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Submission + - Black hole emits a 1,000 light-year wide fireball (io9.com) 1

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PhrostyMcByte

on Friday July 09, 2010 @12:09AM

PhrostyMcByte writes: "12 million light-years away in the outer spiral of galaxy NGC 7793, a bubble of hot gas approximately 1,000 light-years in diameter can be found shooting out of a black hole — one of the most powerful jets of energy ever seen. The bubble has been growing for approximately 200,000 years, and is expanding at around 1,000,000 kilometers per hour."

Submission + - Origin of Species to be given for free, with FUD (thrfeed.com) 1

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PhrostyMcByte

on Monday November 09, 2009 @03:50PM

PhrostyMcByte writes: "November 24th will mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the pivotal work that helped bring the theory of evolution through natural selection into popularity. Around this same time, Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron is spearheading a plan to pass out 50,000 free copies at universities around the country. The catch? Each copy will be altered to include creationist propaganda and FUD targeting evolution and Darwin himself."

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