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posted by Fnord666 on Friday October 13 2017, @03:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the interplanet-janet-spotted dept.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) will announce an "unprecedented discovery" on Monday:

ESO will hold a press conference on 16 October 2017 at 16:00 CEST, at its Headquarters in Garching, Germany, to present groundbreaking observations of an astronomical phenomenon that has never been witnessed before.

[...] By registering for the conference, journalists agree to honour an embargo, details of which will be provided after registration, and not to publish or discuss any of the material presented before the start of the conference on 16 October 2017 at 16:00 CEST.

LEAK IT!

Update: The announcement will be related to gravitational waves, and may involve a neutron star collision, which would also be visible using optical methods.


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  • (Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Friday October 13 2017, @04:36AM (3 children)

    by Fluffeh (954) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 13 2017, @04:36AM (#581559) Journal

    I read about this a few days ago, surely they wouldn't be playing so "cloak and dagger" and hyping up the talks if it was just rehashing this? It has to be something new - or they are adding something to the story/science that the other observatories have already done. I'm not sure if these stories cover it, but wasn't there also mention of the three-way joint verification of gravitational waves only a few days ago as well?

    It just seems to be too much hype (denouncements presented in multiple language packs etc etc) to be adding to that don't you think?

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 13 2017, @04:39AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday October 13 2017, @04:39AM (#581561) Journal

    multiple language packs

    Where? I used the language switcher at the top of the page but it doesn't translate the press release text.

    And remember that this is Europe we are talking about.

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