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Posted on July 22, 2015 July 22, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
This is what Earth looks like from a million miles away.
The stunning image, which focuses on America, was taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and is the satellite's first view of the entire sunlit side of our planet.
It was presented to the White House today, prompting a tweet from President Barack Obama describing it as: 'A beautiful reminder that we need to protect the only planet we have.'
The blue marble was captured by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (Epic) and created by combining three separate images to show the Earth in incredible detail.
The camera takes a series of 10 images using different narrowband filters – from ultraviolet to near infrared.
'This first DSCOVR image of our planet demonstrates the unique and important benefits of Earth observation from space,' said Nasa Administrator Charlie Bolden.
DSCOVR orbits the sun at a location called the Lagrange point 1, or L1, It's from that unique vantage point that the Epic instrument is acquiring science quality images of the entire sunlit face of Earth. Data from Epic will be used to measure ozone and aerosol levels in Earth's atmosphere, cloud height, vegetation properties and the ultraviolet reflectivity of Earth
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3168520/America-like-ve-never-seen-New-Nasa-camera-provides-EPIC-view-Earth-million-miles-away.html#ixzz3gcucsg7K
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Stunning first hi-definition image of Pluto reveals huge mountains
Posted on July 16, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
The first ever high-resolution image of Pluto has been beamed back to Earth showing water ice and 11,000ft (3,350 metre) mountains. The mountains likely formed no more than 100 million years ago – mere youngsters relative to the 4.56-billion-year age of the solar system. Nasa says they may still be in the process of building
Like the rest of Pluto, this region would presumably have been pummeled by space debris for billions of years and would have once been heavily cratered – unless recent activity had given the region a facelift, erasing those pockmarks.
'We now have an isolated small planet that is showing activity after 4.5 billion years,' said Alan Stern, New Horizons' principal investigator. 'It's going to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.'
'This is one of the youngest surfaces we've ever seen in the solar system,' added Jeff Moore of New Horizons' Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Team (GGI).
This is the first time astronomers have seen a world that is mostly composed of ice that is not orbiting a planet.
Unlike the icy moons of giant planets, Pluto cannot be heated by the gravitational pull of a larger planetary body. Nasa says some other process must be generating the mountainous landscape.
'This may cause us to rethink what powers geological activity on many other icy worlds,' says GGI deputy team leader John Spencer of the Southwest Research Institute.
In a Wednesday press conference, scientists also revealed a high-resolution photo of Pluto's moon Charon, which is covered in cliffs and ridges:
They also released the first-ever photo of Pluto's tiny moon Hydra, which appears to be covered in water ice:
A new sneak-peak image of Hydra is the first to reveal its apparent irregular shape and its size, estimated to be about 27 by 20 miles (43 by 33km). The surface shows differences in brightness, which suggests that Hydra's outer layer is composed manly of water ice .
Read more: Daily Mail
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The New Horizons Pluto mission is a big deal. Here are Some reasons why
SOURCE : vox.com
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is about to show us an alien world for the first time. At precisely 7:49 am ET on Tuesday, the probe will become the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto.
New Horizons has been en route for nine years, traveling more than 3 billion miles. The flyby will be over in a matter of minutes, as the probe frantically takes hundreds of photos and collects data on Pluto's atmosphere, geology, and moons. All this data will be enormously valuable to scientists as they seek to understand our solar system and how it formed billions of years ago.
More than anything, this mission is about broadening our horizons — taking in just a little bit more of the impossibly vast universe we live in.
1) We've never seen Pluto before
Pluto feels familiar. It's easy to imagine the small, frigid rock, millions of miles from the sun and covered in ice.
But what you're picturing in your head when you think about Pluto is probably an artist's illustration. Until very recently, we didn't even know exactly what color it was — and the best photos we had of Pluto looked like this:
New Horizons is going to change that in a very big way. Already, as it's closed in on Pluto, it's given us way better photos than ever before:
Pluto (right) and its moon Charon, as seen by New Horizons on July 11. (NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI)
The high-resolution photos to come will give us detailed topographical maps, just like those provided by the satellites that orbit Earth. They could reveal mountains, ice caps, volcanoes, or even an ocean of liquid water under the ice. "Who knows what kind of bizarre things we'll find up close?" Stern said.
2) This mission will remind you how vast space really is
Earth, as seen by the Voyager spacecraft, from more than 4 billion miles away.
We spend our entire lives on the surface of Earth — so it's hard to really grasp how far away Pluto truly is from us.
But as an analogy, think of Earth as a basketball. By comparison, Pluto would be a little larger than a golf ball. But if you wanted to keep the scale constant, you'd have to put that golf ball incredibly far away: 50 to 80 miles (depending on its location in orbit). This mission, like many activities in space, is a good reminder of how vast our corner of the universe is — and how absurdly tiny our entire earthly realm of experience is by comparison.
And it's not just the size of space that boggles the mind. It's also the timescale on which everything occurs. Pluto takes 248 Earth years to orbit the sun. To put it another way, the entirety of US history has occurred during a single Plutonian orbit.
3) We won't get many more missions like this for a while
There's a mission to Europa planned, but it won't reach the moon for a decade or more.
The past few decades have been filled with all sorts of fascinating missions to the planets, moons, asteroids, and comets of our solar system — uncrewed probes sent every few years, run by trained scientists, and supported by government funding.
But the sad truth is that this era is largely drawing to a close. As David W. Brown writes in an article on the dark future of American space exploration, "There is nothing budgeted in the pipeline to take its place. Yesterday invested in today. But we are not investing in tomorrow."
This is the result of cutbacks to NASA's planetary exploration budget. The OSIRIS-REx probe will launch next year, to travel to an asteroid and bring back a sample, but it won't return until 2023. Meanwhile, a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa is in the works, but it likely won't be launched until 2025 at the earliest, and wouldn't reach Europa until the 2030s.
In other words: Enjoy this brief flyby. It's going to be a while before any NASA probe visits a new world.
4)This is a staggering technological achievement
t's hard to appreciate just how difficult it is to send a spacecraft to Pluto. But think of it this way: because it's so incredibly far away, it took New Horizons nine years to cover the 3-billion-mile trip there — which means the craft is using decade-old technology, traveling a route that was calculated years ago.
New Horizons' trajectory through the solar system.
Despite this, NASA engineers managed to get the tiny probe — about the size and shape of a grand piano — to an incredibly precise spot in space, using Jupiter's gravity as a slingshot to accelerate it outward and a few thruster burns over the years to keep the probe on track.
Along the way, they had to worry about potentially damaging debris nearby Pluto — as well as a scary software glitch this past weekend, which was, thankfully, resolved. Now New Horizons is going to fly within 7,750 miles of Pluto, coming closer than its moons.
Because New Horizons is traveling at such a high speed (about 31,000 miles per hour) and can't slow down, the flyby will be over in a matter of minutes — fording it to collect all its data in a tiny window of time.
And receiving all that data is another huge challenge. Because New Horizons is so far away, it takes about 4.5 hours for any data it sends back to reach Earth. And the signal is so faint that NASA has to use 200-foot-wide radio dishes (one each in Australia, California, and Spain) to pick it up. This means an extremely low rate of data transmission: about 1 kilobit per second, more than 50 times slower than a 56k modem from the '90s. It takes more than 42 minutes for New Horizons to fully transmit an image that's 1024 pixels wide.
If you haven't been paying attention so far, now's the time to start. This is a really big deal.
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Moon Experiences Quake Just Like Earthquake
Posted on June 17, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
As the earthquake is still an unsolved mystery for the scientists, by adding another, an Indian scientist has discovered that moon also feels tremors and quakes like earth.
The discovery is made by India's first lunar probe Chandrayaan-1 as the scientist has revealed that when the tectonic plates of moon collide, causes Quakes just like earthquake.
The plates make up the crust and upper surface and when it collide together, it causes moon-quake.
The discovery is noted out by Saumitra Mukherjee, a Professor of Geology and Remote Sensing at the School of Environmental Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University and a student of the university Priyadarshini Singh.
