Tag: universe
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Has Physics Made Philosophy and Religion Obsolete?
from theatlantic.com: It is hard to know how our future descendants will regard the little sliver of history that we live in. It is hard to know what events will seem important to them, what the narrative of now will look like to the twenty-fifth century mind. We tend to think of our time as…
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Ghostly Shape of ‘Coldest Place in the Universe’ Revealed
from natmonitor.com: The Boomerang Nebula, positioned approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, is a somewhat youthful example of a space object called a planetary nebula. According to a news release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, astronomers have spotted the ghostly shape of the Boomerang Nebula, also known as the “coldest place in…
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‘Understanding The Universe’
Join astronomers and astrophysicists as they probe light years beyond the Milky Way, in Understanding The Universe, part of Discovery’s popular television series.