Free-Floating Planets May Be More Common Than Stars!

Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these lone worlds were probably ejected from developing planetary systems.

The discovery is based on a joint Japan-New Zealand survey that scanned the center of the Milky Way galaxy during 2006 and 2007, revealing evidence for up to 10 free-floating planets roughly the mass of Jupiter. The isolated orbs, also known as orphan planets, are difficult to spot, and had gone undetected until now. The newfound planets are located at an average approximate distance of 10,000 to 20,000 light-years from Earth.

"Although free-floating planets have been predicted, they finally have been detected, holding major implications for planetary formation and evolution models," said Mario Perez, exoplanet program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The discovery indicates there are many more free-floating Jupiter-mass planets that can't be seen. The team estimates there are about twice as many of them as stars. In addition, these worlds are thought to be at least as common as planets that orbit stars. This would add up to hundreds of billions of lone planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone.

From: NASA

Hubble Views the Star That Changed the Universe!

Though the universe is filled with billions upon billions of stars, the discovery of a single variable star in 1923 altered the course of modern astronomy. And, at least one famous astronomer of the time lamented that the discovery had shattered his world view.

The star goes by the inauspicious name of Hubble variable number one, or V1, and resides in the outer regions of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, or M31. But in the early 1900s, most astronomers considered the Milky Way a single "island universe" of stars, with nothing observable beyond its boundaries. Andromeda was cataloged as just one of many faint, fuzzy patches of light astronomers called "spiral nebulae."

Were these spiral nebulae part of the Milky Way or were they independent island universes lying outside our galaxy? Astronomers didn't know for sure, until Edwin Hubble found a star in Andromeda that brightened and faded in a predictable pattern, like a lighthouse beacon, and identified it as V1, a Cepheid variable. This special type of star had already been proven to be a reliable distance marker within our galaxy.

From: NASA

Carina Nebula On Solar System!

This Chandra image shows the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way a mere 7,500 light years from Earth. Chandra's sharp X-ray vision has detected over 14,000 stars in this region, revealed a diffuse X-ray glow, and provided strong evidence that massive stars have already self-destructed in this nearby supernova factory.

The lower energy X-rays in this image are red, the medium energy X-rays are green, and the highest energy X-rays are blue. The Chandra survey has a large field of 1.4 square degrees, made of a mosaic of 22 individual Chandra pointings. In total, this image represents 1.2 million seconds -- or nearly two weeks -- of Chandra observing time. A great deal of multi-wavelength data has been used in combination with this new Chandra campaign, including infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Several pieces of evidence support the idea that supernova production has already begun in this star-forming region. Firstly, there is an observed deficit of bright X-ray sources in Trumpler 15, suggesting that some of the massive stars in this cluster were already destroyed in supernova explosions. Trumpler 15 is located in the northern part of the image, as shown in a labeled version, and is one of ten star clusters in the Carina complex. Several other well known clusters are shown in the labeled image.

From: NASA

NASA's Hubble Finds Rare 'Blue Straggler' Stars in Milky Way's Hub!

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers in the hub of our Milky Way, the first detected within our galaxy's bulge.

Blue stragglers are so named because they seemingly lag behind in the aging process, appearing younger than the population from which they formed. While they have been detected in many distant star clusters, and among nearby stars, they never have been seen inside the core of our galaxy.

It is not clear how blue stragglers form. A common theory is that they emerge from binary pairs. As the more massive star evolves and expands, the smaller star gains material from its companion. This stirs up hydrogen fuel and causes the growing star to undergo nuclear fusion at a faster rate. It burns hotter and bluer, like a massive young star.

The findings support the idea that the Milky Way's central bulge stopped making stars billions of years ago. It now is home to aging sun-like stars and cooler red dwarfs. Giant blue stars that once lived there have long since exploded as supernovae.

The results have been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal. Lead author Will Clarkson of Indiana University in Bloomington, will discuss them today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Boston.

From: NASA

James Webb Space Telescope ISIM on 'Spin Cycle'!

