14 dezembro 2014

Molecular Cloud Barnard 68



Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted from background stars. The eerily dark surroundings help make the interiors of molecular clouds some of the coldest and most isolated places in the universe. One of the most notable of these dark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68, pictured above. That no stars are visible in the center indicates that Barnard 68 is relatively nearby, with measurements placing it about 500 light-years away and half a light-year across. It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form. In fact, Barnard 68 itself has been found likely to collapse and form a new star system. It is possible to look right through the cloud in infrared light.



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December 14th 1503: Nostradamus born On this day in 1503, Michel...



Nostradamus (1503 - 1566)





Plaque commemorating the site of his birth





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December 14th 1503: Nostradamus born


On this day in 1503, Michel de Nostredame or ‘Nostradamus’ was born in Provence in the south of France. Little is known of his childhood, except that he was from a large family and began study at the University of Avignon when he was fifteen, though he left the university when it closed due to a plague outbreak. He was later expelled from another university while studying medicine when it was discovered he had been an apothecary. Nostradamus is best known for his work which came out of a fascination with the occult - his prophecies, of which he published thousands in almanacs. People look to these apparent prophecies and see them as predicting many major world events. However, the supposed prophecies are very tenuous, and are often considered just the result of misunderstanding and mistranslation. That being said, the work of this French seer remains interesting for its remarkable correlations to future events. One oft-cited example of Nostradamus’s prophecies is his supposed prediction of the Second World War:



"Beasts ferocious from hunger will swim across rivers:
Greater part of the army will be against Hister

The greater one will cause it to be dragged in an iron cage

When the Germany child will observe nothing.



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