Thieving dwarves cause supernovaeSource: BBC News
Researchers have come up with a theory for how stars can end in a spectacular so-called Type Ia supernova in less than 100 million years.
While such early-stage supernovae are well-known, theory has been unable to explain them.
A young pulsar shows its handSource: PhysOrg.com
A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short.
Heavens above to lure 1m Source: Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE
PARIS - AT SUNSET on Thursday, astronomers around the world will be limbering up for a 100-hour marathon aimed at celebrating the night sky and nurturing the Galileos of tomorrow.
Meet Stephen Hawking, Children's AuthorSource: newscientist.com
Stephen Hawking barely needs an introduction, but his recent direction does. He is packaging the universe for the younger generation. With his daughter Lucy Hawking, he has branched out into writing children's books.
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All human beings have been given a built in mechanism in our souls that tell us when something is wrong. I don't know why people did not see or feel that Bernie Madoff was a deceptive liar and a thief.
Projects Seek to Dazzle Urbanites With the Night SkySource: The New York Times
While Times Square is not known for star gazing — the celestial kind, that is — and few people would normally venture onto a pitch-black ball field in Inwood to see the constellations, two unrelated, if not unlikely, projects hope to turn the city's night eyes skyward.
New stars in galoreSource: abcnews
Here is an amazing news for all Astrophils,a new cluster of stars has been discovered in the Nebula Coccoon supposed to be only a few hundred years old.
Enjoy the wonderous images of this new found galaxy.
Is there anybody out there?Source: BBC News
What is the chance that alien life exists? Nasa's latest mission - the Kepler Space Telescope due to launch on Friday night to survey the heavens for Earth-like planets - could soon give us an answer.
Los Angeles Tours - Best of LA in One Day! 2009 Special Source: Sunday Herald Sun
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"Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
-Harriet Tubman
"Celestrial Sky"
This is the last piece of space art that I have done. I know that it is very simple. I was making something for my desktop when I created it. I am working on some others including a planet impact piece (been in the works for a couple years lol).
Army of DarknessSource: fortcollinsnow.com
Today, two-thirds of the world no longer sees the sky of our ancestors. It is disappearing at an Amazonian extinction rate — in fact, by some estimates, a purely dark, virgin sky may disappear entirely from the lower 48 states by 2025.
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Forsyth, Georgia – Good News Wednesday
A short Tolstoy legend thought at the beginning of The Three Hermits frames my muse today.
Stars Plowing through Interstellar Space :: ImagesSource: BBC News
Moving at more than 150,000km/h, four speedy stars are pictured by Hubble ploughing through regions of dense interstellar gas, creating brilliant arrowhead structures and trailing tails of glowing gas.
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Top 10 Most Unbelievable Things of 2008 – Or Maybe of all TimeSource: The Website for Insight
Some of the most popular TV shows today are top ten lists. Everything from the top ten most deadly snakes to the top ten worst disasters is being aired. Here is a top ten list of what could be considered the hardest things to believe from the year 2008.
Would These Ten Stars Have Made It With Their Real Names?Source: new.music.yahoo.com
As Barack Hussein Obama joked that obviously the parents who named him never envisioned him running for President, it's pretty obvious that plenty of others were born with no vision to their future careers either.
Best 50 Astronomy Pictures of Year 2008Source: itvnews.tv
Astronomy is arguably the most beautiful of the sciences. I'm biased, of course, but it's nearly impossible to gaze upon a picture of a galaxy, a moon, a nebula, and not see in it something compellingly artistic.
Exoplanetary ThinkingSource: Exoplanetology.com
An ode to the era of worlds.
We are at the crux of history and we are undergoing a shift in global and planetary thinking. Our children will grow up in a world knowing they are interplanetary citizens and awesome stewards of life.
Rihanna/Jay-Z Alleged Affair Out in The OpenSource: sohh.com
In a recent interview with Associated Content Hay comes clean, admitting, "Along with one of my partners, I then began to fabricate stories of Rihanna and Jay-Z, leaking false rumors to tabloids, working internet message boards, etc.