Quasar Without Host Galaxy?
By Annelies Rhemrev
Hubble astronomers have looked at one of the most distant and brightest quasars in the Universe and are surprised by what they did not see: the underlying host galaxy of stars feeding the quasar. The best explanation is that [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: NGC 1398
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 24, 2012
NGC 1398, a large, barred spiral galaxy in Fornax
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block/Sean & Renee Stecker/NOAO/AURA/NSF (http://www.caelumobservatory.com/obs/bestofaop.shtml)
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The EPA’s Planned Destruction of the US Economy
By Alan Caruba
If there was no other reason to defeat President Obama in November, it would be the planned destruction of what is left of the U.S. economy by the Environmental Protection Agency.
In “A Look Ahead to EPA Regulations for 2012” [...]
The Milky Way’s Black Hole is Ready for Lunch
By Annelies Rhemrev
Get ready for a fascinating eating experience in the center of our galaxy.
The event involves a supermassive black hole that may devour much of an approaching cloud of dust and gas known as G2.
Simulations of the dust and [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: Nebula N 164
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 23, 2012
N 164, an emission nebula in the LMC
Image Credit: ESO
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N 164 is a bright emission nebula and star-forming cloud, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud — an irregular [...]
Islam’s Many Murders of Americans
By Alan Caruba.
Editor’s Note: This commentary was written prior to the third presidential debate.
Moments in history are markers from which we are expected to draw some lessons. Thus, October 23, 1983, twenty-nine years ago, was the date [...]
High-Speed Cosmic Jet of Two Million Lights-Years Long Found
By Annelies Rhemrev
Blasting over two million lights-years from the center of a distant galaxy is a supersonic jet of material that looks strikingly similar to the afterburner flow of a fighter jet, except in this case the jet engine is a [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Eyes
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 22, 2012
The Eyes, a galaxy pair in Virgo
Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford, Rancho Del Sol Observatory (http://www.imagingdeepsky.com and www.aicccd.com)
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The Eyes (also [...]
Russia Seeks to Broaden High Treason
By Sean Guillory.
This morning I received a odd question in my daily Vedomosti alert: Would you be more careful associating with foreigners because of increased secrecy in Russia? What a curious question, especially since I am one of [...]
Newsweek: An Obituary
By Alan Caruba
Newsweek, founded in 1933 by a former Time magazine editor, will cease to publish a print edition at the end of 2012. As a former journalist it pained me to read there will be cuts to its staff of 270 reporters and editors, but [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 21, 2012
G1.9+0.3, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky
Image Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al.); Radio (NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D.Green et al.); Infrared (2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF/CfA/E.Bressert)
For [...]
Christian Arabs Targeted Throughout Middle East
By Alan Caruba.
The nations of the Middle East have been steadily forcing out Christian Arabs that have lived there for centuries, often in the most brutal fashion. This is the hallmark of Islam that has no tolerance for any other religion. [...]
A Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution Uncovered (with Videos)
By Annelies Rhemrev
A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies observed by the Keck telescopes in Hawaii and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that extends back 8 billion years, or more than [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Andromeda Galaxy
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 20, 2012
The Andromeda Galaxy, our large neighbour galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Dieter Beer (http://www.starhopper.at/) & Patrick Hochleitner (http://www.photonhunter.at)
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The [...]
Mysterious Bright Particles on Mars Found
By Annelies Rhemrev
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission. The rover’s Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: Messier 17
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 19, 2012
Messier 17 (the Omega or Swan Nebula), the central part
Image Credit: ESO/R. Chini
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Messier 17 (also catalogued NGC 6618, and known as the Omega, Swan, Horseshoe, and Lobster [...]
Cyberwar, the Power of Nightmares
By Marcus J. Ranum.
Summary: Today’s post by Marcus Ranum discusses Adam Curtis’ brilliant BBC documentary series “The Power of Nightmares”. Cutris deconstructs the dynamic of government as protector against unknown threats. His [...]
The Moon was Formed in Massive Planetary Collision
By Annelies Rhemrev
New study traces Moon evaporation and leads to questions about why Earth has so much water
Fresh examinations of lunar rocks gathered by Apollo mission astronauts have yielded new insights about the Moon’s chemical makeup [...]
Presidential Candidates Finally Debate On Gun Control
By Baldr Odinson.
I’ve been annoyed by the fact that not one single question about gun violence came up in the first presidential debate or in the vice-presidential debate. You would think that 100,000 shootings a year, almost [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Triangulum Galaxy
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 18, 2012
The Triangulum Galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Roth Ritter, Dark Atmospheres Astrophotography (http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro)
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The Triangulum [...]