Space Forum / Astronomy / July 2008

What if we have no government that can make Progress Energy return that
146,000,000 dollars it stole?. What if Progress Energy will never be
brought to justice when it kills the very young and very old?  What if
Progress Energy is in reality a wing of our republican controlled

Its such a great Hubble picture. Its this star that is 88 LY away. A man
made eclipse is created blocking out the star light and it shows a disk
around the star.   It is not so flat but this debris of dust is more
donut shaped(torus). The Hubble is showing me a planet forming disk. ...

What if the great nebula clouds can create lightning? Jupiter has lots
of lightning.  Best to keep in mind these are very dark clouds,and are
only seen (appear) as clouds because they have a bright background of
stars.  Some stars do form and shine inside.   We know what creates

Just noticed in the latest Scientific American a 2 page advertisement for a
book, "Our Undiscovered Universe" subtitled "Introducing Null Physics". The
book has a web site at www.ourundiscovereduniverse.com.
I'm no physicist but from looking at that web site- the subject/concept

SWEDENBORG ON LONGITUDE
  In 1721 (Baron) Emanuel Swedenborg published a simple
method for finding longitude from the moon.  It is known
that he personally discussed it in London with Royal

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MOON-WALKER CLAIMS
ALIEN CONTACT COVER-UP
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This isn't really a question on astronomy, so please feel free to ingore me,
or please point me elsewhere.
I was outdoors last night (Weds 23/July) to watch the ISS go over (due at
about 22:40 or thereabouts). It normally flies West - East (approx) and

Wiki et al show tables of the first 20 or 50 starsnearest the earth.
The distances for the first few are
..    ..    ..    4.3  6.0  7.7  8.4  8.6  9.4  10.4 LY
                    1.7   1.7  .7    .2   1.2    1  the  differences

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008uval.php
Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 08:12:42 UTC
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 04:12:42 PM at epicenter

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Is it a BIRD! Is it a PLANE!
No! It's "Science Guy" BILL NYE.
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nightbat wrote
              The end of the oil age and the beginning of the clean
power age is about to begin. Gore requests solution to clean energy
power versus petrol based society.

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On Sept. 6, 1996. Ron Cittesiano wrote to talk.origins
and alt.catastrophism:
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Just noticed in the latest Scientific American a 2 page advertisement for a
book, "Our Undiscovered Universe" subtitled "Introducing Null Physics". The
book has a web site at www.ourundiscovereduniverse.com.
I'm no physicist but from looking at that web site- the subject/concept

I read that
Betelgeuse Mass 14 M☉ Radius 630 R☉
and
"Aldebaran Mass 2.5/0.15 M☉Radius 25 / 0.04 R☉"

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