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2010: Best Blog by physics.org.
2010: People's choice award by physics.org!
April 30, 2010
Category: Hubble
When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes. -Tycho Brahe...
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April 28, 2010
Category: big bang
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. -Georg Lichtenberg We've been going through the history of the Universe -- from inflation to the present day -- and you can read parts 1,...
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April 26, 2010
Category: Astronomy
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. -Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking is in the news today, big time. Why? He says that intelligent aliens almost certainly exist, and that we should definitely not...
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April 25, 2010
Last night, I had the absolute pleasure to hear Midori, one of the top violinists in the world, play with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. (For those of you wondering, she was spectacular.) What does Midori sound like? Here's her...
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April 23, 2010
Category: Astronomy
Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once. -Henry D. Thoreau 20 years ago tomorrow, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It doesn't look that impressive, and...
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April 22, 2010
Category: Astronomy
Note: This article first appeared here on Scienceblogs one year ago today. There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day, from sustainability efforts to simply appreciating nature. And while this is a beautiful shot of Forest Park right here in...
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April 21, 2010
Category: big bang
[The Big Bang] is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms ... [nor] challenged by an appeal to observation. -Fred Hoyle Contrary to popular public opinion, the Big Bang is one of the most sound, well-tested and...
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April 19, 2010
Category: Physics
If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron. -Lee Trevino, golfer who actually has been struck by lightning. Today's astronomy picture...
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April 18, 2010
Category: Spaceflight
Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations...If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out ... You can hear other people's wisdom, but you've got to re-evaluate the world for yourself....
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April 16, 2010
Category: Astronomy
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. -John F. Kennedy, 1961 The entire human endeavor of spaceflight...
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