UPDATE:  SOLVED by Jerry at 12:01 CDT

Good afternoon, sports fans.  I trust everybody made it through the week in one piece; and that you’re feeling fine, frisky, and ready to solve today’s riddle.

Excellent!  I have a nice little riddle for you today… nothing that will leave you long discombobulated.  Just enough to shake off that Saturday stupor. Ready?  Today’s solution is a “thing” found in the real world.

Image by Mila Zinkova 092108 from Hawaii - Ms. Zinkova takes outrageously beautiful images.

This is a single object.

It is a modern discovery, but our ancestors may have been aware of something going on 4,000 to 6,000 years ago.

It’s responsible for the object from which it takes its name.

NASA/HST-NICMOS, very lovely

In some ways, this diva is very young; in other ways, she’s very old.  Well, what do you expect when you burn the candle at both ends?

Not just another pretty face, this diva is making scientists re-think long held beliefs about the birth of her kind.

And a temper?  Wow!  In about 1 to 3 million years this diva will be putting on quite a show for us.

(boom)

This is a social diva; she’s a member in good standing of our local “brat pack”.

Even running with a fast crowd, this diva will produce as much energy in 20 seconds as our Sweet Sol will in a year.

You might associate this diva’s discovery with NICMOS.

And THAT takes care of THAT.  I’m hanging out in the comments, as usual, waiting for someone to talk to me!  I’ll see ya’ there…

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