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Oddball Pulsating Star Hiccups as It Spins
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz | SPACE.com Astronomers have discovered a weird compact spinning star whose rotation has sped up slightly, causing it to be hidden until now. The star is what’s called … Continue reading
Oldest Spiral Galaxy in Universe Discovered
Interesting stuff; to us rational people that is. If you’re a fundamentalist Christian and still believe that the universe is roughly 6000 to 10,000 years old, then I suppose you don’t believe any of this. Oh well, ignorance is bliss. … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Big Bang, Google, Hubble Space Telescope, Mauna Kea, Milky Way, NASA, Science, Universe, W. M. Keck Observatory
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Should Pluto’s 5th Moon Make It a Planet?
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Francie Diep, SPACE.com Staff Writer | SPACE.com Scientists on Wednesday (July 11) announced the discovery of a fifth moon orbiting Pluto in a major solar system find. But while many … Continue reading
40 Million Stars Mapped in New Night Sky Census
Interesting stuff… And if you think that’s interesting, just think: God made all of those stars, and billions more like them (some of which are a hundred times larger than our Sun) in just 6 days! Now that’s interesting. And … Continue reading
European Telescope Pierces Into Heart of Massive Galaxy
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com – Mon, Jun 25, 2012 A recent photo of the colossal Centaurus A galaxy pierces through thick clouds of cosmic dust to reveal a clear view of its … Continue reading
Parts of Mars Interior as Wet as Earth’s
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com – Sat, Jun 23, 2012 The interior of Mars holds vast reservoirs of water, with some spots apparently as wet as Earth’s innards, scientists say. The finding upends … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth, Google, Mars, NASA, News, Red Planet, Science, University of New Mexico
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Venus Crosses the Sun for Last Time Until 2117, Skywatchers Rejoice
How cool is this? The photograph shows the relative size of the Sun to Venus, and Earth, since both are approximately the same size. Now just consider for one moment that the Sun is a relatively small star when compared … Continue reading
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Tagged Ames Research Center, Astronomy, Earth, God, International Date Line, NASA, Space, Sun, United States, Venus
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Weird Galaxy Glows Bright in Amazing Telescope Photo
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy with a monster black hole at its heart. The new image shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Black Hole, Centaurus, Chile, European Southern Observatory, Galaxy, Google, La Silla Observatory, Science, Universe
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‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Occurs May 20
For you sky-watchers out there… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Skywatchers in East Asia and the western United States should circle Sunday (May 20) on their calendars. That’s when a solar eclipse will … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Asia, Astronomy, Earth, Google, NASA, Science, Solar Eclipse, Solar Eclipse of May 20, United States
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‘Supermoon’ Tonight! Tips to See Year’s Biggest Full Moon, Meteor Shower
Our closest neighbor in space will be at its closest tonight. Hope you enjoy the view… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Tariq Malik | SPACE.com If the full moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in tonight’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Comet Halley, Google, Marshall Space Flight Center, Meteor Shower, Moon, NASA, News, Science, Supermoon
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Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, Space.com | SPACE.com If a pulsing star exists near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where a giant black hole is thought to lurk, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Astronomy, Black Hole, Cornell University, Galactic Center, General Relativity, Google, Milky Way, Physics, Space.com
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Scientists Closing in on Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor, Space.com SPACE.com Though scientists have suspected for a while that a giant black hole lurks at the center of our galaxy, they still can’t … Continue reading
First ‘Alien Earth’ May Be Found by 2014
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff, Space.com | SPACE.com The first true “alien Earth” will likely be discovered in the next two years, a NASA scientist says. Astronomers have found more than 750 alien … Continue reading
New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion Stars
Fascinating stuff! TGO Note: Click on image to enlarge Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff, Space.com | SPACE.com More than a billion stars blaze bright in a new photo of our Milky Way galaxy snapped by an … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Chile, Facebook, Hawaii, Milky Way, Outer Space, Science, Star, United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, University of Edinburgh
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Suit: NASA specialist axed over intelligent design
As long as this individual was qualified to do his work, which apparently he was, who really cares what his views were in terms of evolution vs intelligent design. There is one caveat: if his views interfered with the scope … Continue reading
Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth
Fascinating stuff from our “friend” in space; without it (the Sun) we wouldn’t be here… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest solar storm in five years was … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Astronomy, Earth, Global Positioning System, Google, NASA, News, Science, Solar Flare, Sun
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Andromeda Galaxy’s Exotic X-Ray Signal Actually a Bright Black Hole
I wonder if hundreds of millions or maybe billions of years down the road this will be our fate; our entire solar system “swallowed” by a black hole? If we don’t destroy ourselves first, odds are our existence will end … Continue reading
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Tagged Andromeda Galaxy, Astronomy, Black Hole, Hubble Space Telescope, Milky Way, NASA, Outer Space, Science, ULX
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Hawking too ill to make 70th birthday celebration
The accomplishments of Stephen Hawking in the field of physics and astronomy are truly remarkable. But when considering that he has made these contributions to science with his physical impairments make his achievements all the more incredible. TGO Refer to … Continue reading
Apocalypse Not Now: 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
