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G - 2.jpgAnother Universe behind our Universe?156 visiteHow fast do fundamental particles wobble? A surprising answer to this seemingly inconsequential question has come out of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, USA and may not only indicate that the Standard Model of Particle Physics is incomplete but also that our universe is filled with a previously undetected type of fundamental particle. Specifically, the muon, a particle with similarities to a heavy electron, has had its relatively large wobble under scrutiny since 1999 in an experiment known as g-2 (gee-minus-two), pictured above. The result has galvanized other experimental groups around the world to confirm it, and pressures theorists to better understand it. The rate of wobble is sensitive to a strange sea of virtual particles that pop into and out of existence everywhere. The unexpected wobble rate may indicate that this sea houses virtual particles that include nearly invisible supersymmetric counterparts to known particles. If so, a nearly invisible universe of real supersymmetric particles might exist all around us.Ago 28, 2005
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2-Milky Way~0.jpgThe Milky Way?256 visite"The only honesty I recognize in politicians is in their punctual and reciprocal calling each other thieves and liars."
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"...L'unica onestà che riconosco ai Politici è nel loro puntuale e reciproco darsi dei Ladri e dei Bugiardi..."
(una Cabarettista ospite del "Tonight Show", with Jay Leno)Ago 25, 2005
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NGC-0300.jpgNGC 300 - Spiral Galaxy (HST)73 visite"...At some time in the future, if the human mind becomes something totally different from what it now is, we may learn to separate literary creation from intellectual honesty.
At present we know only that imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity..."
George Orwell (1903-1950) "The Prevention of Literature" in "Polemic", Gennaio 1946Ago 20, 2005
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NGC-4625-PIA03540.jpgNGC 4625 and 4618 - Interacting Galaxies77 visite"...Quando avrò perso la capacità di sorprendermi, avrò anche perso la capacità di imparare..."
Paolo Catello FiengaAgo 19, 2005
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NGC 0001 and 0002.jpgNGC 1 and 271 visite"Professor does cold exist?"
The professor replied "Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?"
The students snickered at the young man's question.
The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body, or matter, have or transmit energy.
Absolute zero (- 460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat. Cold does not exist. We have created this word only to describe how we feel if we have no heat".
The student continued. "Professor, does darkness exist?"
The professor responded, "Of course it does."
The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color.
You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present".Ago 19, 2005
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NGC-6210.jpgNGC 6210 - Planetary Nebula82 visite"...More things change, the more they stay the same..."
dal film "Escape from L.A."Ago 15, 2005
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HODGE 301.jpgHodge 301 in the "Tarantula Nebula"113 visite"...Era bello farsi cullare dalle nere acque di quel mare appena vestito della bianca luce della luna, mentre correnti profonde ne preparavano i viaggi nascosti che le avrebbero portate lontane.
Ed era bello immaginare come le impronte dei nostri corpi si sarebbero allargate all'infinito su quelle acque e che il fragore delle onde in tempesta le avrebbero forse confuse senza poterle rompere.
Ma pi di ogni altra cosa, era bello sentire il suo corpo cantare tra le mie mani ed il mio cuore danzare dentro al suo petto..."
Giuseppe Spina - "Memorie"Ago 15, 2005
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SNR-0103.jpgSNR 0103 - Supernova Remnant88 visite"...The poet is the priest of the invisible..."
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) - "Adagia"Ago 13, 2005
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NGC-7129.jpgNGC 712980 visite"...An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself..."
Albert Camus (1913-1960) - "Carnets"Ago 11, 2005
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N 81.jpgN 81 Star Nursery87 visite"...Vorrei essere capace di chiudere gli occhi e perdonare.
Vorrei essere capace di chiudere gli occhi e dimenticare.
Vorrei essere capace di chiudere, una volta per tutte, questa sorgente di odio, che scorre dentro di me, cos come posso chiudere un rubinetto.
Ma non servirebbe a nulla, lo so, poich (inevitabilmente) anche i migliori rubinetti, prima o poi, perdono lo smalto e si scrostano; perdono il loro bel colorito brillante e si arrugginiscono, cedendo il passo all'incedere degli anni.
E, negli anni, anche i migliori rubinetti incominciano a perdere..."
P.C. Floegers - "Conversations"Ago 10, 2005
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M 1-67.jpgNebula M 1-67 around Star WR 124112 visite"...Science Fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not..."
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) - "How Easy to See the Future"Ago 10, 2005
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NGC-2264-1.jpgNGC 2264 - Deep inside the "Cone Nebula"82 visite"...What you get in science fiction is what someone once called ' the view from a distant star'. It helps us to see our World from outside..."
Frederik Pohl - "Wordsmiths of Wonder" (1993)Ago 10, 2005
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