The images providing clues to the occurrence of quakes on the Moon, were captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and Narrow Angle camera aboard Chandrayaan-1.
The images depict South Polar region of the Moon and spews clue on the presence of tectonic plates which when move can cause quakes similar to earthquakes, explained study authors.
Launched in 2008, the main aim of the Chandrayaan-1 was to make a 3-dimentsional model of the Moon and mapping of chemical composition on its surface.
The discovery will help the researchers as they may be able to predict quakes on the Moon going ahead, by analyzing tectonic plate movements on the Moon and comparing them with earthquakes.
Source : ISRO
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[VIDEO] If some celestial bodies were closer to us
Posted on June 9, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
For 25 years now, the Hubble Space Telescope (and many other satellites) has stimulated us with numerous jaw dropping images of space—stretching from the Great Nebula of Orion, to the Whirlpool Galaxy. They all look so huge and comprehensive, you can nearly imagine yourself moving through space, looking directly at them from up close—yet even the closest among them are unfathomably far away (the closest planet is nearly 162 million miles/261 million kilometers from sun, while the closest star is over 4 light-years distant). In a recent video, the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos, to be exact) visualizes how our sky may look if some of these marvels were in nearer proximity to Earth. Watch the video below:
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Spectacular Images and Video of India From the International Space Station
Posted on May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
Pictures and footage of India taken from space show the country by night and day as seen from the International Space Station, including a spectacular lightning storm.
Massive lightning storm over #India. A majestic performance that inspires awe and respect. #SpaceVine https://t.co/yrMpOV2J1D
— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) May 9, 2015
The images were taken by Terry Virts, the commander of the current project, Expedition 43, at the space station and tweeted from his verified account.
#India sparkles from #Delhi and #Ahmedabad all the way to #Chennai. #SpaceVine https://t.co/2zYaQbyf1o
A one-year joint mission between space agencies in the United States, Russia and Europe, began on Mar. 11, 2015 and is in its final days. Astronauts are expected to return to Earth on Wednesday.
The six-member crew have been conducting astrophysics research, physical science investigations and technology demonstrations, but no space walks.
Day flight over #India, with the Ganges drifting by on the left. #spacevine https://t.co/aA3JNuORQb
Two of the crew, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korneinko, have spent the entire year in space and have undergone medical studies to help further scientific advancements on Earth. Other astronauts were rotated in at the end of Expedition 42 in December.
#India night flight along the east coast. #SpaceVine https://t.co/Hc0UIsqTpu
Check out some other Amzing Pictures of India From space taken by Terry Virts
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com
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Hubble Space Telescope turns 25 and Here are some of the Most Amazing Pictures Taken by it
Posted on April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
Hubble Space Telescope marks 25th anniversary in orbit this week. So, There are some best images taken by Hubble Space Telescope during its 25 years journey. These Images are 100% real and contains no CGI
Hubble has traveled 3.4 billion miles, circling Earth nearly 137,000 times and making more than 1.2 million observations of more than 38,000 celestial objects, according to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. The most distant objects spotted by Hubble — primitive galaxies — are some 13 billion light-years away and date to within 400 million or so years of the universe's origin, known as the Big Bang.
Hubble provides an average of 829 gigabytes of archival data every month, according to the institute. Altogether, Hubble has produced more than 100 terabytes of data.
Some of the images have description about it. if anyone wants to read image description just click that image. and Enjoy……
This new Hubble image, captured and released to celebrate the telescope's 23rd year in orbit, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33. This image shows the region in infrared light, which has longer wavelengths than visible light and can pierce through the dusty material that usually obscures the nebula's inner regions. The result is a rather ethereal and fragile-looking structure, made of delicate folds of gas — very different to the nebula's appearance in visible light.
Pillars of Creation The pillars are bathed in the blistering ultraviolet light from a grouping of young, massive stars located off the top of the image. Streamers of gas can be seen bleeding off the pillars as the intense radiation heats and evaporates it into space. Denser regions of the pillars are shadowing material beneath them from the powerful radiation. Stars are being born deep inside the pillars, which are made of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust. The pillars are part of a small region of the Eagle Nebula, a vast star-forming region 6,500 light-years from Earth.
Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is well known for its dramatic dusty lanes of dark material. Hubble's new observations, using its most advanced instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3, are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy. They have been combined here in a multi-wavelength image which reveals never-before-seen detail in the dusty portion of the galaxy. As well as features in the visible spectrum, this composite shows ultraviolet light, which comes from young stars, and near-infrared light, which lets us glimpse some of the detail otherwise obscured by the dust.
Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heritage astronomers, in collaboration with scientists in Texas and Ireland, used Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) to obtain this colour image.
This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was released to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The distorted shape of the larger of the two galaxies shows signs of tidal interactions with the smaller of the two. It is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one.
To celebrate its 24th year in orbit, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released this beautiful new image of part of NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula. NGC 2174 lies about 6400 light-years away in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Hubble previously viewed this part of the sky back in 2011 — the colourful region is filled with young stars embedded within bright wisps of cosmic gas and dust. This portion of the Monkey Head Nebula was imaged in the infrared using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant, all that remains of a tremendous stellar explosion. Observers in China and Japan recorded the supernova nearly 1,000 years ago, in 1054.
The Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to this kind of nebula. Eleven rings, or shells, of gas make up the Cat's Eye.
NGC 2392 ("Eskimo" Nebula) HST WFPC2 [NII]; H-alpha; [OIII]; [HeII]
The 'hole,' it turns out, was actually just a well-timed shadow, captured by one of Hubble's cameras as Jupiter's moon Ganymede passed by. http://time.com/3544216/jupiter-view-eye-storm-great-red-spot/
An image of the grand design spiral galaxy M100 obtained with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera. Credit: NASA & ESA 1994
This is an image of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This Hubble image reveals the true shape of MyCn18 to be an hourglass with an intricate pattern of 'etchings' in its walls. This picture has been composed from three separate images taken in the light of ionized nitrogen (represented by red), hydrogen (green), and doubly-ionized oxygen (blue). The results are of great interest because they shed new light on the poorly understood ejection of stellar matter which accompanies the slow death of Sun-like stars. In previous ground-based images, MyCn18 appears to be a pair of large outer rings with a smaller central one, but the fine details cannot be seen.
his colorful 'zigzag' is not the work of a flamboyant artist, but the signature of a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy M84, discovered by Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). 1997 Credit: Gary Bower, Richard Green (NOAO), the STIS Instrument Definition Team, and NASA/ESA
Hubble's 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the radiation of nearby stars, while stars within the pillar unleash jets of gas that stream from the peaks.
On March 11, 1991, the Wide Field/planetary Camera on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Jupiter for the first time. This "true color" picture of the southeast quadrant of the planet shows a striking oval-shaped dark ring on the left and the Great Red Spot just rotating out of view on the right aide. These features are thought to be very large hurricane-like structures where warmer gases carry ammonia ice crystals from deep in the Jovian atmosphere up above the top of the normal cloud layers that shroud Jupiter. Jovian clouds are thought to be colored by small amounts of sulfur, phosphorus and carbon compounds in the ice crystals. This picture has about the same resolution (0.15 arcsec) as voyager pictures taken 5 days before encounter in 1979 . This will allow a continuation of the study of Jovian wind velocities begun by voyager and allow expansion of this program into the ultraviolet and infrared where clouds form at different heights in the atmosphere. The blue and blue-green bands to the right of the edge of Jupiter are artifacts due to the rotation of the planet during the six minutes between the separate blue, green and red exposures used to make the colour picture.
