SETI public: Supernova Hunting

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 10:07:36 PST

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Today in Science/Astronomy:

* Supernova Hunting: The Search for Exploding Stars Heats Up
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/supernova_hunting_030114.html

Exploding stars make themselves pretty obvious. About 2,500 of these so-called supernovae are known inside our galaxy and beyond. But exactly what they were before they exploded is not so clear.

* New Moons of Neptune are First Discovered Since 1989
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/neptune_moons_030113.html

Astronomers announced today the discovery of three previously unseen moons orbiting Neptune, bringing the total of satellites around that planet to 11.

* Astronotes: Failed Star Discovered, Closest Known
http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html

The universe appears to be filled with failed stars, middleweight objects called brown dwarfs that are heavier than planets but not quite massive enough to generate the nuclear fusion that lights a real star.

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