Posts Tagged ‘galaxies’

‘Truly Bizarre’: Scientists Discover Ancient Galaxies That Should Not Exist

Scientists have discovered six galaxies in the early universe that are so incomprehensibly massive that they pose a challenge to our basic understanding of the cosmos, reports a new study. The primordial galaxies existed just 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang, yet they have masses that approach 100 billion times that of […]

NASA Removing ‘Offensive’ Names From Planets & Galaxies To Make Space ‘More Inclusive’

Political correctness has now expanded to space as NASA announced this week that it is reexamining the unofficial nicknames used to describe distant cosmic objects. NASA says planets, galaxies and nebulae will no longer be referred to by “offensive” names. Removal of the “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” nicknames is its first step in […]

NASA Removing ‘Offensive’ Names From Planets & Galaxies To Make Space ‘More Inclusive’

Political correctness has now expanded to space as NASA announced this week that it is reexamining the unofficial nicknames used to describe distant cosmic objects. NASA says planets, galaxies and nebulae will no longer be referred to by “offensive” names. Removal of the “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” nicknames is its first step in […]

NASA Removing ‘Offensive’ Names From Planets & Galaxies To Make Space ‘More Inclusive’

Political correctness has now expanded to space as NASA announced this week that it is reexamining the unofficial nicknames used to describe distant cosmic objects. NASA says planets, galaxies and nebulae will no longer be referred to by “offensive” names. Removal of the “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” nicknames is its first step in […]

Stunning! Hubble image captures hundreds of galaxies 6 billion light-years away

     In a breathtaking image of hundreds of galaxies, the Hubble Space Telescope provides an incredible display of a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. The telescope, run jointly by NASA and the European Space Agency, imaged a region six billion light-years away containing the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Gravitational lensing, first proposed by physicist Albert […]

Leader’s representative decries Muslim killings in Kashmir

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s representative in Southeast Asia denounced India’s crackdown on Kashmir Muslims as a major catastrophe, urging the Iranian administration to take a strong stance against the Indian government over the cruel measures. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency, Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Naqi Shahrokhi took a swipe […]

Bahrain’s main Shia opposition bloc dissolved by court

The group’s accounts are to be closed and its financial assets will be transferred to the state treasury, the Associated Press cites Bahraini dailies Al-Ayam and Al-Wasat as saying. Neither Al-Wefaq, nor Bahraini officials were available for comment, AP reports. Last month, Bahraini authorities sentenced Al-Wefaq’s secretary-general, Sheikh Ali Salman, to nine years in prison, […]

FLASHBACK: Throwing Erdogan to the wolves: From favorite puppet to pariah

     This is How USA-Installed Puppets Go from Democratic Presidents to Despots & Terrorists When Their Time Comes Have you heard this famous quote ‘Marketing is everything … and everything is marketing‘? I know it was originally meant for product sales, because admit it, you can have the best product engineering, financial backing and operational […]

France – At Least 60 Dead As Truck Plows Into Crowd In Nice

At least 60 people have died and more than 100 were injured tonight after a lorry was driven deliberately into a crowd out celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. BFM TV said that authorities have classified the the incident as an “attack.” According to an eyewitness report cited by BFM, the driver […]

Andromeda and the Milky Way might collide sooner than expected

     The merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy won’t happen for another 4 billion years, but the recent discovery of a massive halo of hot gas around Andromeda may mean our galaxies are already touching. University of Notre Dame astrophysicist Nicholas Lehner led a team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope to […]

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