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Star from the Lizard Constellation Photobombs Hubble Observation

In space, being outshone is an occupational hazard. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a galaxy named NGC 7250. Despite being remarkable in its own right — it has bright bursts of star formation and recorded supernova explosions— it blends into the background somewhat thanks to the gloriously bright star hogging the limelight next to it. The bright object seen in this Hubble image is a single and little-studied star named TYC 3203-450-1, located in the constellation of Lacerta (The Lizard). The star is much closer than the much more distant galaxy. Only this way can a normal star outshine an entire galaxy, consisting of billions of stars. Astronomers studying distant objects call these stars “foreground stars” and they are often not very happy about them, as their bright light is contaminating the faint light from the more distant and interesting objects they actually want to study. In this case, TYC 3203-450-1 is million times closer than NGC 7250, which lies more than 45 million light-years away from us. If the star were the same distance from us as NGC 7250, it would hardly be visible in this image. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Find us on Instagram

NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars

These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5.

Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Here's A Map Of The Most Racist Places In America, According To Google Searches

Here’s A Map Of The Most Racist Places In America, According To Google Searches

Some of you may have wondered where the most racist areas in America are. Are they heavily-Democratic urban areas where the “true racists” don’t realize that racism is over in America (as claimed by the GOP)?

According to a new study published in PLOS ONE, the most racist people in America live in “the rural Northeast and South.”

via PLOS ONE

This map represents data culled by scientist Seth…

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China's Great Cannon

This post describes our analysis of an attack tool that we identify as separate from, but co-located with, the Great Firewall of China.

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Sorting algorithms are of great interest because of their obvious applications in computer programs, but also because of their mathematical properties. One question in particular: what is the minimum number of comparisons necessary to sort a list of values? For lists of

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Dynamic Network Visualization - Wars on Earth over time (1816-2001)

This dynamic network visualization shows a dynamic picture of the global war conflicts between 1816 and 2001. The network relationships indicate which country was in conflict with another country. In the first part of the video the network data was overlayed over a geographic world map to show global reach. The second part shows the pure network layout in 3D. The dynamic network analysis and animations were generated with the software Commetrix (www.commetrix.de) by M.Schulz and R.Hillmann of IKMResearch at TU Berlin.