Prior to taking a new telescope into space, engineers must put the spacecraft and its instruments through a "spin cycle" test for durability to ensure they'll still work after experiencing the forces of a rocket launch. Finding out they don't work once they're in orbit is too late. The structure that houses the science instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope is undergoing that cycle of tests during the weeks of May 23 and 30 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This structure is called the Integrated Science Instrument Module, or ISIM.

The Webb telescope will experience significant shaking and gravitational forces when it is launched on the large Ariane V rocket. The ISIM structure will house the four main scientific instruments of the telescope.

During the testing process, as the ISIM structure is being spun and shaken, engineers take measurements to compare with their computer models. If there are discrepancies, the engineers hunt for the reasons so they can address them. The huge centrifuge will spin at speeds close to 11 rpm, exposing the ISIM structure to about 10 times the force of gravity.

From: NASA

Two Kinds of Webb Telescope Mirrors Arrive at NASA Goddard!

It takes two unique types of mirrors working together to see farther back in time and space than ever before, and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have just received one of each type. Primary and Secondary Mirror Engineering Design Units (EDUs) have recently arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, Calif. and are undergoing examination and testing. When used on the James Webb Space Telescope those two types of mirrors will allow scientists to make those observations.

"The Primary mirror EDU will be used next year to check out optical test equipment developed by Goddard and slated to be used to test the full Flight Primary mirror," said Lee Feinberg, the Optical Telescope Element Manager for the Webb telescope at NASA Goddard. "Following that, the primary and secondary EDU's will actually be assembled onto the Pathfinder telescope. The Pathfinder telescope includes two primary mirror segments (one being the Primary EDU) and the Secondary EDU and allows us to check out all of the assembly and test procedures (that occur both at Goddard and testing at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas) well in advance of the flight telescope assembly and test."

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NASA Satellite Observes Damage Path of April Tornadoes in Alabama!

Recent images of the April 27 storm damage path have been captured by NASA's Terra satellite, part of NASA's Earth Observing Satellite system, or EOS. An instrument aboard Terra, called Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer or ASTER, captured the images show the scars from the outbreak.

ASTER combines infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light to make false-color images that distinguish between water and land. Water is blue. Buildings and paved surfaces are blue-gray. Vegetation is red.

The images to the right are from an observation that occurred on May 4, 2011 at 11:45 A.M. local time (1645 UTC), near Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The physical principle guiding the use of satellite data to detect tornado damage is based on the premise that the strong winds associated with a tornado will change the physical characteristics of the surface in such a way as to alter the visible and infrared energy reflected. These characteristics could be a change in the orientation of surface features, such as the complete destruction of a house in a residential area, the snapping of trees in a forest region, the uprooting of crops in an agriculture area, or minimal damage to grassland in a pasture or field.

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TRMM Maps a Wet Spring, 2011 for the Central U.S!

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been keeping track of the drenching rainfall that has been occurring in the central U.S. this springtime, and a newly created rain map from that data from April 4 to May 4, 2011 shows those soaked areas.A combination of heavy rains and a large snow melt has put parts of the central U.S. at risk for record flooding this spring with several locations along the Mississippi already at or near record levels. A combination of heavy rains and a large snow melt has put parts of the central U.S. at risk for record flooding this spring with several locations along the Mississippi already at or near record levels. One likely culprit is La Niña. Despite the fact that the current La Niña appears to be winding down, its effects in the atmosphere can persist for a while. Furthermore, although not every La Niña brings major flooding to the region, La Niña's are conducive for above-normal rainfall from East Texas and northern Louisiana up through Arkansas and the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys with below-normal rainfall across Texas, southern Louisiana and Florida. The main objective of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite is to measure rainfall over the global Tropics. TRMM measures rainfall using a combination of passive microwave and active radar sensors. For expanded coverage, TRMM can be used to calibrate rainfall estimates from other satellites.

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Broadband Lidar Instrument Successfully Tested on NASA's DC-8!

