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Harpalyke

Harpalyke, previously known as S/2000 J5, is one of Jupiter’s 60+ natural satellites. This moon was discovered in 2000 by Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt, Yan Fernandez and Gene Magnier. Harpalyke has an...

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Seeding the Solar System?

An interesting scientific theory regarding the origins of life on Earth involves asteroid and asteroid fragment impacts. The theory is that meteorites containing polyhydroxylated sugar compounds impacted Earth acting as “energy sources for all...

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Wonders

While researching for some course work in Introduction to Astronomy for AMU, my six year old little boy was looking over my shoulder. So, I figured I'd explain to him that "Daddy is looking...

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Numbers Game

Dr. Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute, on Body Count Redux: During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military released body counts of enemy...

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Watching You

Clay Reddick of The Daily Texan on Undercover officers at anti-war meetings: APD officers were secretly present at protest plannings: Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas prove that undercover Austin...

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Apartheid Thugs In Iraq

APARTHEID ENFORCERS GUARD IRAQ FOR THE U.S. Marc Perelman, Forward, 2/18/04 In its effort to relieve overstretched U.S. troops in Iraq, the Bush administration has hired a private security company staffed with former henchmen...

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Quote of the Day

Julian Sanchez on Stan Kurtz: Sometimes, Stan, you don't get "refuted" because your opponents don't have arguments. But sometimes you don't get refuted because clowns are to laugh at, not argue with. Classic.

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Kreutz Sun-grazers

On June 1 and 2, 1998, two comets entered and burned up in Sol’s atmosphere. Interestingly, a coronal mass ejection of gas and magnetic energy occurred on June 2, 1998 following the entrance of...

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Feeling Pious…

The Church will be performing at The Birchmere on March 5. Excellent. I missed the Gold Afternoon Fix tour when it hit North Carolina near Camp Lejeune. Been kicking myself ever since. I won't...