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Light from Early Universe Has a Twist

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By by Megan Gannon, News Editor  Researchers have discovered a subtle twist in the primeval light that formed shortly after the universe came into being. They hope it can reveal new … Continue reading

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How Giant Black Holes Spin: New Twist Revealed

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com Mike Wall July 29, 2013 A newly discovered way to determine the spin of monster black holes could help shed light on the evolution of these bizarre objects and the galaxies … Continue reading

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Rare View of Ancient Galaxy Crash Revealed

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Astronomers have caught two big ancient galaxies in the act of colliding, shedding new light on the role such megamergers played in galactic evolution during the … Continue reading

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Star Caught Circling Black Hole at Record-Breaking Speed

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Megan Gannon | SPACE.com Astronomers have spotted a star in our galaxy that races around a black hole at a breakneck speed, orbiting once every 2.4 hours, scientists say. The … Continue reading

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Nearby Earth-Sized Alien Planet Could Spur Interstellar Exploration

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com The recent discovery of an Earth-size alien planet right next door to us could help spark humanity’s first true steps beyond our own solar system, scientists … Continue reading

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Hubble Telescope Sees Two Galaxies in Cosmic Dance

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the perfect galactic portrait: two galaxies that are so different from one another, yet together … Continue reading

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Powerful Spinning Star May be Fastest Stellar Runaway

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Nola Taylor Redd | SPACE.com Fleeing from the scene of a violent supernova explosion, a compact runaway star may be the fastest traveling pulsar yet discovered, scientists say. The small … Continue reading

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Satellites Snap Solar Eclipse Pictures From Space

How cool is this? TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Space.com, staff | SPACE.com Spectators on Earth weren’t the only ones to spot an impressive solar eclipse Sunday (May 20). Two satellites managed to snap amazing images and … Continue reading

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Mars Volcanic Glass May Be Hotspot for Life

It would be so cool to discover life on Mars, or on one of Jupiter’s moons. So far, these are the most likely places within our “immediate” proximity where life appears likely. It would be even more cool if we … Continue reading

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Odds of Finding Alien Life Boosted by Billions of Habitable Worlds

How about that, there is a very good likelihood that God didn’t create us in his image. Certainly we’re not the only intelligent life in the entire universe… What would be the odds of that, given the billions of habitable … Continue reading

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Mysterious Geologic Structure Seen from Space

It must be some experience to view the Earth from space. But by the same token who would want to be up there in a space station for months at a time. A three-day, two-night trip would be ideal; similar … Continue reading

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Comets Created Earth’s Oceans, Study Concludes

Wouldn’t it be much easier to believe, as die-hard religious people believe (and as stated in the Book of Genesis) that God created the oceans? Yes, it would definitely be much easier, and it would also be false. Thank God … Continue reading

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Comet’s Death by Sun Photographed for First Time

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Tariq Malik , SPACE.com Managing Editor Space.com | The death of a comet that plunged into the sun was captured on camera this month for the first time in history, … Continue reading

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