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	<title>Comments on: Meteorite nails car in Las Vegas? Nope.</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Evolving Squid</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/15/meteorite-nails-car-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-126448</link>
		<dc:creator>Evolving Squid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Loud noise and rumbling ground?  Sounds like the after effects of too much Fosters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Loud noise and rumbling ground?  Sounds like the after effects of too much Fosters.</p>
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		<title>By: Another possible meteorite impact? &#124; Bad Astronomy &#124; Discover Magazine</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/15/meteorite-nails-car-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-126412</link>
		<dc:creator>Another possible meteorite impact? &#124; Bad Astronomy &#124; Discover Magazine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] News from deep in the Australian outback is that residents of Alice Springs last night heard a boom and felt the ground shake. Aviation accidents have been ruled out, so who knows? That&#8217;s a pretty remote region for an accidental dummy weapon drop. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] News from deep in the Australian outback is that residents of Alice Springs last night heard a boom and felt the ground shake. Aviation accidents have been ruled out, so who knows? That&#8217;s a pretty remote region for an accidental dummy weapon drop. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: LSandman24</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/15/meteorite-nails-car-in-las-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-126316</link>
		<dc:creator>LSandman24</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t Hubble still calibrating after being offline for several weeks? Amazing how it could detect this without disengaging the &quot;O.F.F.&quot; actuator.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t Hubble still calibrating after being offline for several weeks? Amazing how it could detect this without disengaging the &#8220;O.F.F.&#8221; actuator.</p>
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		<title>By: HvP</title>
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		<dc:creator>HvP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do I even need to mention the fact that an Electro-Magnetic-Pulse would travel at the same speed as the light coming from any potential supernova? So if we could see a supernova then we&#039;d already be hit by the EMP.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do I even need to mention the fact that an Electro-Magnetic-Pulse would travel at the same speed as the light coming from any potential supernova? So if we could see a supernova then we&#8217;d already be hit by the EMP.</p>
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		<title>By: Phil Plait</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phil Plait</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack Cannon, what on Earth are you talking about? What scientists have predicted an EMP hitting us and causing problems? There is zero danger from any supernova event, especially one from another galaxy! The pulse comes from gamma and X-rays hitting our atmosphere, and the amount of such EM radiation hitting us from a supernova even a few hundred light years away is essentially zero.

And &quot;Bella Prime&quot;... where did that name come from? No astronomer has ever called a supernova a name like that.

Bear in mind I have done a &lt;i&gt;lot&lt;/i&gt; of research into this, and wrote about it extensively in my book.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack Cannon, what on Earth are you talking about? What scientists have predicted an EMP hitting us and causing problems? There is zero danger from any supernova event, especially one from another galaxy! The pulse comes from gamma and X-rays hitting our atmosphere, and the amount of such EM radiation hitting us from a supernova even a few hundred light years away is essentially zero.</p>
<p>And &#8220;Bella Prime&#8221;&#8230; where did that name come from? No astronomer has ever called a supernova a name like that.</p>
<p>Bear in mind I have done a <i>lot</i> of research into this, and wrote about it extensively in my book.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Cannon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Cannon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Subject : Cell Phones and Your Televisions


The Hubble Telescope has detected the largest recorded explosion to date.


Supernova Bella Prime in the Perseus Galaxy has exploded and has emitted a massive electromagnetic pulse, also known as an EMP, that could cause major disruptions to computers and communication systems here on Earth.

On March 13, 1989, in Montreal, Quebec, 6 million people were without commercial electric power for 9 hours as a result of a huge geomagnetic storm. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lost power.

Supernova Bella Prime is 1056 times stronger than the 1989 EMP and is expected to reach Earth later this year.

Scientists predict there will be major disruptions to computers and to most electrical devises here on Earth.

In order to protect your electrical circuits all cells phones, computers, televisions, and other electrical devises should be turned off for approximately 24 minutes as the EMP wave passes over Earth.

Persons traveling in vehicles using a navigational GPS are to ensure they have a traditional map available as all GPS devises will be affected when GPS Satellites Stations are turned towards the EMP and their signal turned off for the 24 minute duration.

Scientist also say that not all things will be doom and gloom as some of the newly designed battery operated toys will be activated during the 24 minute wave period even without batteries installed. Also of interest, the Earth&#039;s magnetic field which naturally protects us from all EMPs will cause a spectacular show of the Aurora Borealis seen as far south as Mexico.

There is little health risk during this time as the narrow wave exposure is considered short.