One of the objectives of the NASA Airborne Science Program is to test new instruments in space-like environments. Testing future satellite instruments from airplanes is the next best thing to actually testing them in space. Over the past three weeks, a team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., led by Bill Heaps has been testing a new broadband lidar instrument on NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory that they hope will fly on the ASCENDS satellite mission. ASCENDS, an acronym for Active Sensing of Carbon dioxide Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons, is an upcoming NASA satellite expected to be launched in 2018-2020. The goal of the ASCENDS mission is to measure the sources, distribution and variations in carbon dioxide gas with very high precision all over the Earth. Mapping carbon dioxide is important for understanding the global carbon cycle and for modeling global climate change.Typical lidar systems have lasers that emit light at very specific colors, or wavelengths. The carbon dioxide molecule, however, absorbs light at a several different infrared wavelengths. The broadband laser used in Heaps’ instrument emits light with a broader range of wavelengths, and thus has the advantage of being able to detect carbon dioxide absorption in multiple wavelength bands with one laser. The wavelength control requirements are also less strict than for a more conventional narrowband laser, which may make the system easier to implement on a satellite.

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Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction!

Operating in 21 locations across Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. Current and upcoming films, tickets, theater rental details. You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10, 2010 by Leonid Elenin, an observer in Lyubertsy, Russia, who made the discovery "remotely" using the ISON-NM observatory near Mayhill, New Mexico. At the time of the discovery, the comet was about 647 million kilometers (401 million miles) from Earth. Over the past four-and-a-half months, the comet has – as comets do – closed the distance to Earth's vicinity as it makes its way closer to perihelion (its closest point to the sun). As of May 4, Elenin's distance is about 274 million kilometers (170 million miles). Preview of a Coming Attraction05.04.11 You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system.

You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. "That is what happens with these long-period comets that come in from way outside our planetary system," said Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "They make these long, majestic, speedy arcs through our solar system, and sometimes they put on a great show. But not Elenin. Right now that comet looks kind of wimpy". Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2011 - You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall.

How does a NASA scientist define cometary wimpiness?
Priest Paul Bettany stars as a warrior priest who breaks his sacred vows on a quest to rescue his niece from a pack of murderous vampires. "We're talking about how a comet looks as it safely flies past us," said Yeomans. "Some cometary visitors arriving from beyond the planetary region – like Hale-Bopp in 1997 -- have really lit up the night sky where you can see them easily with the naked eye as they safely transit the inner-solar system. But Elenin is trending toward the other end of the spectrum. You'll probably need a good pair of binoculars, clear skies, and a dark, secluded location to see it even on its brightest night". A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Hezbollah says that Israel's disappearance after the next war is an established fact.

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NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Missions!

Get information, facts, photos, news, videos, and more about the future of spaceflight and upcoming NASA missions from National Geographic. NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's moons; or study in unprecedented detail the surface of a comet's nucleus. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., would lead the Mars investigation. NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first mission.

Each investigation team will receive $3 million to conduct its mission's concept phase or preliminary design studies and analyses. After another detailed review in 2012 of the concept studies, NASA will select one to continue development efforts leading up to launch. The selected mission will be cost-capped at $425 million, not including launch vehicle funding. It will be very interesting to follow this project to see what possible mission NASA deems most valuable for them and thus where to invest time and money.

NASA's Discovery Program requested proposals for spaceflight investigations in June 2010. A panel of NASA and other scientists and engineers reviewed 28 submissions. The selected investigations could reveal much about the formation of our solar system and its dynamic processes. Three technology developments for possible future planetary missions also were selected. NASA space plans include trips to Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and the Sun as well as climate change operations.

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In November, NASA Featured Exploration Missions!

In November 2010, the series came to a conclusion. But the vibrant history assembled during the four-and-a-half year run of “This Month in Exploration” will remain accessible on this page as an archive. Visitors can select any month from the dozens of features available in the archive, and immerse themselves in historical events that occurred in that month. Compare it to last month's diagram to see how things have moved. Solar system exploration missions in November 2010. The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) forged on in November, their 83rd month of an expedition originally planned for three months.

