astronomy

Truly amazing.

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I typed nowhereville into the address bar of my browser whilst trying to get my router to work. Interesting artwork here.

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Chandrayaan-1 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota just hours ago (0052 GMT, or 8:52pm Eastern Time); marking the beginning of the first lunar mission for India. The craft was in orbit within about 19 minutes and will reach the Moon and go into orbit there in about fifteen days. India started its space program in 1963 and has developed its own satellites and launch vehicles, but still has a long way to go to catch up with other countries such as China, the United States, the European Space Agency and Russia, who are already well established. Even Japan is looking ahead, hoping to have an astronaut on the Moon by 2020; the first Japanese lunar probe, Kaguya, was launched last September.
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Why microscopic black holes are harmless....

Quoted: There's a book by Larry Niven called Hole Man, where a group of explorers on Mars come across an alien communications device. One of the scientists thinks

Reuters posted: 10 HOURS 53 MINUTES AGO comments: Green Ghost of a Galaxy with a blank hole in the center.

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From Bryant Park, http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/

Quoted: As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large

You've all seen it, haven't you?
See my comment.

Are you bored and looking for something to do, then stop your search, because the fun is about to begin. Halt your boredom and find something to entertain you thoroughly.

I'm returning to groginess. Think there was another Boötes supernova article somewhere on my BlueDot bookmarks (Sigh)

Last Wednesday morning at around 2:12am, a huge explosion took place in space that was so bright, it could be seen here on Earth with the naked eye. The explosion was a gamma-ray burst, which occurs when huge stars run out of their precious nuclear fuel. The stars then collapse into black holes or neutron stars and release a huge burst of gamma-rays and other particles. This particular energy burst took place about 7.5 BILLION light years from Earth. 7.5 BILLION years, kids...that means the explosion actually occurred before Earth was even formed and its light finally reached us last Wednesday. Talk about peering into the past! The gamma-ray burst, named GRB 080319B, was detected by NASA's Swift satellite; its associated star was placed in the constellation Bootes (pronounced BO-OH-TEEZ, not BOOTIES, LOL). Interestingly enough, the burst was detected along with five other ones, on the same day that Arthur C. Clarke passed away.

Keep your eyes to the sky and enjoy the view!
~Lisa C.
Updated: 3/24/2008 9:28 AM

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