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I'm just stating my beliefs.Not trying to persuade anybody to believe anything.The reason I typed those verses was to merely support the reason for my beliefs. I apologize if it sounded like I was being holier-than-thou earlier (I wasn't trying to be.) You sounded fine to me. There's only one Holie...

Orga .. Thanks for your links, in which I found this: "In Greek mythology, Arcturus is a star created by Zeus to protect the nearby constellations, Arcas and Callisto (Ursa major and Ursa minor)." Is there perhaps an astronomical influence of Arcturus which assists the bears in retaining t...

Nereid and Orca .. genuine thanks for sharing. It seems my picture of most scientists distorting theories as facts is wrong (?) - or are you two exceptions? Please don't think I do not accept other views as legitimate opinions. I can gain nothing material from my scientific interest because it is no...

Peculiar how there are two identical shapes .. the dogoctopuses.

A new species has been born?

Hi Nereid, "Theorem - from theorema - to look at; a statement to be proved" "Theory - from theoria - a Beholding; the explanation of how something exists. Both definitions from Highroads Dictionary The differences are too subtle for my full comprehension, and I include question marks ...

Duom's quote - "Uhh. I think that when the density of the cloud is the same of the earth atmosphere or denser"

Duom .. Life is so variable in form and environment even here on earth that life in space will have evolved in totally unimaginable environments, pressures, temperatures, etc.

Apodman .. wow .. yeah like that one .. and like his drawing of Noah's boat drifting away from the people on the mountaintops. And what is to come upon our planet shortly. I'm glad to see this new JesusFreak guy on the forum .. miracles of the Last Days, etc.

Noel C has visions.

Also in that Old Testament somewhere "The earth is a sphere suspended on nothing" .. that was easily seen by the earth's shadow cast onto the moon .. easily seen, but not easily understood if an observer has theories cast in concrete .. which is why theories must be taught as theories .. B...

Not bad for amateurs, Apodman, but for real visions of hell check out Gustave Dore`s bible. Sorry, but I can't provide a url.

Doré's English Bible (1866) was a great success, and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London.

I enjoy the race between the two octopusdogs .. and the big splash. Yeah man .. life is everywhere.

Thanks Chris,

It's nice to know that I'm not tottally wrong, sometimes.

My memory may be misled, but I recall Venus as having 600 mph winds, and for sure the atmosphere is so thick it can't be seen through. I can't imagine gravity differences being so different as to mount a challenge. The Soviets' achievement was miraculous, and I can't imagine what secret technology R...

Considering the difficulties the Soviets faced in sending back pictures from Venus 30 years ago Phoenix was not much of an accomplishment .. almost like a walk to the corner store. The technology Phoenis is using for sampling soil seems primitive to me .. I would have thought they could have done it...

Yup Bill .. with speelers like that breaker braker good buddy we'd might be better off sending in a 18 wheeler. Good show, though, Nasa. But I wonder how mad the Martian mothers are going to be when their kids get fried by those landing rockets. "MMADDE" Martian Mothers Against Damned Dera...

"But measurements have shown the [Wolf-Rayet] star is not really moving directly toward the bright edge." Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that the star was moving away from the direction in which it had ejected the most material, as a simple consequence of action-reaction? Flowing win...

Hi Astro (and all) Pillars, eh! Like the pillars in space? Being carved by the same processes but with different matter/energy? Yet more evidence for my streams and currents and pools and waves .. and now tides .. yes, tides in space. Oh I wish I were a scientitist of the right persuasion, gifts, ta...

Pete - my maturity level is far below my physical age so you needn't be embarrased about a natural assumption.

Neufer - wow - there is a lot of 'empty' space out there.

Thanks Orin - how mistakes happen is anyone's guess.

Hollowell Rocks? Please explain.

Nobody that I know is saying, "Poor Astrolabe." But I don't know many people. Hope that makes you feel better. You're a heck of a good guy Astro, I instinctively believe/hope.

Yupper Astro - we're on the same wavelength sortof. 8) Here's something I'm sure you've encountered before but I'll post it anyway .. it's a cool website and leads to some tremendous information. http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2004/arch/040922electric-stars.htm I read a bit of Jeurgens a few year...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html May 18 - oops

corrected courtesy Orin to http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080518.html

If they weren't afraid of the media The Big Chickens at APOD could have called today's picture The Golden Globe Awards. Cluck Cluck Cluck.

Hi Astro - I'm always so far from the general school of thought that I can't take shelter from the storm in their cafeteria. Same as with halos - if Dark Matter exists I think it is flowing in currents and heaving ever so slowly in waves and pooling in pools. Same with Dark Energy. I cannot see a po...

The center of the galaxy has a black hole. similar to a low pressure area in that it draws things toward it. This attraction seems to be what holds a galaxy together. ( my opinion ) :D Orin According to other opinions on the forum the gravitational influence of the black hole is very small (relativ...

Astro - "unusually benevolent" (?) From what I know of you you are normally unusually benevolent. However .. we cannot always be joyous. Some experiences here definitely cause geat pain despite our intellectual certainty that all things work for good .. and we must respond honestly to that...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticity "One way to visualize vorticity is this: consider a fluid flowing. Imagine that some tiny part of the fluid is instantaneously rendered solid, and the rest of the flow removed. If that tiny new solid particle would be rotating, rather than just translating...