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Feast your eyes on this spectacular Hubble photo of a spiral galaxy

Posted on May 5, 2019 by The Great One

30 million light-years away, think about that! Light travels at 186,282 miles per second, so… 186,282 x 60 (seconds) x 60 (minutes) x 24 (hours) x 365 (days) x 30,000,000 (years) – that is quite a distance! The universe truly … Continue reading →

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Was Einstein Right? Single Star Will Let Astronomers Test Theory of Relativity

Posted on March 2, 2018 by The Great One

Einstein’s theory of relativity has stood the test of time; over 100 years and counting. My guess is it will once again be proven right. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Meghan Bartels, Newsweek Later this year, a special … Continue reading →

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‘Mystery’ signal from space is solved. It’s not aliens

Posted on July 22, 2017 by The Great One

I’ve always felt that the day we find intelligent life somewhere in the universe, and that day will come, we (the public, the masses) will never know it. The science and political communities will keep it hidden to avoid mass … Continue reading →

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What Was Here Before the Solar System?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Universe Today by Fraser Cainon May 28, 2015 The Solar System is 4.5 billion years old, but the Universe is much older. What was here before our Solar System formed? The Solar … Continue reading →

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New evidence that dark matter could be self-interacting

Posted on April 20, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting article regarding dark matter. TGO Refer to story below. Source: ars technica Colliding galaxies suggest dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity. by Xaq Rzetelny – Apr 19, 2015 9:00pm EDT A new study examined the galaxy cluster … Continue reading →

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Colossal Ancient Galaxies Die from the Inside Out

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Great One

Astrophysics is such an amazing field. There is so much mystery; so much to speculate on and so much to discover. In this day and age, when so much is known about our world, it is so fascinating to have the … Continue reading →

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Star Explosion’s Beauty Revealed by Space Telescope Photo

Posted on August 26, 2014 by The Great One

Awesome! The universe is truly a magnificent place. It really is a shame that we don’t completely understand it, at least not yet. But then again, there is a certain beauty in the mysterious. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading →

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The Weirdest Object in the Universe

Posted on May 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis The Universe is full of strange things. That’s what gets many astronomers out of bed: knowing that somewhere something really weird is waiting to be … Continue reading →

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Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon

Posted on January 25, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor January 24, 2014 2:11 PM A compilation of Swift telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black … A giant gas … Continue reading →

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Venus Now Shining at Its Brightest: How to See It

Posted on December 7, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGORefer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education December 5, 2013 6:56 PM Venus is shining at its brightest in the low southwestern night sky just after sunset, making it a fine time for … Continue reading →

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Flare Star Gets 15 Times Brighter in Minutes

Posted on June 18, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO By Megan Gannon | SPACE.com A normally dull star in Ursa Major, the Great Bear constellation, give off an incredible flare while scientists watched, increasing its brightness 15-fold in just three minutes, before returning to normal. Dubbed … Continue reading →

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The Star Explosion That Wasn’t: Astronomers Solve 150-Year-Old Mystery

Posted on February 3, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd | SPACE.com – Sat, Feb 2, 2013 After a stellar explosion was reported in 1866, British astronomer John Herschel announced he had seen a bright flare from … Continue reading →

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Massive Star Explosion Captured in Stunning Photo

Posted on January 9, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Tia Ghose | SPACE.com LONG BEACH, Calif. – A beautiful new image snapped by a NASA spacecraft captures the aftermath of a massive star explosion with unprecedented resolution. The image … Continue reading →

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Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets

Posted on January 7, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Alien planets born in widely separated two-star systems face a grave danger of being booted into interstellar space, a new study suggests. Exoplanets circling a star with … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for Big Black Holes Detected in Milky Way’s Core

Posted on August 23, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com Scientists investigated our galaxy’s central molecular zone, which contains the most massive, densest, and most turbulent molecular clouds in the Milky Way. These surround the … Continue reading →

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Giant Dying Star Caught Devouring Alien Planet

Posted on August 21, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A swollen star near the end if its life has been caught devouring one of its own planets — a scenario that could one day be … Continue reading →

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40 Million Stars Mapped in New Night Sky Census

Posted on June 26, 2012 by The Great One

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 →

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New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion Stars

Posted on March 29, 2012 by The Great One

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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Rare Sight: Giant Black Hole Devours Star, Fires Beams at Earth

Posted on June 17, 2011 by The Great One

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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Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don’t Buy It

Posted on March 7, 2011 by The Great One

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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Scientists find most massive star ever discovered

Posted on July 21, 2010 by The Great One

Interesting stuff…! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer Wed Jul 21, 11:12 am ET LONDON – A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may … Continue reading →

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Cosmos has billions more stars than thought

Posted on March 25, 2010 by The Great One

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 →

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