"I am in haste to publish, dearest teacher, but not for my benefit... I am devoting my effort so that these things can be published as quickely as possible for the glory of God, who wants to be recognized from the Book of Nature. Just as I pledged myself to God, so my intention remains. I wanted to be a theologian, and for a while I was anguished. But now, see how, God is also glorified in astronomy through my work."

- October 1595, written by Johannes Kepler, in a letter to his former professor Maestlin -

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Hubble's View of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

Aug 29th, 2006 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this photograph of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, one of the youngest remnants we know of in the Milky Way. The image was made up of 18 separate photos taken by Hubble using its Advanced Camera for Surveys, and it reveals the faint swirls of expanding debris. Astronomers believe the star that used to live at the centre exploded as a supernova about 340 years ago (as well as the 10,000 years it took for the light to reach us). -...more stories...-

Pluto's Out of the Planet Club

Aug 24th, 2006 Last year we had 9 planets. Recently we were informed it would grow to 12. Now we’ve only got 8. The International Astronomical Union, currently meeting in Prague, voted on August 24, 2006 to demote Pluto down from planethood status. Now Pluto, Charon, Ceres and the newly discovered 2003 UB313 (aka Xena) will merely be known as "dwarf planets" Under the new definition, planets must orbit a star, be spherical in shape, and clear out their neighbourhood of orbital debris. Pluto has failed to fulfill the third requirement, so it’s out of the planet club. -...more stories...-

NASA Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter

Aug 21th, 2006 - Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. The discovery, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, gives direct evidence for the existence of dark matter. -...more stories...-

Weekly Bible Verse

Love your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength

Mark 12:30 (New International Version)

The Quote of the Day

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old

- C.S.Lewis -