The brightly glowing plumes seen in this image are reminiscent of an underwater scene, with turquoise-tinted currents and nebulous strands reaching out into the surroundings. However, this is no ocean. This image actually shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small nearby galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way, and appears as a blurred blob in our skies. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peeked many times into this galaxy, releasing stunning images of the whirling clouds of gas and sparkling stars (opo9944a, heic1301, potw1408a). This image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts. This famously beautiful nebula, located within the LMC, is a frequent target for Hubble (heic1206, heic1402). In most images of the LMC the colour is completely different to that seen here. This is because, in this new image, a different set of filters was used. The customary R filter, which selects the red light, was replaced by a filter letting through the near-infrared light. In traditional images, the hydrogen gas appears pink because it shines most brightly in the red. Here however, other less prominent emission lines dominate in the blue and green filters. This data is part of the Archival Pure Parallel Project (APPP), a project that gathered together and processed over 1000 images taken using Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, obtained in parallel with other Hubble instruments. Much of the data in the project could be used to study a wide range of astronomical topics, including gravitational lensing and cosmic shear, exploring distant star-forming galaxies, supplementing observations in other wavelength ranges with optical data, and examining star populations from stellar heavyweights all the way down to solar-mass stars. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Josh Barrington.
ABOUT THIS IMAGE: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in this view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2841. 2010. A bright cusp of starlight marks the galaxy's center. Spiraling outward are dust lanes that are silhouetted against the population of whitish middle-aged stars. Much younger blue stars trace the spiral arms. Notably missing are pinkish emission nebulae indicative of new star birth. It is likely that the radiation and supersonic winds from fiery, super-hot, young blue stars cleared out the remaining gas (which glows pink), and hence shut down further star formation in the regions in which they were born. NGC 2841 currently has a relatively low star formation rate compared to other spirals that are ablaze with emission nebulae. NGC 2841 lies 46 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). This image was taken in 2010 through four different filters on Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. Wavelengths range from ultraviolet light through visible light to near-infrared light.
Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our neighbouring dwarf galaxies, this young globular-like star cluster is surrounded by a pattern of filamentary nebulosity that is thought to have been created during supernova blasts. It consists of a main globular cluster in the centre and a younger, smaller cluster, seen below and to the right, composed of extremely hot, blue stars and fainter, red T-Tauri stars. This wide variety of stars allows a thorough study of star formation processes.
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. This sharpest-ever image, taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, illustrates a spiral galaxy's grand design, from its curving spiral arms, where young stars reside, to its yellowish central core, a home of older stars. The galaxy is nicknamed the Whirlpool because of its swirling structure. The Whirlpool's most striking feature is its two curving arms, a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. Many spiral galaxies possess numerous, loosely shaped arms that make their spiral structure less pronounced. These arms serve an important purpose in spiral galaxies. They are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars. In the Whirlpool, the assembly line begins with the dark clouds of gas on the inner edge, then moves to bright pink star-forming regions, and ends with the brilliant blue star clusters along the outer edge. Some astronomers believe that the Whirlpool's arms are so prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the Whirlpool's arms. At first glance, the compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm. Hubble's clear view, however, shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind the Whirlpool. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years. As NGC 5195 drifts by, its gravitational muscle pumps up waves within the Whirlpool's pancake-shaped disk. The waves are like ripples in a pond generated when a rock is thrown in the water. When the waves pass through orbiting gas clouds within the disk, they squeeze the gaseous material along each arm's inner edge. The dark dusty material looks like gathering storm clouds. These dense clouds collapse, creati
This image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy's pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years. This image is too large to be easily displayed at full resolution and is best appreciated using the zoom tool.
MAY 25, 1999: The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team today announced that it has completed efforts to measure precise distances to far-flung galaxies, an essential ingredient needed to determine the age, size and fate of the universe. The team used the Hubble telescope to observe 19 galaxies out to 108 million light-years. They discovered almost 800 Cepheid variable stars, a special class of pulsating star used for accurate distance measurements. Here is a picture of one of those galaxies. It is the spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which Cepheid variables have been found. It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe.
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the universe's most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104). The galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. As seen from Earth, the galaxy is tilted nearly edge-on. We view it from just six degrees north of its equatorial plane. This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero because of its resemblance to the broad rim and high-topped Mexican hat. At a relatively bright magnitude of +8, M104 is just beyond the limit of naked-eye visibility and is easily seen through small telescopes. The Sombrero lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies and is one of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 28 million light-years from Earth.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe ? among the most colorful deep space images ever captured by the 24-year-old telescope. Researchers say the image, from a new study called the Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, provides the missing link in star formation. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014 image is a composite of separate exposures taken in 2002 to 2012 with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3. Astronomers previously studied the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) in visible and near-infrared light in a series of images captured from 2003 to 2009. The HUDF shows a small section of space in the southern-hemisphere constellation Fornax. Now, using ultraviolet light, astronomers have combined the full range of colors available to Hubble, stretching all the way from ultraviolet to near-infrared light. The resulting image – made from 841 orbits of telescope viewing time – contains approximately 10,000 galaxies, extending back in time to within a few hundred million years of the big bang. Prior to the Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field study of the universe, astronomers were in a curious position. Missions such as NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) observatory, which operated from 2003 to 2013, provided significant knowledge of star formation in nearby galaxies. Using Hubble's near-infrared capability, researchers also studied star birth in the most distant galaxies, which appear to us in their most primitive stages due to the significant amount of time required for the light of distant stars to travel into a visible range. But for the period in between, when most of the stars in the universe were born – a distance extending from about 5 billion to 10 billion light-years – they did not have enough data. "The lack of information from ultraviolet light made studying galaxies in the HUDF like trying to understand the history of families wi
Several million young stars are vying for attention in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula. Early astronomers nicknamed the nebula because its glowing filaments resemble spider legs. 30 Doradus is the brightest star-forming region visible in a neighboring galaxy and home to the most massive stars ever seen. The nebula resides 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. No known star-forming region in our galaxy is as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. The composite image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. The Hubble image is combined with ground-based data of the Tarantula Nebula, taken with the European Southern Observatory's 2.2-meter telescope in La Silla, Chile. NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute are releasing the image to celebrate Hubble's 22nd anniversary. Collectively, the stars in this image are millions of times more massive than our Sun. The image is roughly 650 light-years across and contains some rambunctious stars, from one of the fastest rotating stars to the speediest and most massive runaway star. The nebula is close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving astronomers important information about the stars' birth and evolution. Many small galaxies have more spectacular starbursts, but the Large Magellanic Cloud's 30 Doradus is one of the only extragalactic star-forming regions that astronomers can study in so much detail. The star-birthing frenzy in 30 Doradus may be partly fueled by its close proximity to its companion galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The image reveals the stages of star birth, from embryonic stars a few thousand years old still wrapped in cocoons of dark gas to behemoths that die young in
A delicate sphere of gas, photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, floats serenely in the depths of space. The pristine shell, or bubble, is the result of gas that is being shocked by the expanding blast wave from a supernova. Called SNR 0509-67.5 (or SNR 0509 for short), the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth. Ripples in the shell's surface may be caused by either subtle variations in the density of the ambient interstellar gas, or possibly driven from the interior by pieces of the ejecta. The bubble-shaped shroud of gas is 23 light-years across and is expanding at more than 11 million miles per hour (5,000 kilometers per second). Astronomers have concluded that the explosion was one of an especially energetic and bright variety of supernovae. Known as Type Ia, such supernova events are thought to result from a white dwarf star in a binary system that robs its partner of material, takes on much more mass than it is able to handle, and eventually explodes. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys observed the supernova remnant on Oct. 28, 2006, with a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen seen in the expanding shell. These observations were then combined with visible-light images of the surrounding star field that were imaged with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on Nov. 4, 2010. With an age of about 400 years as seen from Earth, the supernova might have been visible to southern hemisphere observers around the year 1600. However, there are no known records of a "new star" in the direction of the LMC near that time. A more recent supernova in the LMC, SN 1987A, did catch the eye of Earth viewers and continues to be studied with ground- and space-based telescopes, including Hubble.
NASA's Hubble Space has peered nearly 5 billion light-years away to resolve intricate details in the galaxy cluster Abell 370. This object is one of the very first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, where the warping of space by the cluster's gravitational field distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture, which are the stretched images of background galaxies. Gravitational lensing proves a vital tool for astronomers when measuring the dark matter distribution in massive clusters, since the mass distribution can be reconstructed from its gravitational effects. Galaxy clusters are the most massive structures of the universe, located at the crossing of the filaments of the cosmic web of dark matter. The most massive clusters can contain up to 1,000 galaxies and intergalactic hot gas, all held together primarily by the gravity of dark matter.
