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- Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Big Bang map uni-directional?
- Replies: 84
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- Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Errors in text of "Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN"
- Replies: 11
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- Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Errors in text of "Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN"
- Replies: 11
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+ Wow! What a bunch of troubled and uneducated people are posting here. Not only are they wrong factually, but they make themselves totally obnoxious (via sarcasm) in revealing their ignorance. Too bad they can't just sit back and learn. Must be a lot of students who are not mature yet. On the contr...
- Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:57 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Errors in text of "Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4834
Errors in text of "Globular Cluster M3 from WIYN"
The text for the APoD of March 12 states: "Explanation: This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved ..." Error 1: "humankind". The word is MANKIND. Decent people are not "politically correct," unnecessarily modifying the language to please a ...
- Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: No, the Antarctice ice sheet is NOT shrinking.
- Replies: 30
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- Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: No, the Antarctice ice sheet is NOT shrinking.
- Replies: 30
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No, the Antarctice ice sheet is NOT shrinking.
The "Astronomy Picture of the Day" is falsely labeled, "Earth's Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet." In reality, the Antarctic ice sheet -- taken as a WHOLE -- is not "shrinking," but is increasing in size. One portion is shrinking, but another (much larger) portion of the s...