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How white holes (might) be created

Astronomers said on Wednesday they had snared light from a bright, ancient galaxy with a super-massive black hole at its core, a finding that would help explain aspects of the young Universe.

Bright galaxy sheds light on early Universe

Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke - God, The Universe and Everything Else

A team of European astronomers has used ESO's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes to discover and study the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe.

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Solar flare filmed by Nasa - video | Science

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Some black holes may be older than time

1153 - Christmas Comet Lovejoy Captured at Paranal

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http://chasblogspot.blogspot.com/2010/05/solar-activity-and-human-behavior-link.html

In response to an earlier post I did about Solar Flares and GPS disruption , someone commented about the affects that solar activity can have on human behavior.

Solar Activity and Human Behavior: a link?

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Eta Carinae's 21-Year Outburst: A Cosmic Instant Replay! : Starts With A Bang

Types of solar and lunar eclipses

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/eclipse-information.html

Eclipses have been the subject of superstition and scientific curiosity throughout history . timeanddate.com explores the different types of eclipses.

Solar Eclipses: Past and Future

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http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/wmap-award.html

s WMAP Science Team Awarded 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize

NASA's WMAP Science Team Awarded 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, known as WMAP, transformed the science of cosmology by establishing the age, geometry, and contents of the universe to astonishing precision. On June 20, the Gruber Foundation recognized this accomplishment by awarding its 2012 Cosmology Prize to WMAP principal investigator Charles L.

Eclipse Web Site

View Sky Calendar for: Current Month View Sky Calendar for Year: | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html

Bad Astronomy

Well now, this is an interesting discovery: astronomers have found what looks like a "super-Earth" – a planet more massive than Earth but still smaller than a gas giant – orbiting a nearby star at the right distance to have liquid water on it!

Your Age on Other Worlds | Exploratorium

Looking at the numbers above, you'll immediately notice that you are different ages on the different planets. This brings up the question of how we define the time intervals we measure.

Mysteries in slow motion: Videos offer a glimpse into an aerial world we never see

By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 00:27 GMT, 15 January 2012

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Mancha solar de récord El 28 de octubre de 2003, el telescopio espacial SOHO fotografió la mayor mancha solar identificada hasta la fecha.

There will be two total lunar eclipses and four partial solar eclipses in 2011. January 4 Partial Solar Eclipse This partial eclipse will be visible at sunrise in northwestern Europe and northwestern Africa, at midday in northeastern Africa and the Middle East, and at sunset in central Asia.

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