--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Nevertheless, supernovae are not seen from earth > > > > to flare up and die out in a matter of seconds. > > > > > > > You could be right, based on the recorded evidence, but I don't > > > think that rules out the probability that this could have been an > > > actual astronomical event witnessed from earth, yet not recorded > > > before? Possibly as some have suggested, something that looked like > > > a super nova, but wasn't. Who knows? I just figure the odds are in > > > the favor, given the vast size of the observable Universe, of a > > > newly discovered, or unrecorded event, not yet incorporated into > > our > > > current body of knowledge regarding observable astronomical > > > phenomenon. (whew- that's a mouthful). > > > > I said earlier that it could have been some even > > more exotic event. But it couldn't have been a > > supernova. > > > > Not under the current definition, at least. > Yep- I remember in biology class learning about cell structure- this was mid-60's, and the teacher pointed out these things in a cell called 'golgi bodies' and that's all they knew about that cellular component at that time. Now they know everything:
http://tinyurl.com/2nof35 Same thing will happen with supernovae.
