle. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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![7shining7one7 7shining7one7](https://images.evetech.net/characters/102891953/portrait?size=64)
7shining7one7
Quafe Paladins
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Posted - 2008.05.11 11:01:00 -
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related
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![Elliot Reid Elliot Reid](https://images.evetech.net/characters/234956066/portrait?size=64)
Elliot Reid
Digital Fury Corporation Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2008.05.11 11:14:00 -
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As much as I'd love this to be proof of the existence of extra terrestrial life, The first SETI experiments were conducted in 1960 and the first SETI conference was in 1961, I serious doubt that will be what's revealed.
The black hole at the center of the galaxy is pretty much accepted already, it's dormant but maybe it's feeding again? (anthropomorphising 4tw).
I'm sure an asteroid headed to Earth wouldn't be announced with a pre announcement several days earlier.
Proof of dark matter?
All I can say is roll on Wednesday as my interest is piqued.
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![ReaperOfSly ReaperOfSly](https://images.evetech.net/characters/1417862699/portrait?size=64)
ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.11 11:16:00 -
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Originally by: 7shining7one7 related
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It's not a helicopter or plane, therefore it MUST be an alien spaceship.
Toss a hubcap in the air and take a photo of it - it will look alot like a lot of ufo photos. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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