15 November, 2007

Beauty in the invisible spectrum


Time for another introduction to an amazing site, full of great educational material and spectacular imagery. Pay a visit to the Chandra X-Ray Observatory - part of NASA's "Great Observatory" fleet, Chandra has been providing data on the unseen universe since August of 1999 and is still going strong. A good example is the image seen here, a spectacular representation of the Tycho supernova remnant. This is just one of hundreds of images this amazing machine has provided us; pay a visit to the site and see for yourself.

On a completely unrelated note, Barry Bonds was indicted on charges related to his testimony concerning steroid use. Is anyone surprised? And on yet another tangent, Jonathan Lee Riches filed another insane lawsuit, which is about as surprising as the prior item. I think I'll stick to happenings outside our local atmosphere from now on.

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