Gateway Grade 7 & 8 MS/JR High Career ExplorationCareer Shadows Grade 6 Exploring. Worms, Trees and Holidays Focus of November Workshops tree. Green Living Workshops continue this month at the Utility Exploration Center with classes. Syria to Auction Offshore Exploration Rights This Month of the link in April, while Turkey should build its part in November. November 5, 1908: The Aéro Club of France awarded Wilbur Wright the Grand Gold Medal for his significant accomplishments in aviation.

November 27, 1963: NASA completed its first successful launch of the Atlas-Centaur rocket (AC-2). This project was managed by Lewis Research Center (now Glenn) and demonstrated the first successful use of liquid hydrogen for propulsion of a space vehicle. November 3, 1973: NASA launched Mariner 10 using an Atlas-Centaur rocket. This spacecraft was the first to explore Mercury and take close-range pictures of the planet. Mariner 10 was also the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of one planet (Venus) to reach another (Mercury).

Judgement Day is Coming On May 21!

Judgment Day! May 21, 2011 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. May 21, 2011 will mark the second coming of Christ, or at least that's what some Christian groups believe. While Warden said she believes the prediction, she has kept her day job, for now. Project Caravan has taken the campaign across the country with five recreational vehicles. "This has been going around for the last 2,000 years," said Pastor Mike Ramsdell, with the First United Methodist Church in Mansfield.

The date was calculated by Harold Camping, the leader of an independent Christian ministry called Family Radio Worldwide, which is based in Oakland, Calif. Camping's date is based on his interpretation of the bible. One such billboard is located off Interstate 30 near Cockrell Hill; another high-profile one is located off Interstate 35 in Dallas, with 16 others spread throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

But, the campaign isn't just on the side of the road, with supporters driving across country to spread the message. In 1992, Harold Camping, a syndicated television preacher operating out of Oakland, California, penned the following words: "The results of this study indicate that the month of September of the year 1994 is to be the time for the end of history." Some 3,500 years earlier, Moses wrote: "[W]hen a prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you need not be afraid of him" (Dt. 18:22).

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7 Wonders on Nature Are Selected by People Vote!

The Seven Wonders of the World has historically been a listing of seven sites known to the Ancient Greeks as the most notable locales in their known world. History and the location fame started in 1910 by Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek, a Dutch soldier. expedition on the island to uncover the mystery and find a horrible flesh-eating creature that has never been seen before.

Since then, many have developed lists of the "modern" Seven Wonders of the World. The only list that really stands out and has stood the test of time for more than a decade is the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Location at Indonesia, Southeast Asia, with a coverage area of 390 km ², this amazing place has many things that makes admiration for travelers. Beautiful beaches, warm weather and sun throughout the year, a clean sea and beautiful coral reefs, and of course the fantastic flora and fauna that exist only on the island, is truly a wonder of the world.

The "New" Seven Wonders of the World
On July 7, 2007 (7-7-07) an organization announced a "new" set of the Seven Wonders of the World based on online voting from around the world. If you would like to know what I think the current Seven Wonders of the World are, see my listing of the Seven Wonders of the World.

1. Chichen Itza, Mexico - Mayan City
2. Christ Redeemer, Brazil - Large Statue
3. The Great Wall, China
4. Machu Picchu, Peru
   
5. Petra, Jordan - Ancient City
6. The Roman Colosseum, Italy
7. The Taj Mahal, India

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Remission of Delay Fine Application!

Date:
The Principal,
Dhaka Collage, Dhaka.

Subject: Prayer for Remission of delay fine.

Sir,
With due respect I beg to inform you that my father is a clerk in a private company. It is very difficult for him to maintain our family with his small income. So, I could not pay my tuition fees for the month of April in time. It may also be mentioned that I have been doing well in all the examinations and my teachers have always been satisfied with my progress in studies.

May I therefore pray and hope that, you would be kindly remit the delay fines and receive the usual fees only.

I remain,
Sir,
Yours obediently,
Md, Forhad Hossain Shahead
Class: XII, Grope: Comanche
Roll No - 002

Digital book sales soar in the UK!

Talking about ebook sales, it seems that in the UK digital book sales have soared. "Sales of digital books are soaring in the UK. 3 May 2011 Last updated at 01:13 GMT General title books are increasingly. Sales of digital books are soaring in the UK, figures from the Publishers Association show.

