reply to post by nerbot
What I get from reading this and the various other articles on this subject is that final determination of the object as to what it was and how far
away it was is still being debated.
I am disappointed that this information was withheld from the general public for over a year. Unless this story was released at the time of its
discovery and I/we simply overlooked it, I want some ones figurative head on a platter as this behavior is unacceptable. It is exactly what sparks
mistrust in the government and the scientific communities. Granted, politicians and scientists both hate to say “I don’t know”, but a
scientists is supposed to say, “I don’t know, let’s find out!” and the politician is supposed to say, “I don’t know because the previous
administration left uncertainties about this type of issue”. Or words to that effect in either case.
The 100 day duration of this mystery light, may be due to something igniting and burning out or may be due to something that has been there all along
and something else has been blocking our view of it, and for 100 days, that something has moved aside. Another theory, Gravitational Lensing, is that
something else has passed between the light source and us causing a magnification of that light for the 100 days allowing us to see it, perhaps a
black hole. A radical theory is that this light is from an object that has been moving faster than the speed of light and for 100 days the object had
slowed down to normal light speed, during which time it became visible. All I can say to that is, May the Force give you long life and prosperity,
always. (there, star wars and start trek combined)
My confusion to these articles stems from such a great diversity of theory and interpretation of facts. The time references given in the original
article, place the source of the light at 160 light years away, while a conflicting reference places the light source at well over several billion
light years away. The assessment of the actual light in determining it origin, distance and originating source composition is another enigma
altogether. If I am understanding this correctly, it could be from a source of Hydrogen, but appears different somehow from the way normal Hydrogen
burns, Argon, Arsenic, Sodium, Helium, Iron and oddly enough Helium3 have all been suggested. I say Helium3 as an oddity because Helium3 has only
recently come into the world of science as a potentially powerful energy source and thus the resurgence of lunar exploration as the moon is a
plentiful supply of Helium3 while it is very rare on the Earth.
I guess I am like everybody else here, I am disappointed that the discovery was withheld from the public, intrigued at the possibilities as to what
this new thing is, dumbfounded that those who I hold in such high regards can’t give me a definitive explanation after all this time. I’ll stay
tuned………
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[edit on 16-9-2008 by Jbird]