Weird, unexplained flash in sky

This almost three years old; but, does anyone have a link to more info
on this?

Maybe someone just graduated to Kardashev Type II...

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...ght-flash.html

Bright Flash in Heavens Has No Earthly Explanation
By Clara Moskowitz
January 06, 2009

File this one under: Things that go flash in the night.

While conducting a routine search for distant supernovae, astronomers
observed a bright burst of light that they can’t account for. On Feb.
21, 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope first imaged the source of light,
which continued to brighten over the next 100 days, peaked, and then
finally faded to oblivion over another 100 days.

The time scale of brightening, as well as the particular
characteristics of the colors of light seen, do not match any known
astronomical phenomena.

"So far it’s unlike anything previously observed," said Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory astronomer Kyle Barbary during a press
briefing Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long
Beach, California.

While supernovae normally take three weeks to reach their peak
brightness (or at most 70 days), this object, called SCP 06F6, took
significantly longer. During the span that the light was visible, the
team observed it with not only Hubble, but also with the Very Large
Telescope in Chile and the Subaru Telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory
in Hawaii.

The scientists can tell very little about the source of the flash —
not even how far away it is, or how intrinsically bright. That means
it could have come from some event in our own galaxy, or from some
distant region of the universe. There is no visible star or galaxy at
the site of flash to offer hints of what caused it.

Since the astronomers first announced the mystery sighting, many
experts have offered guesses about what type of phenomenon could be
behind it. Suggestions include a new type of supernova (such as the
collapse and explosion of a unique star), a collision between a white
dwarf star and a black hole, or even an exotic star made out of
hypothetical "mirror matter."

But none of the explanations are completely satisfying, Barbary said.
"None of these are conclusive. There are sort of problems with each
one that make none of them a sure bet."

Some are even joking that it could have been caused by an alien
civilization that had just turned on its own version of the Large
Hadron Collider and blown itself up.

Since the object has completely faded away from sight by now, options
for getting to the bottom of the mystery are slim.

"I think probably the only way to learn much more is to maybe find
more of these things and look for similarities," Barbary said.
--
Dave

This is actually a form of communication. Some aliens calling themselves
the "Lodars" from the planet Zephlephzon have attempted communication in a
dramatic way. The problem is that this communication occurred roughly
750,000,000 years ago, and they have long since evolved and already been
here and left around 3877 BC. We were deemed far too savage and primitive
to be on their level. They will return around 1000000 AD to see if our
civilization advanced or failed.

"Dave Typinski" wrote in message
...
This almost three years old; but, does anyone have a link to more info
on this?

Maybe someone just graduated to Kardashev Type II...

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...ght-flash.html

Bright Flash in Heavens Has No Earthly Explanation
By Clara Moskowitz
January 06, 2009

File this one under: Things that go flash in the night.

While conducting a routine search for distant supernovae, astronomers
observed a bright burst of light that they can't account for. On Feb.
21, 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope first imaged the source of light,
which continued to brighten over the next 100 days, peaked, and then
finally faded to oblivion over another 100 days.

The time scale of brightening, as well as the particular
characteristics of the colors of light seen, do not match any known
astronomical phenomena.

"So far it's unlike anything previously observed," said Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory astronomer Kyle Barbary during a press
briefing Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long
Beach, California.

While supernovae normally take three weeks to reach their peak
brightness (or at most 70 days), this object, called SCP 06F6, took
significantly longer. During the span that the light was visible, the
team observed it with not only Hubble, but also with the Very Large
Telescope in Chile and the Subaru Telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory
in Hawaii.

The scientists can tell very little about the source of the flash -
not even how far away it is, or how intrinsically bright. That means
it could have come from some event in our own galaxy, or from some
distant region of the universe. There is no visible star or galaxy at
the site of flash to offer hints of what caused it.

Since the astronomers first announced the mystery sighting, many
experts have offered guesses about what type of phenomenon could be
behind it. Suggestions include a new type of supernova (such as the
collapse and explosion of a unique star), a collision between a white
dwarf star and a black hole, or even an exotic star made out of
hypothetical "mirror matter."

But none of the explanations are completely satisfying, Barbary said.
"None of these are conclusive. There are sort of problems with each
one that make none of them a sure bet."

Some are even joking that it could have been caused by an alien
civilization that had just turned on its own version of the Large
Hadron Collider and blown itself up.

Since the object has completely faded away from sight by now, options
for getting to the bottom of the mystery are slim.

"I think probably the only way to learn much more is to maybe find
more of these things and look for similarities," Barbary said.
--
Dave

God is coming to get us !



"Dave Typinski" wrote in message
...
This almost three years old; but, does anyone have a link to more info
on this?

Maybe someone just graduated to Kardashev Type II...

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...ght-flash.html

Bright Flash in Heavens Has No Earthly Explanation
By Clara Moskowitz
January 06, 2009

File this one under: Things that go flash in the night.

While conducting a routine search for distant supernovae, astronomers
observed a bright burst of light that they can't account for. On Feb.
21, 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope first imaged the source of light,
which continued to brighten over the next 100 days, peaked, and then
finally faded to oblivion over another 100 days.

The time scale of brightening, as well as the particular
characteristics of the colors of light seen, do not match any known
astronomical phenomena.

"So far it's unlike anything previously observed," said Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory astronomer Kyle Barbary during a press
briefing Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long
Beach, California.

While supernovae normally take three weeks to reach their peak
brightness (or at most 70 days), this object, called SCP 06F6, took
significantly longer. During the span that the light was visible, the
team observed it with not only Hubble, but also with the Very Large
Telescope in Chile and the Subaru Telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory
in Hawaii.

The scientists can tell very little about the source of the flash -
not even how far away it is, or how intrinsically bright. That means
it could have come from some event in our own galaxy, or from some
distant region of the universe. There is no visible star or galaxy at
the site of flash to offer hints of what caused it.

Since the astronomers first announced the mystery sighting, many
experts have offered guesses about what type of phenomenon could be
behind it. Suggestions include a new type of supernova (such as the
collapse and explosion of a unique star), a collision between a white
dwarf star and a black hole, or even an exotic star made out of
hypothetical "mirror matter."

But none of the explanations are completely satisfying, Barbary said.
"None of these are conclusive. There are sort of problems with each
one that make none of them a sure bet."

Some are even joking that it could have been caused by an alien
civilization that had just turned on its own version of the Large
Hadron Collider and blown itself up.

Since the object has completely faded away from sight by now, options
for getting to the bottom of the mystery are slim.

"I think probably the only way to learn much more is to maybe find
more of these things and look for similarities," Barbary said.
--
Dave

Sam Wormley wrote:

Dave Typinski wrote:
This almost three years old; but, does anyone have a link to more info
on this?

See: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.1648v1

These kinds of mysteries often lead to new understanding!

Indeed they do. Thanks!

I'm starting a web page about oddball, unexplained observations. So
far I have this event, the Wow! signal, and the "Oh-My-God" particle.

Any suggestions for additional weird stuff?

--
Dave

I'm starting a web page about oddball, unexplained observations. So
far I have this event, the Wow! signal, and the "Oh-My-God" particle.

Any suggestions for additional weird stuff?

--
Dave

Just monitor this group for a few days.

Bryan

"Bryan" wrote:


I'm starting a web page about oddball, unexplained observations. So
far I have this event, the Wow! signal, and the "Oh-My-God" particle.

Any suggestions for additional weird stuff?

--
Dave

Just monitor this group for a few days.

Good point...

Perhaps I should rephrase: "weird, *factual* stuff." 8^)
--
Dave