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My Evening With Stephen Hawking

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.29.2012

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Stephen rarely does public talks anymore. When he does, he draws an impressive crowd. And most of the people sitting in those seats are unaware of the effort that goes into composing the script he will follow over the course of the evening.

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Weird Galaxy's Dark Heart Emits Huge Amounts Of Energy

Posted 05.16.2012

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/16/2012 09:25 AM EDT on SPACE.com A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy ...

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Galaxies Had Frenzied Star-Making Pasts, Astronomers Say

Posted 03.27.2012

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 01/25/2012 01:08 PM EST on Space Clusters of distant galaxies that were bursting with newborn stars i...

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6 Space Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks To Movies)

Cracked.com | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Asteroid Belts, Weird Science, Black Holes, Sun, Dark Side of the Moon, Space Vacuum, Meteorites, Space Myths, Weird News News

Our knowledge of outer space is a lot like our knowledge of history -- it's really hard to separate what we know from research from what we picked up ...

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Hawking: Women 'A Complete Mystery'

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012

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Stephen Hawking is a man who knows more about the universe and its inner workings than the rest of us mere mortals. This is the man who has battled...

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WATCH: Black Hole To Devour Huge Gas Cloud

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 12.18.2011

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A huge gas cloud in space is about to meet its end at the hands of a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy. According to the European Sout...

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Let's Talk About Suicide (and the Coming of the Light)

Julia Moulden | Posted 02.08.2012

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Were you mesmerized by the images of the newly-discovered black holes -- two "supermassive" holes were just announced in Nature, each 30% larger than ...

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Scientists Discover BIGGEST Black Holes Ever Known To Exist

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 02.04.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist – each one 10 billion times the size of our sun. A te...

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11 Scientific Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

Clifford Pickover | Posted 12.19.2011

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I was aware of many of the modern mind-boggling theories of physics, ranging from parallel universes to relativity and string theory. But I also became especially intrigued about discoveries that date back many centuries.

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Challenge of the Super Scientists!

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Superpowers, Invisibility, Nasa, Superhero, Levitation, Comics, Bulk Metallic Glass, Humor, Black Holes, Materials Science, College News

I started to wonder if I hadn't suddenly fallen into a comic book...

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Nearby Galaxy Found With Not One, But Two Massive Black Holes

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 08.13.2011

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Two enormous black holes may exist at the heart of a nearby galaxy, according to a new study. While many large systems contain supermassive black holes at their centers, it's apparently considered rare that two could exist so close to each other. Even the Milky Way has a supermassive black hole at its center.

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Fukushima: Where Do Aliens Store Their Spent Fuel Rods?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aliens, Black Holes, Nuclear Energy, Fukushima, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Green News

Increasingly, spent fuel rods -- with the half lives of their radioactive elements running into the tens of thousands of years -- are finally taking a star turn in the leading role of nuclear risk.

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Hear The Sound Of Black Holes

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, the universe is not silent--it may have a soundtrack. Black holes,...

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Baby Black Hole Photos Show Universe From The Ultimate Edge

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Astronomers may have lucked into the ultimate in cosmic baby pictures: a voracious black hole fresh from its violent birth. After ...

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Beauty of the Beast

Santhosh Mathew, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Black holes continue to strain our imagination. It is estimated that our own galaxy have millions of them. On a grand cosmic scale, they could be the destroyers as well as creators.

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Black Holes: Universe To End Sooner Than Thought

Posted 05.25.2011

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Space is getting to be a nasty place: not only did NASA bomb the moon, but new scientific research suggests the universe will end sooner than previous...

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Black Hole Star Mystery "Solved"

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Astronomers have shed light on how stars can form around a massive black hole, defying conventional wisdom. Scientists have long puzzled over how sta...

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