T-minus 24m 00s until NASA's 'Exceptional Object in Our Cosmic Neighborhood' news conference!

[tridim]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=media

My vote is still for a black hole within a light year of our Sun.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That would suck.

[Lochloosa]

2. Yes it would. And if true we would not be discussing it right now

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. black holes can be *very* small

[tridim]

5. I get the joke, but I disagree.

A black hole at a relatively safe close distance could be very useful for research.

[haifa lootin]

3. DAMMIT, I'm sorry I hit the unrec button by mistake

had one eye on the NASA channel on Dish and didn't pay close attention.
I'm sorry!

[Courtesy Flush]

6. The link is blocked at my office

They block streaming media sites.

When they announce it, please post, for the benefit of those who cannot watch.

[SidDithers]

7. K&R...nt

Sid

[Ozymanithrax]

8. They've discoverd Nemesis...

A brown dwarf orbitng the sun

[tridim]

9. Real link to conference

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=media

Sounds like it's going to be about dark matter.

[old mark]

10. So the world really WILL end in 2012?....nt

[Ian David]

11. It's where god lives, and he needs us to bring him a starship. n/t

[Ian David]

12. Photos

[BadgerKid]

13. Black hole is correct!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x73049

[tridim]

14. I was only off by 50 million light years.

:)

[starroute]

15. But long ago and in a galaxy far, far away

.......

[tridim]

16. Alex Filippenko is excited, that's all I need to know.

He's one of my favorite physicists and people in general.