Presented by Team Star


California Observatory



References


. ^ Giacobbe, F. W. (2005). &quot;How a Type II Supernova Explodes&quot;. Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics 2 (6): 30­38. Retrieved oon 2007-08-03.


. ^ &quot;Introduction to Supernova Remnants&quot;. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (July 27, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-07.


. ^ Schawinski, K. Justham, S.; Wolf, C.; Podsiadlowski, P.; Sullivan, M.; Steenbrugge, K. C.; Bell, T.; RÃ¶ser, H.-J.; Walker, E. S.; Astier, P.; Balam, D.; Balland, C.; Carlberg, R.; Conley, A.; Fouchez, D.; Guy, J.; Hardin, D.; Hook, I.; Howell, D. A.; Pain, R.; Perrett, K.; Pritchet, C.; Regnault, N.; Yi, S. K. (2008). &quot;Supernova Shock Breakout from a Red Supergiant&quot;. Science Express 321: 223. doi:10.1126/science.1160456. PMID 18556514.


. ^ a b c Mazzali, P. A.; K. RÃ¶pke, F. K.; Benetti, S.; Hillebrandt, W. (2007). &quot;A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae&quot;. Science 315 (5813): 825­828. doi:10.1126/science.1136259. PMID 117289993.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Subject : Cell Phones and Your Televisions</p>
<p>The Hubble Telescope has detected the largest recorded explosion to date.</p>
<p>Supernova Bella Prime in the Perseus Galaxy has exploded and has emitted a massive electromagnetic pulse, also known as an EMP, that could cause major disruptions to computers and communication systems here on Earth.</p>
<p>On March 13, 1989, in Montreal, Quebec, 6 million people were without commercial electric power for 9 hours as a result of a huge geomagnetic storm. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lost power.</p>
<p>Supernova Bella Prime is 1056 times stronger than the 1989 EMP and is expected to reach Earth later this year.</p>
<p>Scientists predict there will be major disruptions to computers and to most electrical devises here on Earth.</p>
<p>In order to protect your electrical circuits all cells phones, computers, televisions, and other electrical devises should be turned off for approximately 24 minutes as the EMP wave passes over Earth.</p>
<p>Persons traveling in vehicles using a navigational GPS are to ensure they have a traditional map available as all GPS devises will be affected when GPS Satellites Stations are turned towards the EMP and their signal turned off for the 24 minute duration.</p>
<p>Scientist also say that not all things will be doom and gloom as some of the newly designed battery operated toys will be activated during the 24 minute wave period even without batteries installed. Also of interest, the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field which naturally protects us from all EMPs will cause a spectacular show of the Aurora Borealis seen as far south as Mexico.</p>
<p>There is little health risk during this time as the narrow wave exposure is considered short.</p>
<p>Presented by Team Star</p>
<p>California Observatory</p>
<p>References</p>
<p>. ^ Giacobbe, F. W. (2005). &#8220;How a Type II Supernova Explodes&#8221;. Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics 2 (6): 30­38. Retrieved oon 2007-08-03.</p>
<p>. ^ &#8220;Introduction to Supernova Remnants&#8221;. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (July 27, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-07.</p>
<p>. ^ Schawinski, K. Justham, S.; Wolf, C.; Podsiadlowski, P.; Sullivan, M.; Steenbrugge, K. C.; Bell, T.; RÃ¶ser, H.-J.; Walker, E. S.; Astier, P.; Balam, D.; Balland, C.; Carlberg, R.; Conley, A.; Fouchez, D.; Guy, J.; Hardin, D.; Hook, I.; Howell, D. A.; Pain, R.; Perrett, K.; Pritchet, C.; Regnault, N.; Yi, S. K. (2008). &#8220;Supernova Shock Breakout from a Red Supergiant&#8221;. Science Express 321: 223. doi:10.1126/science.1160456. PMID 18556514.</p>
<p>. ^ a b c Mazzali, P. A.; K. RÃ¶pke, F. K.; Benetti, S.; Hillebrandt, W. (2007). &#8220;A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae&#8221;. Science 315 (5813): 825­828. doi:10.1126/science.1136259. PMID 117289993.</p>
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		<title>By: infidel</title>
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		<dc:creator>infidel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Check out the 10/15 B.C. strip:  http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/images/bc2002445681015.gif

Coincidence???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out the 10/15 B.C. strip:  <a href="http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/images/bc2002445681015.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/images/bc2002445681015.gif</a></p>
<p>Coincidence???</p>
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