In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble's cameras. It is a 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth – and death – is taking place. Hubble's view of the nebula shows star birth in a new level of detail. The fantasy-like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the monster stars that inhabit this inferno. In the process, these stars are shredding the surrounding material that is the last vestige of the giant cloud from which the stars were born. The immense nebula contains at least a dozen brilliant stars that are roughly estimated to be at least 50 to 100 times the mass of our Sun. The most unique and opulent inhabitant is the star Eta Carinae, at far left. Eta Carinae is in the final stages of its brief and eruptive lifespan, as evidenced by two billowing lobes of gas and dust that presage its upcoming explosion as a titanic supernova. The fireworks in the Carina region started three million years ago when the nebula's first generation of newborn stars condensed and ignited in the middle of a huge cloud of cold molecular hydrogen. Radiation from these stars carved out an expanding bubble of hot gas. The island-like clumps of dark clouds scattered across the nebula are nodules of dust and gas that are resisting being eaten away by photoionization. The hurricane blast of stellar winds and blistering ultraviolet radiation within the cavity is now compressing the surrounding walls of cold hydrogen. This is triggering a second stage of new star formation. Our Sun and our solar system may have been born inside such a cosmic crucible 4.6 billion years ago. In looking at the Carina Nebula we are seeing the genesis of star making as it commonly occurs along the dense spiral
This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope depicts bright, blue, newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the center of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud. At the heart of the star-forming region, lies star cluster NGC 602. The high-energy radiation blazing out from the hot young stars is sculpting the inner edge of the outer portions of the nebula, slowly eroding it away and eating into the material beyond. The diffuse outer reaches of the nebula prevent the energetic outflows from streaming away from the cluster. Ridges of dust and gaseous filaments are seen towards the northwest (in the upper-left part of the image) and towards the southeast (in the lower right-hand corner). Elephant trunk-like dust pillars point towards the hot blue stars and are tell-tale signs of their eroding effect. In this region it is possible with Hubble to trace how the star formation started at the center of the cluster and propagated outward, with the youngest stars still forming today along the dust ridges. The Small Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation Tucana, is roughly 200,000 light-years from the Earth. Its proximity to us makes it an exceptional laboratory to perform in-depth studies of star formation processes and their evolution in an environment slightly different from our own Milky Way. Dwarf galaxies such as the Small Magellanic Cloud, with significantly fewer stars compared to our own galaxy, are considered to be the primitive building blocks of larger galaxies. The study of star formation within this dwarf galaxy is particularly interesting to astronomers because its primitive nature means that it lacks a large percentage of the heavier elements that are forged in successive generations of stars through nuclear fusion. These observations were taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in July 2004. Filters that isolate visible and infrared light were combined with a filter that samples the hydrogen and nitrogen emission f
This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light. These stars reside in a dramatic dust-and-gas landscape of plateaus, mountains, and valleys that are reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The bright central region is the home of the four heftiest stars in the nebula. The stars are called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoid pattern. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars. Located near the Trapezium stars are stars still young enough to have disks of material encircling them. These disks are called protoplanetary disks or "proplyds" and are too small to see clearly in this image. The disks are the building blocks of solar systems. The bright glow at upper left is from M43, a small region being shaped by a massive, young star's ultraviolet light. Astronomers call the region a miniature Orion Nebula because only one star is sculpting the landscape. The Orion Nebula has four such stars. Next to M43 are dense, dark pillars of dust and gas that point toward the Trapezium. These pillars are resisting erosion from the Trapezium's intense ultraviolet light. The glowing region on the right reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds – streams of charged particles ejected from the Trapezium stars – collide with material. The faint red stars near the bottom are the myriad brown dwarfs that Hubble spied for the first time in the nebula in visib
One of the largest Hubble Space Telescope images ever made of a complete galaxy is being unveiled today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, Calif. The Hubble telescope captured a display of starlight, glowing gas, and silhouetted dark clouds of interstellar dust in this 4-foot-by-8-foot image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300. NGC 1300 is considered to be prototypical of barred spiral galaxies. Barred spirals differ from normal spiral galaxies in that the arms of the galaxy do not spiral all the way into the center, but are connected to the two ends of a straight bar of stars containing the nucleus at its center. At Hubble's resolution, a myriad of fine details, some of which have never before been seen, is seen throughout the galaxy's arms, disk, bulge, and nucleus. Blue and red supergiant stars, star clusters, and star-forming regions are well resolved across the spiral arms, and dust lanes trace out fine structures in the disk and bar. Numerous more distant galaxies are visible in the background, and are seen even through the densest regions of NGC 1300. In the core of the larger spiral structure of NGC 1300, the nucleus shows its own extraordinary and distinct "grand-design" spiral structure that is about 3,300 light-years (1 kiloparsec) long. Only galaxies with large-scale bars appear to have these grand-design inner disks – a spiral within a spiral. Models suggest that the gas in a bar can be funneled inwards, and then spiral into the center through the grand-design disk, where it can potentially fuel a central black hole. NGC 1300 is not known to have an active nucleus, however, indicating either that there is no black hole, or that it is not accreting matter. The image was constructed from exposures taken in September 2004 by the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard Hubble in four filters. Starlight and dust are seen in blue, visible, and infrared light. Bright star clusters are highlighted in red by their associated emission from gl
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this panoramic view of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of a giant star cluster. The image reveals a small region inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars. Globular clusters, ancient swarms of stars united by gravity, are the homesteaders of our Milky Way galaxy. The stars in Omega Centauri are between 10 billion and 12 billion years old. The cluster lies about 16,000 light-years from Earth. This is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), installed aboard Hubble in May 2009, during Servicing Mission 4. The camera can snap sharp images over a broad range of wavelengths. The photograph showcases the camera's color versatility by revealing a variety of stars in key stages of their life cycles. The majority of the stars in the image are yellow-white, like our Sun. These are adult stars that are shining by hydrogen fusion. Toward the end of their normal lives, the stars become cooler and larger. These late-life stars are the orange dots in the image. Even later in their life cycles, the stars continue to cool down and expand in size, becoming red giants. These bright red stars swell to many times larger than our Sun's size and begin to shed their gaseous envelopes. After ejecting most of their mass and exhausting much of their hydrogen fuel, the stars appear brilliant blue. Only a thin layer of material covers their super-hot cores. These stars are desperately trying to extend their lives by fusing helium in their cores. At this stage, they emit much of their light at ultraviolet wavelengths. When the helium runs out, the stars reach the end of their lives. Only their burned-out cores remain, and they are called white dwarfs (the faint blue dots in the image). White dwarfs are no longer generating energy through nuclear fusion and have gravitationally contracted to the size of Earth. They will continue to cool and grow dimm
The star cluster Pismis 24 lies in the core of the large emission nebula NGC 6357 that extends one degree on the sky in the direction of the Scorpius constellation. Part of the nebula is ionised by the youngest (bluest) heavy stars in Pismis 24. The intense ultraviolet radiation from the blazing stars heats the gas surrounding the cluster and creates a bubble in NGC 6357. The presence of these surrounding gas clouds makes probing into the region even harder. One of the top candidates for the title of "Milky Way stellar heavyweight champion" was, until now, Pismis 24-1, a bright young star that lies in the core of the small open star cluster Pismis 24 (the bright stars in the Hubble image) about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Pismis 24-1 was thought to have an incredibly large mass of 200 to 300 solar masses. New NASA/ESA Hubble measurements of the star, have, however, resolved Pismis 24-1 into two separate stars, and, in doing so, have "halved" its mass to around 100 solar masses.