The association said that in 2010 sales of e-books and audio book downloads in the "general titles" category, which includes novels and consumer titles, shot up from £4m to £16m. Market now worth £180m, academic and professional downloads accounting for most sales, Tablets,Gadgets,Hardware,Multimedia,Software.

London digital agency, Chameleon Net has completed a project that enables the digital book. House Group to fulfil sales of e-books from its website. Across the pond, digital, print-on-demand and self-publishing have boosted the production of new book titles in the UK, up 14% from 2009. Said Nowell: “We can surmise that e-book sales may be affecting fiction more than other genres, and responsible for the steep downturns in the US and UK."

Digital book sales soar in the UK. Posted at 8:16AM Tuesday 03 May 2011. Sales of digital books are soaring in the UK, figures from the Publishers. Total Book Sales (£ million). Digital makes up less than five percent of total UK book publishing sales.

Online retailer may be on target for sales of 500000 Kindle e-readers over Christmas. "Piracy has increased my e-book sales 700%". 5th June 2010 09:00 | by Peter Brett ... If it can be digitized, it can, and will, be shared. A report on the UK Book Market for 2010, where e-book sales accounted for just 1% of revenue, but are expected to boom in 2011.

USA Celebrates Osama Bin Laden's Death!

Barack Obama (U.S. President) was preparing to declare that, Osama bin Laden was dead when word got out and crowds started gathering late Sunday outside the White House in Washington and at Ground Zero in New York City.

The decremental sparked immediate jubilation. Melons people are gathered around the White House in Washington to see the latest updates. Pam Sather recalls the moment she heard the world's most wanted terrorist was dead.

U.S. President Barack Obama said that, "It is just amazing, we were just walking out of a pizza joint," she also said. "And, all the sudden we saw in the bar on the television. We were just glued"

"This is a very important moment for not only the U.S.A. all of the country, but for the entire world"

A firefighter waves to the crowd as people celebrate after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, during a spontaneous celebration in New York's Times Square, May 2, 2011.

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Looking For Free Apps, Android Market Now Leads!

Change is all around us and with the growth of the Android operating system, it was only a matter of time before we saw the Android market surpassing the Apple App store in virtually every category. Now comes word of the Android market doing exactly this as the latest information seems to show that more free applications can be found in the Android market then in the App store.

Change is all around us and with the growth of the Android operating system, it was only a matter of time before we saw the Android market. According to their report, Google's Android Market has now passed Apple and is now offering more free apps than the Apple App Store.

Also, let us not forget that the free apps from Apple app store are still be more then previous. Now You Can Send Facebook Email Invites To Your Friends View Comments with androit mobile.

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Update Your Laptop Processor!

Upgrading your laptop to a faster, more powerful processor can extend its life span and boost. Hi, I suppose I should post this under "portable computing" but does anyone know how I can upgrade my laptop? I've built many desktops. As with a laptop graphics card upgrade, the best way to proceed is to look at what CPUs.

Hi, i was wondering if i could upgrade my processor in my laptop. I had gotten this laptop as a Christmas present in December of 2007. Laptop hardware component & upgrades: can i upgrade my processor - Read Laptop hardware component and upgrade discussions and get tips. It would be great if I could just upgrade the processor without buying a whole new laptop or desktop.

How to Replace a Laptop Computer Processor? It is one of the frequent asked question in yahoo answer. But most of us do not know right answer. The CPU or processor is the heart of your computer. Along with the memory and the hard drive speed, the processor is the greatest factor in computer performance. Optimized for lower heat output and smaller size, laptop computer processors are specialized. For example, you can't take a processor out of a desktop and put it into a laptop hoping for better performance. It may not fit. It may overheat. It may fry your system board. This article will help you figure out how to replace your laptop computer processor.

If you would like to know if it is possible to Upgrade my processor in my Dell Latitude CPi 300XT Laptop I have seen some 500 Mhz and 400Mhz. I assume you see my reason for coming to these forums. I am a bit stumped as to what the best processor upgrade for my current laptop.