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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
19 September 2012
Leaving Vesta
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UCLA, MPS, DLR, IDA
Next stop: Ceres. Last week the robotic Dawn spacecraft ended its year-long mission to asteroid Vesta, becomi... |
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AstronomySugar Found In Space: A Sign of Life?
2 Posts • 2453 Views Science & Technology Forum |
simple sugar molecules floating in the gas around a star some 400 light-years away, suggesting the possibility of life on other planets.
The molecules that the team detected in space are the simplest... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
8 November 2012
Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Bill Snyder (Heavens Mirror Observatory)
In this stunning vista, based on image d... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
23 March 2013
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESA / NASA / JPL-Caltech / STScI
Cosmic dust clouds ripple across this infrared portrait of our Milky Way's satellite g... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
7 November 2012
Superstorm Sandy From Formation to Landfall
Image Credit: NASA, GOES-13 Satellite
It was the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The cost of its devastation is... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
24 March 2013
Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Inside the head of this interstellar... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
3 February 2013
LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team
This esthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
7 Posts • 8562 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
@ Decius - yeah, I know it's a dead weight.
@ Rainman05 - Perhaps in the past the idea that the Olympics would encourage people towards a healthy lifestyle was present, but it isn't that... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
2 November 2012
The Black Hole in the Milky Way
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, NuSTAR project
At the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, a mere 27,000 light-years away, lies a black hole with 4 mi... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
9 February 2013
The Great Meteor Procession of 1913
Image Credit & Copyright: RASC Archives ; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer (LSU)
One hundred years ago today the Great Meteor Processi... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
10 February 2013
Asteroids in the Distance
Image Credit: R. Evans & K. Stapelfeldt (JPL), WFPC2, HST, NASA
Rocks from space hit Earth every day. The larger the rock, though, the less often E... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
8 March 2013
Looking Through Abell 68
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage/ESA-Hubble Collaboration - Acknowledgment: Nick Rose
Want to use a cluster of galaxies as a telescope? It's easier t... |
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EconomyMetric system.
10 Posts • 3970 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Here is the final draft of my paper that I wrote for my speaking class on converting to metric. I hope that it will enlighten you. Just to warn you its over two pages long. here is the first page
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FuturologyThe next stage of Evolution?
36 Posts • 13171 Views Philosophy Forum |
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"Untill There is substatial evidence or absalute proof which tells me otherwise I reside by evolution being the means of creation."
Even though there is zero evidence to suggest... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
7 Posts • 8562 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
London 2012 Olympics Cost = USD$14.46 billion:The original budget for the Games was £2.4 billion, but this was increased almost fourfold to about £9.3 billion ($14.46 billion) in 2007.
Beijing 2008... |
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SpiritualityEvil exists; the devil does not
4 Posts • 3459 Views Religion Forum |
The devil can be interpreted differently. I can't prove to you that their is no personal devil, but I'd be lying if i said there was. i don't think the devil is the opponent of God, rat... |
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Forrest Gump - Winston Groom
1 Posts • 4311 Views Talk Talk |
My take on this crazy novel:
Forrest Gump introduces himself. He is an idiot with an IQ of 70. He is from Mobile, Alabama. He is named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Civil War General. Forrest r... |
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AstronomyExcerp: The Solar System
1 Posts • 3005 Views Science & Technology Forum |
The solar system began as a cloud of dust and gas. The cloud began to spin and contract. It contracted into a disc with the sun at the center. Planets formed from the disk. Gravity caused rocky, terre... |
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GovernmentGeorge Bush is a great president
4 Posts • 3371 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Texas in The White House! It was a war cabinet from day one. Vice-president Dick Cheney was elder Bush's Secretary of Defense. Colin Powell was the big General in the Gulf War. Secretary of Defen... |
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StoriesTitle Pending
2 Posts • 3438 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Here's a story I'm working on. I've got the first 2 parts done and I'd like some thoughts on it (though the story might seem fairly arbitrary unti I write the rest up).
Its pretty... |
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ConspiracyExcerp: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
214 Posts • 62184 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Excerpt: CENTCOM Sergeant Details Traitorous Stand Down Orders On 9/11
Military whistleblower comes forward with key information
Steve Watson / Infowars | September 26 2006
Alex Jones was joine... |
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Society & SociologyMy American nightmare
34 Posts • 89680 Views Psychology Forum |
111. How they plant.
In late December 2000, in bank statement I found a check (amount 5000) paid by my wife to her company. I asked her what was it for. My wife said she had bought a house in her... |
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Society & SociologyMy American nightmare
34 Posts • 89680 Views Psychology Forum |
81. "Mysterious blow"
In message "13. Microwave ray shooting and EM sleep wave(2)" I talked about how they combined two high techniques to hurt. They use EM sleep wave to stabil... |
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Society & SociologyMy American nightmare
34 Posts • 89680 Views Psychology Forum |
66. Turn innocent into criminal (5/20/2002)
On May 5, in World Journal's Week-ends Publish,(Chinese edition) there was an special report "Thousands eyes outside the door" which talke... |
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Funny TidbitsInteresting Facts
6 Posts • 3923 Views Jokes & Games |
1. 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.
2. 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't d... |
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