April 14, 2010

Moon vets say Obama's NASA cuts would ground U.S. - USATODAY.com

Obama's plans for NASA was criticized by veteran astronauts including the legendary Neil Armstrong.

The return to the moon project codenamed Project Constellation is going to be cancelled.

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Moon vets say Obama's NASA cuts would ground U.S. - USATODAY.com


New Planets Displaying Opposite Orbital Patterns - Space News - redOrbit


Scientists' recent discovery of exoplanets (planets orbiting another star) that revolve on their orbits in the opposite direction as the rotation their host stars led them to reevaluate and re-validate their current understanding of how the solar system formed.

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April 11, 2010

QUASARS DON'T SHOW TIME DELAYS

Time waits for no quasar – even though it should - space - 08 April 2010 - New Scientist

This is an article from the new Scientist magazine. It discusses the possible theories and assumptions from the observed behavior of Quasars. BTW, Quasars are distant galaxies that are bright enough that they can be seen from earth. Based on the Hubble's law of expanding universe and Einstein's theory of relativity, distant galaxies should show time delays. Distant supernova does but quasars are not. What could be the correct explanation?