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Comment on “Reporter and discoverer arrested for breaking in Science Centre” by Hanny

Hanny — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:49:23 +0000

Well, the investigations already took place, but the outcome will be published later this year. (I wished my students paid this much attention – well spotted!) Thanks for your comment Daniel!

Comment on “Reporter and discoverer arrested for breaking in Science Centre” by Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:46:42 +0000

The article – as far as Google Translate understood it – says that Hubble will investigate the Voorwerp later this year, but you mentioned in a tweet last month that there is already a draft paper. And page 30 of the comic even seems to discuss details of unpublished HST results. Huh?

Comment on National Geographic shot me! by Hanny’s Voorwerp | Official website of discoverer Hanny van Arkel » Hanny’s Voorwerp in National Geographic!

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:31:59 +0000

[...] Back in February, I was interviewed for the Dutch/Belgian National Geographic magazine, about my discovery of Hanny’s Voorwerp. They were doing an item about people and their discoveries named after them and for this they also wanted to do a photo shoot. The set had to be a place related to the discovery, so we ended up at ASTRON! And here’s the picture of that day. The September issue, with this item in it, is now available. [...]

Comment on What’s wrong? – win a signed comic book! by Ted Judah

Ted Judah — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:07:22 +0000

Everyone knows that space voorwerps are female.

Comment on What’s wrong? – win a signed comic book! by Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:40:14 +0000

Why is the Voorwerp referred to as a “he” – shouldn’t it be an “it”?

Comment on What’s wrong? – win a signed comic book! by Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:03:48 +0000

The text box in the upper left corner is gone in the current online version, so it must have been the mistake. Also why would it say “STARTS” twice? (I also found a missing “A” in the word “JODCAST” on page 12, by the way.)

The comic is a great – and very unusual, given the level of technical detail – way to tell the story of an astronomica discovery. Kind of “Contact”, without the bad people and the aliens (well, who knows … .

And I was actually moved by the great closing words on page 34! May they be read by the right people who then act accordingly …

Comment on What’s wrong? – win a signed comic book! by bill

bill — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:20:03 +0000

Hanny wild guess the cat thought you had a dog Bill

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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:45:21 +0000

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Comment on Μια συνέντευξη στα ελληνικά (or: An interview in Greek) by Hanny

Hanny — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:51:11 +0000

Thank *you* Maria, it was great fun! Best wishes!

Comment on Μια συνέντευξη στα ελληνικά (or: An interview in Greek) by Maria

Maria — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:32:43 +0000

awww, I just saw this!
thank you for your kind words, it was such a pleasure knowing you and jumping into your world for a while!
you are an inspiration, keep doing what you’re doing!
Take care,
Maria