World Renown Skeptics Avoided these Questions
By Jaime Ortega.
Waiting for response!
QUESTIONS:
1) Most historians accept Julius Caesar existed thanks to archive wall inscriptions, emblems, monuments and papyrus writings. We assume an emperor called Julius Caesar indeed [...]
Earth-Like Planet Around Nextdoor Sun-Like Star Found
By Annelies Rhemrev
European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the [...]
Zambia deploys army, paramilitary police forces in crack down on secessionists in Western province
By Oscar Nkala.
Zambian President Michael Sata has ordered the deployment of several infantry divisions backed by special forces commandos to conduct security operations in the country’s Western Province where leaders of the secessionist [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Heart Nebula
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 17, 2012
The Heart Nebula, an emission nebula in Cassiopeia
Image Credit & Copyright: J-P Metsavainio (http://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/)
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The Heart Nebula (IC 1805, Sh2-190) is [...]
Uganda pleads for UN support for deployment of 4000 strong neutral force in Eastern DR Congo
By Oscar Nkala.
Ugandan Vice President Edward Ssekandi says the United Nations should support the joint proposal from members states of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region and the Southern Africa Development Community for [...]
For the First Time an Exoplanet in a Four-Star System Discovered
By Annelies Rhemrev
The discovery of planets continues to expand beyond the domain of professional astronomers. A joint effort of amateur astronomers and scientists has led to the first reported case of a planet orbiting a double-star that, [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Double Cluster
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 16, 2012
The Double Cluster, two open star clusters in Perseus
Image Credit & Copyright: Roth Ritter, Dark Atmospheres Astrophotography (http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro)
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The [...]
Traveling Faster Than the Speed of Light?
By Annelies Rhemrev
University of Adelaide applied mathematicians have extended Einstein’s theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light.
Albert Einstein in 1947. Image Credit: Oren Jack Turner, Princeton, N.J.
Einstein’s [...]
Solar Wind Delivers Water to the Moon and other Solar System Bodies
By Annelies Rhemrev
Three years ago University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers helped to discover water on the surface of the Moon. Now, they are piecing together the origin of that water: solar wind.
This microscope image shows a grain [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Red Spider Nebula
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 15, 2012
The Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula in Sagittarius
Image Credit: ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands
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The Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537) is a [...]
The Poisonous Presidency
By Alan Caruba
When the leaders of the United States, the President, his Vice President, his Secretary of State and others deliberately lie to its citizens, knowing full well that the facts about the tragic killing of an American ambassador [...]
The Great Ethanol Scam
By Alan Caruba.
The rocketing costs of gasoline and the price of corn being paid worldwide are the result of U.S. government mandates requiring the inclusion of ethanol in the gasoline all Americans must use. The time has long since passed to [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: Circinus Galaxy
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 14, 2012
Circinus Galaxy, an active spiral galaxy in Circinus
Image Credit: Andrew S. Wilson (U. Maryland) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
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Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97-G13), is an active spiral [...]
Threats Against Obama? Words Matter
By Baldr Odinson
Yesterday afternoon someone fired a shot at the Obama campaign field office in Denver, Colorado. The shot smashed a window, but luckily none of the campaign workers inside were injured. A suspect has not yet been caught. What [...]
A Dynamo on Asteroid Vesta
By Annelies Rhemrev
A meteorite found in Antarctica holds evidence of a once-active dynamo on Vesta.
About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System was little more than a tenuous disk of gas and dust. In the span of merely 10 million years, this [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: The Stingray Nebula
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 13, 2012
The Stingray Nebula, a young planetary nebula in Ara
Image Credit: Matt Bobrowsky, Orbital Sciences Corporation and NASA/ESA
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The Stingray Nebula (designated Henize 1357, Hen [...]
The Girl’s Best Friend Found: A Big Diamond Planet
By Annelies Rhemrev
New research led by Yale University scientists suggests that a rocky planet twice Earth’s size orbiting a nearby star is a diamond planet.
Family portraits of two planetary systems: A simulation of the silhouette of [...]
Anne’s Image of the Day: Messier 66
By Annelies Rhemrev
October 12, 2012
Messier 66, an intermediate spiral galaxy in Leo
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona (http://www.caelumobservatory.com/index.html)
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A Generation of Stupid Selfish People
By Jaime Ortega.
The Hypodermic Needle Model suggests, “An intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver.” In other words the “receivers” are those who watch television non stop and are shock waved by the [...]
Germany for the lead – a potential but silent global power
By Oliver Krumme.
While German chancellor Angela Merkel was away on her recent visit to Greece, a dominating discussion developed in international and European affairs, specifically in the view of the crisis: can Germany be considered as a lead-nation [...]