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Spot the Awe-Inspiring Andromeda Galaxy in the Autumn Night Sky
SPACE.com - 28 Nov 2015 17:21
Here's how to see the huge Andromeda galaxy, which is visible with the naked eye in the night sky despite being 2.5 million light-years away.
Advances in Cryopreservation: Thinking About Interstellar Travel
SpaceRef - 28 Nov 2015 18:38
Engineers at Oregon State University have identified a method to rapidly prepare frozen red blood cells for transfusions, which may offer an important new way to manage the world's blood supply....
"Dismissing 500 Billion Galaxies" --The Extraterrestrial-Life 'Probability' Debate (Holiday Weekend Feature)
The Daily Galaxy - 28 Nov 2015 18:30
Carl Sagan said that "extraordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence." In a stunning display of mathematical logic vs common sense, David Spiegel of Princeton University and Edwin Turner from the University of Toky...
Uvula
Bad Astronomy - 28 Nov 2015 16:30
Back in the olden days, when the Sun was slightly cooler and the Universe a fraction smaller, I lived in Virginia. At the time (and apparently still today), for a little extra money you could purchase a "vanity" car lice...
The Black Hole at the Beginning of Time
Scientific American - 28 Nov 2015 16:00
Is the big bang, and all that came from it, a holographic mirage from another dimension? --
This Week at NASA: Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony and More
SpaceRef - 28 Nov 2015 14:55
During a Nov. 24 ceremony at the White House, former NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson was one of seventeen individuals to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama....
Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole Revealed | Space Wallpaper
SPACE.com - 28 Nov 2015 01:26
Combining the power of several telescopes, scientists discovered a magnificent image of the black hole in Hercules A.