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The Biggest Bang of Them All?

Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
Television and the universe will never be the same
Did the universe begin in the biggest bang of them all?

The "Big Bang Theory" Hits Home

Ever heard of the "Big Bang Theory", the television show starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons as two nerdy physicists being taught the meaning of a big bang by the sexy and memorable Kaley Cuoco as Penny. We'll astronomers have a theory about the biggest bang of them all, they call the "Big Bang". A theory about the beginning of space and...


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Journey into the Heart of the Beehive

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
The bottom photo reminds many of bees moving around in a hive. NASA photos

The Hubble Space Telescope takes the human journey to the beginning of the universe into the beehive

We join the human journey to the beginning of the universe as it boards the Hubble Space Telescope to travel 15,800 light years (~ 4850 parsecs) into Centaurus the Centaur to globular cluster Omega Centauri to peer into the beehive and look at individual stars.The beehive as it's called was first noted by earl...


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