This celestial object looks like a delicate butterfly. But it is far from serene. What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to nearly 20 000 degrees Celsius. The gas is tearing across space at more than 950 000 kilometres per hour — fast enough to travel from Earth to the Moon in 24 minutes! A dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun is at the centre of this fury. It has ejected its envelope of gases and is now unleashing a stream of ultraviolet radiation that is making the cast-off material glow. This object is an example of a planetary nebula, so-named because many of them have a round appearance resembling that of a planet when viewed through a small telescope. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new camera aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, snapped this image of the planetary nebula, catalogued as NGC 6302, but more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula. WFC3 was installed by NASA astronauts in May 2009, during the Servicing Mission to upgrade and repair the 19-year-old Hubble. NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The glowing gas is the star's outer layers, expelled over about 2200 years. The "butterfly" stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri. The central star itself cannot be seen, because it is hidden within a doughnut-shaped ring of dust, which appears as a dark band pinching the nebula in the centre. The thick dust belt constricts the star's outflow, creating the classic "bipolar" or hourglass shape displayed by some planetary nebulae. The star's surface temperature is estimated to be over 220 000 degrees Celsius, making it one of the hottest known stars in our galaxy. Spectroscopic observations made with ground-based telescopes show that the gas is roughly 20 000 degrees Celsius, which is unusually hot compared to a t
The Hubble Space Telescope has caught the eerie, wispy tendrils of a dark interstellar cloud being destroyed by the passage of one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Like a flashlight beam shining off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light off the surface of pitch black clouds of cold gas laced with dust. These are called reflection nebulae.
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Here is a tour of No Man's Sky's mathematically generated incredible universe
Posted on January 4, 2015 January 4, 2015 by himanshuchaudhary513
When released this year, this amazing new next-gen sci-fi video game, "No Man's Sky", will cover about 18 quintillion visit-able planets and it would take about five billion years to visit each of those planets — no breaks allowed. This is quite a remarkable concept, even if we'll only get to see a little portion of what No Man's Sky is set to offer. Presently in development by self-governing UK-based studio, Hello Games, the simulated landscape is procedurally created by an algorithmic programming system that sorts what Hello Games creator, Sean Murray, tells Game Informer in the video below is "a series of very simple formulae laid on top of each other to create something quite complex".
What this allows for is unbelievable detail and limitless material to discover; zero loading time; and nearly no content kept on a disc, your PC or PS4 console, or even in the cloud. For people among us who have been a little underwhelmed with what next generation consoles, the Playstation 4 and XBox One, have so far provided, this amazing game is well and accurately taking benefit of their exceptional processing power to make something remarkable. Watch the video linked above by Game Informer to perceive exactly how this game is being created. I must say, after learning about this game, I think 2015 is going to be a worthy year for gaming.
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Most amazing video showing our future of space exploration
Posted on December 1, 2014 by himanshuchaudhary513
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Riding a space elevator up from Mars. Trekking across the ice fields of Europa. Soaring in wing suits above the clouds of Titan. Base jumping on Miranda. Wanderers is a science-inspired short film imagining human exploration of our solar system that leaves me giddy and excited for a future we could one day experience.
Humans awaiting a scenic dirigible ride at Victoria Crater on Mars, a vista first seen by the Opportunity rover. Image credit: Erik Wernquist (Click Image to Download)
Base jumping off Verona Rupes, the highest cliff in the solar system. Credit: Erik Wernquist
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Colonizing the equatorial ridge on Iapetus, one of Saturn's moons, with artistically oversized domed settlements. Image credit: Erik Wernquist (Click Image to Download)
Each of the places depicted in Wanderers is an actual place in our solar system. When real photos or map data was available, Wernquist used them to guide his digital recreations. You can read about each of the places and their scientific basis in an accompanying gallery of stills (also on imgur): leaving our home planet, surfing the rings of Saturn, basking above Jupiter's epic storms, mining asteroids, and so much more.
While we're still a long way off from human deep space exploration, we are getting a tiny step closer with the first space test flight of the Orion spacecraft next week. Currently just a crew and service module, the spacecraft is intended as the planetary crew transport module for an eventual deep space exploration vehicle for asteroid interception or even to carry humans to Mars. All the alien worlds in this short film are within our solar system, places conceivably within reach of Orion or its descendants.
Human-powered flight in the skies of Titan. Image credit: Erik Wernquist (Click Image to Download)
In the film, Wernquist takes a bit of artistic license, but he works with the beautiful parts of what is plausible, not sacrificing science on a whim. It'd be more scientifically plausible to mount a space elevator on Pavonis Mons, an equatorial volcano stretching 14 kilometers above average surface elevation, but the cratered Terra Cimmeria highlands are more aesthetically pleasing. This is such a beautiful merger of science and fiction that I don't even care about such tiny variations; it's a minor thing to suggest humans may pick their space elevator location based not just on science but on having a great ascent view!
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Amazing photo of Saturn and its Titan moon looks like high art in deep space
Posted on November 9, 2014 by himanshuchaudhary513
This amazing image shows Saturn and its moon Titan as crescents on Aug. 11, 2013. NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
An amazing photo taken by a NASA probe shows Saturn and its large moon Titan shining as pretty crescents in deep space.
The two cosmic bodies were imaged by the Cassini spacecraft, which has been exploring the Saturn system for about 10 years. The image — released on Monday (Nov. 3) — was captured as the robotic ship was flying about 1.1 million miles (1.7 million kilometers) from the ringed wonder on Aug. 11, 2013, according to NASA. Some of Saturn's ring plane can even be seen in the black and white image.
"More than just pretty pictures, high-phase observations — taken looking generally toward the sun, as in this image — are very powerful scientifically since the way atmospheres and rings transmit sunlight is often diagnostic of compositions and physical states," NASA officials said in an image description. "In this example, Titan's crescent nearly encircles its disk due to the small haze particles high in its atmosphere scattering the incoming light of the distant sun."
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We are looking to relocate to Co. Wife is taking a job in Denver. We have been looking in the Bennett area as we have horses and want to get a home with some property. Can anyone give me information on the weather in the plains? Have heard they have tornados? What should we know about the area if that is where we end up? Any other suggestions on areas within a 50 mile radius that have inexpensive horse property? Thank you everyone.
Bennett, Strausburg, Deertrail all in Arapahoe County.
In Douglas County look in Elizabeth.
Is her job in Denver?
The Bennett area does have tornados sighted and touch down at times during the summer. And, in the winter we have seen I70 shut down through there due to heavy snow.
Was going to buy horse property there, but went to Parker instead........but didn't get horse property.
Thank you all for your reply. Yes, her job is in Denver. She has looked at a couple properties in Bennett already. I have been looking the other direction, Elizebeth, Parker, as well. Any info on those areas would be appreciated also!!
Hi Vegas couple! Your name "Vegas" caught my eye as we are also looking to move to Colorado and currently live in Vegas. We are looking into the Castle Rock area. We took a trip there a couple of weeks ago and loved it. Are you currently in the Vegas area? We are and can't wait to get out. If you are in Vegas or have been what was your experience living here, if you don't mind me asking This is by far the worst place I have lived!!.
Worst place to live just about nails it!!! I was in Denver last weekend and was just amazed at the difference. Did not get a chance to drive down south to Elizabeth or Castle Rock though. We did hit the Bennett area. Not bad.


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Councilman Foley works with law enforcement to raid illegal massage parlors in Patchogue and Medford.
Foley has long time eyesore demolished in Holbrook.
When Brookhaven Town 5th District Councilman Neil Foley was elected to the Town Board in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Tim Mazzei, 2014 would mark the beginning of cutting edge improvements to the District and the continuation of projects that were already underway during his predecessor's tenure. Foley was determined to navigate his district and chart a course in a positive direction for his constituents and the town at large. During an interview last week, Foley outlined projects that are underway and plans he has mapped out for the foreseeable future.
Taking into account Fire Island, Foley notes the 5th Council District is the largest ward in Brookhaven from a geographic standpoint. Parks were cited as among some of the more significant improvements. "We've renovated Peppermint Park from a point at which it was falling apart, and now we've changed the whole vibe," Foley explained. Peppermint Park, situated in the heart of Medford on Route 112 at the corner of Jamaica Avenue, is what Foley acknowledges is "highly visible." A few hundred thousand dollars later, the park which had outdated and weathered recreation equipment now boasts a new playground, swings, benches, gazebo and even a library book stand. "Everything that's been done to Peppermint Park has been accomplished with an educational purpose and geared towards learning and education," Foley explained.