Dim-witted people continue to believe all kinds of superstitions regarding an apocalypse. It almost seems as if religious individuals (as most end-of-days believers are) actually want some cataclysmic event to occur. Sorry people, there is no evidence for any such … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse, Astronomy, Earth, Google, Maya Calendar, Moon, NASA, Science, Sun, Superstition
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Stephen Hawking seeks help to make voice heard
All of you electronic/computer geeks out there, take note… This job may be especially interesting to those of you who enjoy science, particularly physics or astronomy. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By RAPHAEL G. SATTER | AP – Thu, … Continue reading
Posted in General Discussion, Science
Tagged Associated Press, Astronomy, Google, Lou Gehrig's Disease, News, Physicist, Physics, Science, Stephen Hawking
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Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By MARCIA DUNN | AP – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Black Hole, Galaxy, Google, Hubble Space Telescope, Quasar, Science, University of California Berkeley, Wordpress
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New views of giant asteroid Vesta revealed
Interesting stuff… It’s important to note that if as a result of some cosmic event one of these “monster” asteroids should ever lose its present orbit and strike Earth, that would be the end of the human race, as well … Continue reading
Mysterious Ultra-Red Galaxies May Be Cosmic ‘Missing Link’
Fascinating stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Space.com, staff Space.com | SPACE.com Scientists have spied a new type of ultra-red galaxy lurking at the far reaches of the universe, a new study reports. Using NASA’s Spitzer space … Continue reading
NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars
Too bad that those of us interested in science, particularly astronomy and space exploration, won’t be around a thousand years from now to witness the future. There is no doubt that we instinctively have a need to explore and conquer, … Continue reading
Studies of universe’s expansion win physics Nobel
For those of you who stumbled upon this article but still believe that God created the universe in 6 days and that it is only a few thousand years old, you may leave the page now. For those of you … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Associated Press, Astronomy, Google, Nobel Prize, Physics, Universe, Wordpress
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Jaw-droppingly gorgeous video captures the Milky Way as Earth spins
Awesome video… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Today in Tech By Tecca | Today in Tech http://vimeo.com/dakotalapse/tempest Tempest Milky Way requires very little exposition before you watch the video. It’s essentially 3 minutes of incredible, jaw-dropping scenery as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Earth, Google, MilkyWay, Simon Wilkinson, Vimeo, Wordpress
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Rare Sight: Giant Black Hole Devours Star, Fires Beams at Earth
Science is truly fascinating, and I believe cosmology to be especially so! TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer, Space.com Thu Jun 16, 11:44 pm ET A powerful beam of energy has been spotted blasting out from the center … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomer, Astronomy, Black Hole, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Constellation, Cosmology, Draco (constellation), Earth, Galaxy, Google, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Science, Space, Star, Sun, Twitter, Universe, University of California Berkeley, Wordpress, Yahoo
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Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don’t Buy It
I am far more astonished, yes astonished, that certain scientists dispel the notion that there possibly could be life elsewhere in the universe than I am of the contrary. After all, the science of cosmology has proven that there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Charles Darwin, Cosmology, Earth, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Facebook, Fordham University, Fred Hoyle, Galaxy, God, Google, Life, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Organisms, Planet, Science, Space, Star, Twitter, UFOs, Wordpress, Yahoo
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Hubble telescope zeroes in on green blob in space
Incredibly interesting and fascinating stuff! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer WASHINGTON – The Hubble Space Telescope got its first peek at a mysterious giant green blob … Continue reading
Early Christmas treat: 2010’s total lunar eclipse
Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Alicia Chang, Ap Science Writer LOS ANGELES – ‘Twill be nights before Christmas and high overhead, the moon will turn orange or maybe bright … Continue reading
Astronomers bag biggest ever find of exoplanets
Interesting stuff for those of you out there interested in astronomy… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press PARIS (AFP) – European astronomers on Tuesday said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets in … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Chile, Earth, European Southern Observatory, Extrasolar Planet, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Silla, NASA, Science, Solar System
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Thousands of Galaxies Found Packed in Busy Cosmic Clusters
For anyone interested in astronomy, check out this article… I found it quite interesting and educational. TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com SPACE.com Space.com Staff Tue Jun 1, 11:00 am ET A mind-boggling new image of space packed with thousands of tiny dots … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Galaxies, Herschel Space Observatory, Outer Space, Science, Universe
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Astronomer Copernicus to be reburied as hero
This is a bold statement, but I don’t believe that in the history of mankind there has ever been an organization as hypocritical as the Catholic Church. This “burying of Copernicus as a hero” business is just more proof of … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Science
Tagged Astronomy, Catholic Church, Copernicus, DNA, Europe, Frombork, Galileo, Inquisition, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Poland, Religion, Science, Vatican
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Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Spotted Passing Earth
If one of these monster-sized asteroids ever hits our planet humans will probably be a thing of the past. Even a smaller space-rock could cause widespread devastation. Should this occur, mankind will realize the stupidity of fighting and killing one … Continue reading
Cosmos has billions more stars than thought
Very interesting article! This is what’s great about science, as compared to (shall I dare say it) – religion. We have religions, dozens of them, with most of them claiming to know everything about the origin of the cosmos. Unfortunately, they know nothing. Then we … Continue reading