A newly discovered nebula, called the ‘Red Square’, displays a dazzling, gem-like symmetry, new observations reveal. But the nature of the star or stars that produced it remains a mystery.
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A newly discovered nebula, called the ‘Red Square’, displays a dazzling, gem-like symmetry, new observations reveal. But the nature of the star or stars that produced it remains a mystery.
This is an Open Thread.
I like both pictures.
Nebula-schmebula. ‘Der ain’t no mystery here. We don’t need so stinkin’ science to explain this. It was all hashed out in my Sunday morning Cincinnati Enquirer.
Who needs a fake Stargate when nature supplies something as glorious as this?
I found a page with some pretty fractal images–posted one of them, and a link to some more, on the Independent Bloggers’ Alliance.
Past my bedtime now–‘night everybody.
I yearn for the day when this sort of thing dominates the public discourse.
Me too
In the midst of this “shock and awe” (the right kind!) I can’t help but inject a political word of caution. In December, 2005 the Hubble Space Telescope recorded some amazing data on the amount of dark matter in the universe. The data contributed greatly to the discussion of whether the universe would continue to expand forever (or contract after a certain point.) It sent waves of excitement through the scientific community–and waves of discomfort among the fundamentalist crowd. A month later, NASA announced that funding to maintain Hubble had been cut.
Coincidence? That’s what NASA said. But given what we’ve found out about the infiltration of non-science trained agents within NASA, I’m more convinced than ever that there’s an effort to get all research that contradicts the Bible out of the system!
Anyone who wants to be inspired to awe can’t ask for anything better than this.
Red Square?! Stalin would be so proud.