Further southeast along Council District 5 in Patchogue along Montauk Highway, Foley highlights the continuation of a host of enhancements to Swan River Preserve that was underway when he took office. "Tim Mazzei began this initiative and I finished it by taking out 20 tons of material where the old Nessenger Chevrolet car dealership was; the place was leveled and we've returned the property to nature where we have water flowing and beautiful vegetation," Foley said. Further west is Blue Point Preserve off Blue Point Avenue and Maple Street adjacent to Blue Point Elementary and across the street from the public library. Here, Foley notes what was once a 17-acre site slated for condominiums has, instead, been transformed into a "passive preserve" with vegetation, bird and bat houses and is what the councilman calls "one of the jewels of Blue Point." In addition to increasing property values, Foley pointed out, "Feedback from the community on this project has been tremendous from senior citizens to moms with children. They did not want to see this developed and they're excited. Government should not hamper progress – government should help people," Foley stated.
Moving forward, significant focus will be placed on erasing zombie homes off the landscape of Brookhaven. "If you have a block with a zombie home, property values go down because what you have is loitering, homeless, drugs and kids hanging out," Foley said. Foley said town officials "proactively go out" and seek "reports from an independent engineer and if the report concludes that a structure is compromised, the town boards up the home and takes it down, and" Foley added, "when a zombie home comes down, property values increase 10 percent." "This is another huge part of how Brookhaven Town is changing its attitude," the councilman said. According to Foley, zombie homes are typically in foreclosure and under bank ownership. "The bank has the responsibility to take care of the homes and they don't, so these zombie homes sit empty for four years or more," Foley said. After the town board votes on whether to level a zombie home, the property is leveled after a 30 day waiting period and the town puts a lien on the parcel. Citing statistics, Foley noted that six zombie homes were leveled in the 5th Council District in 2016. Foley said an additional 10 zombie homes are expected to be erased from his district by the end of 2017.
"We're also trying to clean up Lake Ronkonkoma which has been neglected for many years," Foley said. Lake Ronkonkoma, which extends beyond Brookhaven's 5th and 3rd council districts and flows into Smithtown and Islip townships, has undergone some recent cleanup initiatives which Foley says has resulted in the removal of 100 tons of garbage and debris. The town is now taking an inter-municipal approach towards addressing future issues with Lake Ronkonkoma. "We're working with Suffolk County and looking at a plan to clean the water and now we're all on the same page," Foley said.
Soon to launch in the next few months with a groundbreaking date to be announced is a project development that will span the next five to seven years. Foley said the Ronkonkoma Hub is going to be "one of the biggest projects" on tap for the town in the immediate future. "This project is going to create an infrastructure, apartments, retail, and in the process will be creating thousands of construction jobs," Foley explained. The mixed use project will include an assortment of affordable or work force housing and will be built on the north side of the LIRR Ronkonkoma Station. Once completed, Foley's office reports the development will include 1,450 residential units with funding that will come from private investors. A train to plane concept includes a monorail which would run to the airport.
"The bottom line is, we're doing the people's work and as their elected officials we're going to focus on our residents' quality of life," Foley said.


Vintage and Prestige are proud to offer this 1897 Léon Bollée 2hp Tanden Two Seater For Sale.
Perhaps reacting against his father's total commitment to steam transport, young Léon Bollée saw greater potential in the internal combustion engine and designed his first such powered vehicle, a tandem two-seater, three-wheeler as early as 1895.
Production was based at Le Mans and the single-cylinder, air-cooled, engine was offered in two versions developing either 2hp or 3hp, giving these machines an amazingly fast turn of speed. Three forward speeds were standard and the tubular frame owed much to bicycle manufacturing methods.
"Léon Bollée was there, with a small fleet of those extraordinary little machines invented by him, which always, to my mind resembled land torpedoes more than anything else." Léon and father Amédee Bollée and H.O. Duncan were to drive these vehicles in this landmark event. In 1897 Léon Bollées won The Motorcycle Cup, a major race organised and sponsored by 'La France Automobile', then as now qualifying for both motorcycle and car events. The Paris-Amsterdam Race, held in the same year, was won by Jamin on a Bollée, extraordinarily covering 170km in 4 hours and 13 minutes.
Today Léon Bollées are accepted for both the LBVCR and the equally prestigious Sunbeam M.C.C. Pioneer Run to Brighton. The late Sammy Davis, founder of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain, was an energetic Léon Bollée driver and today they have a distinct appeal to more sporting sorts.
This car carries a VCC dating plate recording the date of manufacture as 1897, per VCC Dating Certificate no. 2507, and also a Pioneer Certificate No 1768, making it eligible for all of the key veteran runs.
The condition of this Leon Bollee is great with all metalwork and wood being original. The leather is a beautifully patinated greed hide.
The spray carburettor is the original Phenix, a well working early device. The 3-speed gearbox is in good condition and working well.
This Leon Bollee carries a charming patina, which is more and more appreciated the further you look. Oily rag machines of this era are scarce and especially the pre-1900 vehicles are hard to come by. The paperwork includes British registration documents, VCC dating certificate with decision notes, Pioneer certificate, copy of the old French registration certificates and various photocopies and photos.
The only deviation from the original is the replacement of the hot-tube ignition by a trembler coil and spark plug. The Leon Bollee runs on a 6 volt trembler coil.
This extremely early tricycle is a delight to ride and will be able to cover long distances (and hills) without any difficulties. In our showroom and ready for viewing.
The last Photograph in our gallery shows one Charles Rolls, later of the eponymous motor firm driving such a machine. It is interesting to note that on the first London to Brighton run the first two vehicles to arrive in Brighton were three wheelers of this type!!!


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Jay Z At Mohegan Sun
Jay Z performed before a sold out crowd at the Mohegan Sun Arena Jan. 17. The rapper played songs from throughout his career, including several tracks from his latest album, "Magna Carta... Holy Grail."
Pictures: Stowe Center Makeover
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center has undergone a complete renovation. Click through for a look at the finished house.
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Edward Gorey's artwork is hung beside pieces from his own personal collection previously displayed in his house. "Gorey's Worlds" is at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art until May 6.


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The Works of President Edwards, Volume 6
By Jonathan Edwards
exceeding manifest that this chapter is a prophecy of the prosperity of the church, in its most glorious state on earth, in the latter days; and I cannot think that any thing else can be here intended but America by the isles that are far off, from whence the first-born sons of that glorious day shall be brought. Indeed, by the isles, in prophecies of gospel-times, is very often meant Europe. It is so in prophecies of that great spreading of the gospel that should be soon after Christ's time, because it was far separated from that part of the world where the church of God had till then been, by the sea. But this pro. phecy cannot have respect to the conversion of Europe, in the Time of that great work of God, in the primitive ages of the Christian church; for it was not fulfilled then. The isles and ships of Tarshish, thus understood, did not wait for God first; that glorious work did not begin in Europe, but in Jerusalem, and had for a considerable time been very wonderfully carried on in Asia, before it reached Europe. And as it is not that work of God which is chiefly intended in this chapter, but some more glorious work that should be in the latter ages of the Christian church; therefore, some other part of the world is here intended by the isles, that should be, as Europe then was, far separated from that part of the world where the church had before been, and with wbich it can have no communication but by the ships of Tarshish. And what is chiefly intended is not the British isles, nor any isles near the other continent; for they are spokea of as at a great distance from that part of the world where the church had till then been. This prophecy therefore seems plainly to point out America, as the first-fruits of that glorious day,
God has made as it were two worlds. here below, two great habitable continents, far separated one from the other : The latter is as it were now but newly created; it has been, till of late, wholly the possession of Satan, the church of God having never been in it, as it has been in the other continent, from the beginning of the world. This new world is probably now discovered, that the new and most glorious state of God's church on earth might commence there; that God might in it begin a new world in a spiritual respect, when he creates the new heavens and new earth.
