Posts Tagged ‘astronomers’

8 ‘Paranormal’ Scientific Studies That Will Make You Question The True Nature Of Reality

If you google “parapsychology,” the first thing that will probably pop up is a Wikipedia entry loosely (and, in my opinion, rather offensively) defining it as a “pseudoscience.” This is unfortunate, because it distracts the reader from realizing that psychical research, also known as ‘psi’ (or parapsychology), is practiced by various scientists and reputable institutions all over the […]

New research may indicate life on Earth began ‘almost instantaneously’ 300 MILLION years earlier than originally thought

     Electron microscope images taken during the analysis of the graphite specks, which were trapped within immensely old zircon crystals. Living organisms may have existed on Earth as long as 4.1bn years ago – 300m years earlier than was previously thought, new research has shown. If confirmed, the discovery means life emerged a remarkably short […]

These Cartoons Perfectly Illustrate What It’s Like To Be An Introvert

Am I an introvert? I ask that question sometimes because of what my lifestyle looks like, and what I enjoy and what I don’t enjoy. I also question at times whether my own characteristics or even the characteristics of introverts and extroverts are just a matter of other bits of programming. belief systems, or pain bodies, […]

Astronomers discover planet straight out of Star Wars

  Rob HastingsThe Independent September 16, 2011 It’s enough to make Luke Skywalker feel homesick. A planet has been discovered 200 million light years away that orbits two stars rather than one, enjoying a double sunset just like the fictional world the Star Wars hero hails from. Unlike the imaginary desert planet Tatooine in George […]

Astronomers report seeing supermassive black hole swallowing star

  Amina KhanLos Angeles Times August 27, 2011 For the first time, astronomers say they’ve borne witness to a supermassive black hole consuming a star. Two papers released Wednesday by the journal Nature describe powerful blasts of radiation whose brightness and behavior can be explained only by a sun-sized star being torn apart by the […]

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