[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / Constantine Emmanouilidi] In a flash, the visible spectrum of the Sun changed from absorption to emission on November 3rd, during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse. [Normally a spectrum of the sun will show dark lines where where wavelengths of energy for elements have been absorbed […]
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / credit: Antti Kemppainen Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. In January 2007, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far […]
In a Fox News interview, Franklin Graham said he and his father are in agreement that America is in a political and economic “mess,” but the main problem is “we’re in a spiritual mess.” “Our country has turned its back on God,” Franklin Graham said. “And we’ve taken God out of our government.” He offered […]
Look at all those polls, [‘Exorcist’ writer William Peter] Blatty says. Nine out of 10 Americans believe in God, says one. More Americans believe in the Devil than evolution, says another. And it’s the fear that something can possess you — not the Devil, but something like rage or jealousy or despair — that haunts […]
TULITA, N.W.T. – On the edge of turning 22, Chad Bonnatrouge doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, hasn’t touched drugs, lives with his grandparents and sticks to himself. He graduated from high school in Tulita a couple of years ago and is uncertain what his next move should be. He’s got family in Vancouver and they have […]
It’s been two years since allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, but Herman Cain is finally fighting back. … Cain said if he challenged the allegations at the time, “it would have been a huge distraction.” A presidential campaign “is like drinking from a fire hydrant” and so is a bad time to give a considered […]
BEIJING — Winter typically brings the worst air pollution to northern China because of a combination of weather conditions and an increase in the burning of coal for homes and municipal heating systems, which usually starts on a specific date. For the large northern city of Harbin, the city’s heating systems kicked in on Sunday, […]
[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION] The bright core and outer reaches of giant elliptical galaxy M60 (NGC 4649) loom large at the upper left of this sharp close-up from the Hubble Space Telescope. Some 54 million light-years away and 120,000 light-years across, M60 is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster. […]
By Anonymous on the Internet The NSA spies on all American citizens. The IRS oppresses conservatives. The Department of Justice gives guns to Mexican cartels. The White House/State Department/CIA abandoned our people in Benghazi. And the rollout of ObamaCare is an absolute disaster. Yet the real scandal, according to the American “news” media, is Republican […]
The first-ever study of air trapped in the deep snowpack of Greenland has yielded surprising results. Current computer models had predicted that levels of carbon monoxide locked into the snowpack would be higher than those recorded in the 1950s, yet it appears that the opposite is true. A recent paper published in the journal Atmospheric […]