God has already put that honour upon the other continent, that Christ was born there literally, and there made the purchase of redemption. So, as Providence observes a kind of equal distribution of things, it is not unlikely that the great spiritual birth of Christ, and the most glorious application of redemption, is to begin in this. The elder sister brought forth Judah, of whom Christ came, and so she was the mother of Christ; but the younger sister, after long barrenness, brought forth Joseph and Benjamin, the beloved children. Joseph who
bad the most glorious apparel, the coat of many colours; who was separated from his brethren, and was exalted to great glory out of a dark dungeon—who fed and saved the world
hen ready to perish with famine, and was as a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches ran over the wall, and was blessed with all manner of blessings and precious things of heaven and earth, through the good will of him that dwelt in the bush was, as by the horns of an unicorn, to push the people together, to the ends of the earth, i. e. conquer the world. See Gen. xlix. 22, &c. and Deut. xxxiii. 13, &c. And Benjamin, whose mess was five times so great as that of any of his brethren, and to whom Joseph, that type of Christ, gave wealth and raiment far beyond all the rest, Gen, xlv. 22.
The other continent hath slain Christ, and has from age to, age shed the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, and has often been as it were deluged with the church's blood. God has therefore probably reserved the honour of building the glorious temple to the daughter that has not shed so much blood, when those times of the peace, prosperity and glory of the church, typified by the reign of Solomon, shall commence.
The Gentiles first received the true religion from the Jows: God's church of ancient times had been among them, and Christ was of them. But, that there may be a kind of equality in the dispositions of Providence, God has so ordered it, that wben the Jews come to be admitted to the benefits of the evangelical dispensation, and to receive their highest privileges of all, they should receive the gospel from the Gentiles. Though Christ was of them, yet they have been guilty of cru. cifying him; it is therefore the will of God, that the Jews should not have the honour of communicating the blessings of the kingdom of God in its most glorious state to the Gentiles; but on the contrary, they sball receive the gospel in the begin. ning of that glorious day from the Gentiles. In some analogy to this, I apprehend, God's dealings will be with the two continents. America has received the true religion of the old continent; the church of ancient time has been there, and Christ is from thence. But that there may be an equality, and inasmuch as that continent has crucified Christ, they shall not have the honour of communicating religion in its most glorious state to us, but we to them.
The old continent has been the source and original of mankind, in several respects. The first parents of mankind dwelt there, and there dwelt Noah and his sons; there the second Adam was born, and crucified and raised again : And it is probable that, in some measure to balance these things, the most glorious renovation of the world shall originate from the new continent, and the church of God in that respect be from
hence. And so it is probable that will come to pass in spiri. tuals, which has taken place in temporals, with respect to America; that whereas, till of late, the world was supplied with its silver, and gold, and earthly treasures from the old continent, now it is supplied chiefly from the new; so the course of things in spiritual respects will be in like manner turned. And it is worthy to be noted, that America was discovered about the time of the reformation, or but little before: Which reformation was the first thing that God did towards the glorious renovation of the world, after it had sunk into the depths of darkness and ruin, under the great antichristian apostacy. So that, as soon as this new world stands forth in view, God presently goes about doing some great thing in order to make way for the introduction of the church's latter-day glory which is to have its first seat in, and is to take its rise from that
pew world,
It is agreeable to God's manner, when he accomplishes any glorious work in the world, in order to introduce a new and more excellent state of his church, to begin where no foundation had been already laid, that the power of God might be the more conspicuous; that the work might appear to be entirely God's, and be more manifestly a creation out of nothing; agreeable to Hos. i. 10. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there its hall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. When God is about to turn the earth into a paradise, he does not begin his work where there is some good growth already, but in the wilderness, where nothing grows, and nothing is to be seen but dry sand and barren rocks; that the light may shine out of darkness, the world be replenished from emptiness, and the earth watered by springs from a droughty desert; agreeable to many prophecies of scripture, as Isa. xxxii. 15. Until the spirit be poured from on high, and the wilderness become a fruit ful field. And chap. xli. 18, 19. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree: I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together. And chap. xliii. 20. I will give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. And many other parallel scriptures might be mentioned. Now as when God is about to do some great work for his church, his manner is to begin at the lower end; so, when he is about to renew the whole habitable earth, it is probable that he will begin in this utmost, meanest, youngest and weakest part of it, where the church of God has been planted last of all; and so the first shall be last, and the last first; and that will
be fulfilled in an eminent manner in Isa. xxiv. 19. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous.
There are several things that seem to me to argue, that the sun of righteousness, the sun of the new heavens and new earth, when he rises--and comes forth as the bridegroom of his church, rejoicing as a strong man to run his race, having his going forth from the end of heaven, and his circuit to the end of it, that nothing may be hid from the light and heat of it,* shall rise in the
west, contrary to the course of things in the old heavens and earth. The movements of Providence shall in that day be so wonderfully altered in many respects, that God will as it were change the course of nature, in answer to the prayers of his church; as he caused the sun to go from the west to the east, when he promised to do such great things for his church; a deliverance out of the hand of the king of Assyria, is often used by the prophet Isaiah, as a type of the glorious deliverance of the church from her enemies in the latter days. The resurrection as it were of Hezekiah, the king and captain of the churcb, (as he is called, 2 Kings xx. 5.) is given as an earnest of the church's resurrection and salvation, Isa. xxxviii. 6. and is a type of the resurrection of Christ. At the same time there is a resurrection of the sun, or coming back and rising again from the west, whither it bad gone down; which is also a type of the sun of righteousness, The sun was brought back ten degrees; which probably brought it to the meridian. The sun of righteousness has long been going down from east to west; and probably when the time comes of the church's deliverance from her enemies, so often typified by the Assyriuns, the light will rise in the west, till it shines through the world like the sun in its meridian brightness.
The same seems also to be represented by the course of the waters of the sanctuary, Ezek. xlvii, which was from west to east; which waters undoubtedly represented the Holy Spirit, in the progress of his saying influences, in the latter ages of the world; for it is manifest, that the whole of those last chapters of Ezekiel treat concerning the glorious state of the church at that time. And if we may suppose that this glorious work of God shall begin in any part of America, I think, if we consider the circumstances of the settlement of New England, it must needs appear the most likely, of all American colonies, to be the place whence this work shall
* It is evident that the Holy Spirit, in those expressions in Psal. xix. 4, 6, has respect to something else besides th natural sun, and that a regard is bad to the sun of righteousness, who by his light converts the soul, makes wise the simple, enlightens the eyes, and rejoices the heart; and by his preached gospel enlightens and warms the world of mankind; by the Psalmist's own application in ver. 7. and the apostle's application of ver. 4. in Rom, I, 18.
principally take its rise. And, if these things be so, it gives us more abundant reason to hope that what is now seen in America, and especially in New England, may prove the dawn of that glorious day; and the very uncommon and wonderful circumstances and events of this work, seem to me strongly to argue that God intends it as the beginning or forerunner of something vastly great.
SECT. III,
The Danger of not acknowledging and encouraging, and espea
cially of deriding this Work. I have thus long insisted on this point, because, if these things are so, it greatly manifests how much' it behoves us to encourage and promote this work, and how dangerous it will be to forbear so doing. It is very dangerous for God's professing people to lie still
, and not to come to the help of the Lord, whenever he remarkably pours out his Spirit, to carry on the work of redemption in the application of it; but above all, when he comes forth, to introduce that happy day of God's power and salvation, so often spoken of. That is especially the appointed season of the application of redemption; the appointed time of Christ's reign. The reign of Satan as god of this world lasts till then ; but afterwards will be the proper time of actual redemption, or new creation, as is evident by Isa. Ixv. 17, 18, &c. and lxvi. 12. and Rev. xxi. 1. All the out-pourings of the Spirit of God, before this, are as it were by way of anticipation. There was indeed a glorious season of the application of redemption in the first ages of the Christian church, which began at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost; but that was not the proper time of ingathering. It was only as it were the feast of first-fruits; the ingathering is at the end of the year, or in the last ages of the Christian church, as is represented, Rev. xiv. 14–16. and will probably as much exceed what was in the first ages of the Christian church, though that filled the Roman empire, as that exceeded all that had been before, under the Old Testament, confined only to the land of Judea.
