SETI bioastro: Hubble Images of Distant Galaxies are Too Crisp

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Science/Astronomy:

* Hubble Pictures Too Crisp, Challenging Theories of Time and Space

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/quantum_bits_030402.html

Clarity is what astronomers and the public have come to expect from the Hubble Space Telescope. But the sharpness with which Hubble photographs distant galaxies has scientists pondering why the pictures are not blurry, as some new calculations suggest they should be, and whether some basic assumptions about space, time and gravity might have to be rethought.

* What is a Moon? Definition Lags Behind Soaring Satellite Tally
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_definition_040103.html

In the old days of astronomy, before Galileo, there was just the Moon. Then scientists had to accept the clear and visible evidence of four objects orbiting Jupiter, satellites the master saw through a crude telescope in 1610.

* Astronotes: Brightest Space Burst Ever Recorded Signals Birth of Black Hole
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

Over the weekend a NASA satellite detected the brightest burst of energy ever seen in space. The so-called gamma-ray burst, which briefly outshone the entire universe in gamma rays and likely signaled the birth of a black hole, occurred roughly 2 billion light-years away.

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