Taking a short break from politics, this is the weirdest space news I've ever read.Having been an enthusiastic amateur space nut since I was a kid, the question "What's out there" has fascinated me for many years. In a serious, scientific paper published in Astrophysical Journal, one of the most respected scientific journals in the world, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope saw an object far away suddenly appear and then, just as mysteriously, disappear right before their eyes:This is exactly why we send astronauts to risk their life to service Hubble: in a paper published last week in the Astrophysical Journal, scientists detail the discovery of a new unidentified object in the middle of nowhere. I don't know about you, but when a research paper conclusion says "We suggest that the transient may be one of a new class" I get a chill of oooh-aaahness down my spine. Especially when after a hundred days of observation, it disappeared from the sky with no...(Read Full Post)