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conspiracy theorists really hate humanity
by Greg on Jul.24, 2009, under Science Life Musing
Yesterday, New Jersey exploded. Apparently, everyone in that densely packed state of gardens was taking tax payer money and building structures made out of cheez whiz and pepsi max recycled cans. It was a field day for those people who take time out of their lives to make elaborate arguments (on youcrazytube) for an ever increasing conspiracy that explains just about everything that has happened in say, the past 100 years. You know what i’m talkin bout, willises. 911, elders of zion, fluoride, megan fox’s thumbs, playing thriller backwards, barack obama was born on the planet kodos. But my favorite favorite favorite one of this week, my favorite conspiracy theory, (that i heard someone who i once kinda respected repeat and now that respect has evaporated faster than my sweat on a 0% humidity day) is… (continue reading…)
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Little Galaxy With a Tail
This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. T The image shows the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is comprised of the "bar" and "wing" on the left and the "tail" extending to the right. The bar contains both old stars (in blue) and young stars lighting up their natal dust (green/red). The wing mainly contains young stars. The tail contains only gas, dust and newly formed stars. Spitzer data has confirmed that the tail region was recently torn off the main body of the galaxy. Two of the tail clusters, which are still embedded in their birth clouds, can be seen as red dots. The data in this image are being used by astronomers to study the lifecycle of dust in the entire galaxy: from the formation in stellar atmospheres, to the reservoir containing the present day interstellar medium, and the dust consumed in forming new stars. The dust being formed in old, evolved stars (blue stars with a red tinge) is measured using mid-infrared wavelengths. The present day interstellar dust is weighed by measuring the intensity and color of emission at longer infrared wavelengths. The rate at which the raw material is being consumed is determined by studying ionized gas regions and the younger stars (yellow/red extended regions). The Small Magellanic Cloud, and its companion galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud, are the two galaxies where this type of study is possible. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
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