The great danger of not appearing openly to acknowledge, rejoice in, and promote that great work of God, in bringing in that glorious harvest, is represented in Zech. xiv. 16, 17, 18, 19. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left, of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that wkoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto


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Artists Everywhere Can Learn A Thing Or Two From GRiZ's Latest "Say It Loud" LP
March 31, 2015 By Tyler Hubin
Hot off the press today is the moment all funk addicts have been waiting for. With the release of GRiZ's Say It Loud LP, all voting for best album of 2015 is effectively closed. Alright maybe not just yet, but after listening straight through it's clear that a new standard has been set this year. Live instrumentation is being appreciated by more fans than ever before, and artists who refuse to take risks are being thrown by the wayside.
Say It Loud is no Mad Liberation, but it was never supposed to be. Grant has managed to move on from his once dub-heavy style for a much more authentic, live feel. Hours upon hours spent recording his own samples much like Pretty Lights did in AMOTS have led up to the most hands-on production of his career. Over the years he's tweaked his sound slightly on each album, all while keeping the identifying factors of "GRiZ" intact. If you were given headphones and listened to this album without knowing who it was made by, you'd know it's GRiZ…15 seconds into lead track "The Anthem."
Many times artists like to say something along the lines of "there's a track on my album for everybody", not Say It Loud though…it's funk or GTFO. Too often an artist will try to appease everyone, while completely losing the cohesive feeling of an album in the process. Every one of these 11 tracks go hand in hand with the last and give the listener a peek inside of Grant's head. It could be the seamless collab on "Need This" ft. The Floozies, or it could be the soul-melting vocals of Orlando Napier on "A Fine Way To Die." Maybe it's the Pink Floyd-meets-Pretty Lights vibes on "Headspace" that does it for you, or maybe it's the sax supplied on "Funk Party."
Point is, Say It Loud is an enormous step forward for GRiZ and is arguably his best piece of work to date. We saw this theme of recording rather than sampling on ACMOTS, and now Grant's taking this idea and pushing it to the limit. He's staked his claim as one of the best in the genre and is bringing electronic music to places it's never been before. With this album, we feel he's officially put himself up there with the head honchos Derek and Denis.
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Channel News: the latest UK, EU & Ediscovery developments
And we're off with another round-up of US, UK and ediscovery channel news and vendor updates, this time featuring Quiss Technology & ISO + Mark Baughan's new exec + new Intapp partners + Neota Logic & Huron Legal + Iris Data Services buy Clarity + LawBase & Uptime + DocAuto's UK moves
UK: IT services provider Quiss Technology has achieved ISO 27001:2013 accreditation, the internationally acclaimed standard for information security management accredited by UKAS. This latest standard, which supersedes the now outdated ISO 27001:2005, places far more emphasis on setting objectives, monitoring performance and metrics. There is less reliance on a business identifying preventative actions, with actions to address risks and opportunities as they become apparent of greater importance.
UK: Marks Baughan Securities UK has appointed of Ian Glanville to its team as a Managing Director based in London. Ian is a 20-year veteran of the financial services industry and joins Marks Baughan with significant executive leadership and corporate finance experience. "We are very pleased to welcome Ian to Marks Baughan in London. Ian has a distinguished track record as a senior executive and investment banker", said John Jacobs, Managing Member. "We have known Ian for several years and are confident that his executive leadership and investment banking experience will prove invaluable to our clients."
US: Intapp has selected Project Leadership Associates and HardingLowe as a preferred implementation provider for Intapp Open, the company's New Business Intake (NBI) application for law firms.
US: Huron Legal and Neota Logic have formed a strategic alliance that will see Neota Logic's software supporting the launch and servicing of Huron Legal's expanded contract and compliance offerings, including its kCreate contract creation tool. The Huron-Neota Logic alliance will provide custom document logic applications that enable Huron's clients to create the most complex contracts rapidly and efficiently. The applications will also incorporate data from CRM and other systems as well as logic in decision trees, spreadsheets, weighted scorings and other unique Neota Logic reasoning tools.
"Neota Logic is pleased to be collaborating with Huron Legal," said Betsy Braham, Chief Executive Officer of Neota Logic. "Our software's unique capabilities for complex reasoning, transparent advice and document automation will help make contract creation and management more efficient and effective for Huron's clients."
"We are looking forward to working with Neota Logic in support of our contract and compliance offerings," said Jeff Catanzaro, Managing Director, Huron Legal. "Their software is well aligned with our expert offerings that help our clients to avoid unnecessary costs, maximize revenue and ensure effective delivery of contractual obligations."
US Ediscovery: Iris Data Services has announced the successful acquisition of Clarity Litigation Support. Clarity is a top discovery and litigation support firm with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. With this acquisition, Iris Data Services will strengthen its expertise in delivering premium eDiscovery solutions to clients.
US: LawBase, a leading case and matter management system provider, has partnered with Uptime Systems to bring a new option to solo and small law firms looking to use the company's signature product. Uptime Systems is a complete hosted solution for law firms. It brings legal software, document storage, and email to small law firms without the need for costly servers that require management or outside IT support.
UK: In response to increasing market demand, DocAuto has launched of an office in the United Kingdom. This expansion will provide DocAuto's vast regional clientele with a direct channel to DocAuto's ECM expertise. The company says "it will also further facilitate our long-term goal of becoming the premier enterprise content management tool provider for WorkSite and SharePoint in the United Kingdom and across Europe." DocAuto will continue to leverage its longstanding business relationship with UK-based software and services provider Tikit, which will remain a preferred reseller throughout the United Kingdom.
"In the last seven years we have seen consistent growth in the utilization of our software tools within the UK and European technology markets. With this in mind, we are committed to establishing an overseas presence to better serve this client base. As part of this strategy, we will continue to rely on Tikit as a valued partner in this effort," said DocAuto CEO David Kiefer.


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IN TROUBLE :National Council of Sports Officials Grilled over briefcase federations
December 7, 2022 Brian Musaasizi | Editor
The Select Committee chaired by Hon. Kanushu started their investigations into the sports sector today
The National Council of Sports (NCS), a government body mandated to develop, promote and control sports in Uganda has come under the spotlight for allegedly registering briefcase sports federations.
Currently, 51 sports federations have been registered by NCS and are entitled to government funding to facilitate the implementation of their activities.
The Minister of State for Education and Sports (Sports), Peter Ogwang noted that there is need to re-examine the federations as he suspects some of them only exist on paper and do not account for government funds.
Ogwang said this on Tuesday, 06 December 2022 while leading NCS officials before the Select Committee that was recently constituted by the Speaker to investigate activities of the sports council.
Ogwang added that he has embarked on a field tour to visit all the 51 sports federations to ascertain their status, performance and wipe out suspected briefcase federations.
"We have a role to play in the management of the sports federations. That is why we have the National Council of Sports and I will not leave any stone unturned in ensuring we have legitimate federations. . Any Federation that doesn't account for government funds will not get any more funds," Ogwang said.
While sharing his experience during his recent visit to some of these sports federations, Ogwang said some of the CEOs do not even meet the basic requirements for running and managing sports federations.
Members of the select committee chaired by Laura Kanushu, tasked the minister to explain how they were able to register briefcase federations and fund them.
"I thought NCS had criteria with minimum requirements for a federation to be registered and considered for funding. That is your weakness as a council. Do you take the trouble to visit them? It is your duty as a council to serve this government so that you don't waste resources," Margaret Makokha (Namayingo District) said.
Kanushu demanded that NCS provides a detailed report on the federations' registration process, reporting, and accountability.
"We need to know what qualifies a federation to get government money. But also how do you release money without getting full accountability for monies released in the previous financial year or quarter?" Kanushu asked.
According to Dr. Patrick Ogwel, the General Secretary, NCS, they spent Shs4.8 billion to facilitate activities of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Shs1 billion for the Fifth Islamic Solidarity games in Turkey and Shs400 million for the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup in South Africa among others.
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