what not

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a twin earth

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/images/kepler-22b.html


follow-up:

idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/earth-like-planet-kepler-22b-to-get-close-up-summer-2012.php

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some information on the fate of the universe ....

galaxies colliding
like the milky way and the andromeda galaxies, in about 4 billion years


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antennae_Galaxies

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_galaxy

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/suedsternwarte-eso-baut-extremely-large-telescope-e-elt-a-838390.html

www.esa.int/esaMI/Planck/SEMK4D3SNIG_3.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_astronomy


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EISCAT

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solarstormwarning.com/

www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0509/How-a-solar-flare-could-send-us-back-to-the-Stone-Age

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Borngen

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unaffiliated planet - on the loose?

arxiv.org/abs/1210.0305

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/wanderplanet-im-all-eso-entdeckt-planet-ohne-sonne-a-867160.html

goes by the name of CFBDSIR2149

www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9676656/Lonely-homeless-planet-found-for-the-first-time.html

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www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7439/full/nature11878.html

www.newscientist.com/article/dn23242-astrophile-glistening-cloud-acts-as-cosmic-centimetre.html


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_distance_ladder

Standard candles

Almost all of the physical distance indicators are standard candles. These are objects that belong to some class that have a known brightness. By comparing the known luminosity of the latter to its observed brightness, the distance to the object can be computed using the inverse square law. These objects of known brightness are termed standard candles.

In astronomy, the brightness of an object is given in terms of its absolute magnitude. This quantity is derived from the logarithm of its luminosity as seen from a distance of 10 parsecs. The apparent magnitude, or the magnitude as seen by the observer, can be used to determine the distance D to the object in kiloparsecs (where 1 kpc equals 1000 parsecs) as follows:

\begin{smallmatrix}5 \cdot \log_{10} \frac{D}{\mathrm{kpc}}\ =\ m\ -\ M\ -\ 10,\end{smallmatrix}

where m the apparent magnitude and M the absolute magnitude. For this to be accurate, both magnitudes must be in the same frequency band and there can be no relative motion in the radial direction.

Some means of accounting for interstellar extinction, which also makes objects appear fainter and more red, is also needed, especially if the object lies within a dusty or gaseous region.[7] The difference between absolute and apparent magnitudes is called the distance modulus, and astronomical distances, especially intergalactic ones, are sometimes tabulated in this way.

arxiv.org/abs/1207.3079

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cdn2.spiegel.de/images/image-368165-galleryV9-uwkq.jpg
www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/nlc-leuchtende-nachtwolken-ueber-europa-reichen-nach-spanien-fotostrecke-84207.html

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sunspots forming; massive solar flares to be expected soon

www.mfs-theothernews.com/2013/02/nasa-images-massive-sunspot-solar-flare.html


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www.spiegel.de/international/planck-satellite-data-provides-baby-photo-of-the-universe-a-888355.html

it was all material. on autopilot?

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www.space.com/15518-earth-beauty-space-station-video.html

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/faszination-polarlicht-jagd-auf-das-himmelsfeuer-a-888796.html

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arxiv.org/abs/1204.5840

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/schwarzes-loch-und-roter-zwerg-umkreisen-sich-in-rekordtempo-a-889812.html

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mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/03/29/mnras.stt367

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/beobachtung-mit-herschel-teleskop-alternder-stern-besitzt-planeten-a-893401.html

sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=51648

www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/

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www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/saturn/



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arxiv.org/pdf/1304.6173v1.pdf


www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/antimaterie-raetsel-am-lhcb-mesonen-zerstrahlen-lieber-zu-materie-a-896490.html

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www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/apr/HQ_13-121_Saturn_Hurricane.html