6,539 posts tagged Astronomy
SubscribeWorldWide Telescope Launched
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Explore the Universe from your Desktop - Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
http://bernardoh.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ explore-the-universe-from-your-des…Today, Microsoft Research announced the availability of the public beta of WorldWide Telescope. “The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe,” said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft.
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Belief, meet fact
http://www.grods.com/ post/ 2511/Belief, meet fact Wednesday 14 May 2008, 11:10 am The Editor Categories: Religion, Science Tags: astronomy, Catholicism, ET, JesusChrist, Vatical I kinda wish I could’ve been alive for the last couple of thousand years so I was able to watch Catholicism (and other religions) try rooly,
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Not once Kirk gets there, they won’t
http://wongablog.co.uk/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ not-once-kirk-gets-there-they-wont/I’ve been itching to know the Vatican’s thoughts on extraterrestrial life. Good news! Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. They know this from all the astronomy mentioned in the Bible, as well as their extensive questioning of astronomers.
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Shocking News From the Vatican: Astronmers Exist
http://taisteal.atomiclemur.com/ 2008/ 05/ shocking-news-from-the-vatican-astron…Shocking News From the Vatican: Astronmers Exist May 13, 2008 – 7:43 pm There is an AP News article today saying that the Vatican doesn’t mind if you believe in aliens. From the article: Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
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Love Thy Extraterrestrial Neighbor
http://smalltalkwitht.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ love-thy-extraterrestrial.htmlVatican announces it's okay to believe in spacemen, God created them, too. The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.
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Brits releasing UFO files
http://decorabilia.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ brits-releasing-ufo-files.htmlAnd no, it won't satisfy the Believers:Eight files are currently available on a dedicated UFO page at the National Archives website. The files are from 1978 to 1987 and include reports of UFO sightings and alien encounters from civilians as well as military personnel. The reports range from mysterious to downright bizarre.
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Phobos Might Only Have 10 Million Years to Live
http://www.universetoday.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ phobos-might-only-have-10-million-ye…You can breathe easily. The Moon is slowly receding away from the Earth at a rate of 3.7 cm/year (1.5 in/yr). But the Martians aren't so lucky. Their moon Phobos is known to be doing exactly the opposite. It's spiraling inward, and in the distant future it will crash into the surface of Mars.
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Vatican Astronomer Approves Belief in Aliens
http://gaussling.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ vatican-astronomer-approves-belief…Vatican Astronomer, Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, stated in an interview that, essentially, belief in aliens was not incompatible with Catholic Doctrine. “How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?” Funes said.
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Browsing the sky with WorldWide Telescope (and Google Sky)
http://www.jawish.org/ blog/ archives/ 297-Browsing-the-sky-with-WorldWide-Teles…I am hooked... to WorldWide Telescope! I love Google Sky and am an avid fan of it, but this new software from Microsoft Research kicks it all up a notch. WWT gives access to images of the sky from various different databases including the DSS optical, infrared and even the WMAP microwave imagery in a really slick, smooth interface.
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Emily live!
http://www.badastronomy.com/ bablog/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ emily-live/Emily Lakdawalla, the blogger for The Planetary Society, has learned from the master. She will be hosting a live video chat Wednesday May 14 (tomorrow) at 3:00 p.m. Pacific time (22:00 UT) on her UStream channel. You can get more info on her blog. I’ll be there in the chat room, and I urge everyone else to take a look too.