It's a long way from home. 26,000 light years, to be precise.
Phew. I had an uneasy moment there, listening to NASA'a special press
conference, and was very glad that I'd got that brandy ready. But
despite the distance, we can see, as they put it, 'the rock that made
the splash, rather than just the ripples' directly. Go Chandra! Particle
physicists everywhere will be _very_ excited.
"This is a stellar death and the corpse is still warm," Bob
Kuchinich just said. How much more goth could you get? None more goth.
Jennie
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Jennie Kermode
jennie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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