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December 3, 2009

Dissecting the Crab Nebula

via news.discovery.com

In the year 1054 A.D., 12 years before the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England, a very bright explosion in the constellation of Taurus lit up the skies. In the Dark Ages, this was probably seen as an omen or some kind of supernatural occurrence, but astronomers were in fact treated to a very rare event: a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood, only 6,000 light-years away.

Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward; Optical: NASA/ESA/ASU/J.Hester & A.Loll; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Minn./R.Gehrz.

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November 29, 2009

Orca karate chop

via dailymail.co.uk

Closing in: A killer whale moves in on an unsuspecting shark. Using a combination of superior brain power and brute force, the highly-intelligent orcas are able to catch and eat what many think of as the ocean's top predators

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1231454/Killer-whales-Death-karate-chop-deadly-tactic-used-orcas-sharks.html##ixzz0YJrEUGRl

(C) Ingrid Visser / Barcroft

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November 21, 2009

Into the Void
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(C) Jeff Pang. Some rights reserved.

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November 20, 2009

Large Hadron Collider ready to restart - The Big Picture

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View of the CMS Detector before closure, on August 17th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice; Michael Hoch; Joseph Gobin, © CERN)

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November 18, 2009

Dilbert

DILBERT ©2009, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-18/

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November 16, 2009

Today's launch - Atlantis STS-129
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(C) "Scott Beale / Laughing Squid"
http://laughingsquid.com.

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November 15, 2009

Dilbert

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-15/

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November 14, 2009

Veritas RS III

via modul100.de

http://en.vermot-ag.com/inhalt.php?id=2708&menu_level=2

Some impressive 373 kW / 507 HP produce a top speed of 347 km/h.

Every single Veritas RS III is handmade on-site at the Nürburgring. Limited to only 30 pieces.

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November 13, 2009

Mysterious X-rays from a Nearby Galaxy

via physorg.com

An optical image if the active galaxy NGC 1365; its nucleus contains a massive black hole that emits a strange mix of X-ray radiation. Credit: SSRO-South

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November 11, 2009

Electric Drag Racing · Oregon Public Broadcasting

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