Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2008

Smith's Cloud on it's way







"Smith's Cloud", it may set off spectacular fireworks when it smacks into our galaxy in 20-40 million years.
It contains enough hydrogen to produce a million stars like our Sun, researchers believe. (...)
Details of the work, by a team at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, were unveiled at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas."

by Paul Rinco
in: BBCnews


Black Holes





"The supermassive black holes at the cores of most galaxies could be spinning at a dizzying rates. These celestial monsters may be rotating so fast, they are close to the maximum rates allowed by Einstein's theory of relativity..."

"Rapid spin for giant black holes"
By Paul Rincon
in:BBCnews

Sunday, December 23, 2007

habitable Earth-like planets



"...astronomers announced the discovery of two possibly habitable Earth-like planets."

Gliese 581: Extrasolar Planet Might Indeed Be Habitable   
in: Science Daily

Psychiatrists interest in religion

"Although psychiatrists are among the least religious physicians, they seem to be the most interested in the religious and spiritual dimensions of their patients..."

"Psychiatrists: Least Religious But Most Interested In Patients' Religion"
in: Science Dialy