... On the left is a normal star field containing the constellation Orion. ... A Star Where Photons Orbit . ... Enceladus orbits Saturn between the smaller Mimas and the larger Tethys. Enceladus is composed mostly of water ice and has the cleanest and purest ice surface in the Solar System. ... The Crab Nebula resulted from a star that exploded - a supernova. ... The outer layers of the star were thrown violently into space, while the inner core collapsed to form a neutron star. ... Water World . ...

... January 5, 1997 . Too Close to a Black Hole . ... Explanation : What would you see if you went right up to a black hole ? ... On the right is the same star field but this time with a black hole superposed in the center of the frame. The black hole has such strong gravity that light is noticeably bent towards it - causing some very unusual visual distortion. In the distorted frame, every star in the normal frame has at least two bright images - one on each side of the black hole . ...

I was wondering what conditions should be met to have the "darkest" sky .. ... Upon the above publication of the Southern Galactic hemisphere, TunГ Tezel started seeking opportunities to create the Northern counterpart image. ... So, the initial quest of having the darkest possible sky have delivered us these two all-sky images of the two galactic hemispheres as seen from Planet Earth. Zoomable and 'full-screenable' fisheye view of the "darkest sky" Southern Galactic Hemisphere image. ...

Fall 1999 . ... Dave Hartsel talking with my wife, Sarah . John Boggs is enjoying a nice look through Max's 4" . ... Mike Grilley (me) Talking with our illustrious President, John Boggs. I took this picture of my wife, Sarah, opening up the observatory. (she doesn't know it's here, Shhhhh) . ... In June of 1999 Dave Hartsel, my wife Sarah and I went to Apollo 99. ... My wife Sarah and Dave at Apollo '99 . Sarah at Apollo '99 . Dave at Apollo '99 . ...

... Two years ago, the Clementine space probe snatched this picture of the Moon as lit not by direct sunlight, but by reflected sunlight from Earth. ... Out With the Tide . ... Tides occur because the gravitational force between two bodies decreases with distance. ... The imbalanced gravitational pull of the Moon causes the oceans to be slightly non-spherical, creating two high tides and two low tides. ... In return, the Moon exerts a gravitational force on the high tide, causing Earth to rotate slower....

... You can boot Linux either from a floppy or from the hard disk. ... When booting Linux from a floppy disk, the boot sector contains code that just reads the first few hundred blocks (depending on the actual kernel size, of course) to a predetermined place in memory. On a Linux boot floppy, there is no filesystem, the kernel is just stored in consecutive sectors, since this simplifies the boot process. ... For example, when I boot, I it looks like this: љ љ љ љ LILO boot: Loading linux. ...

... Any moves, combos, errors, or other information is greatly appreciated. ... Rolling Moves : Roll Clockwise = P Then D/F (keep hitting D/F to keep rolling) Roll Counter Clockwise = -not known yet- -Projectile Throw : -None- = -none- Back to List of Characters --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiko - Punch Moves : Two Handed Lunge = F + P 2-hit Combo = B , B + P Toss = B + P ( close ) - Kick Moves : Mid Kick = F + K Crescent ...