This is a *very* big story. It basically defines Hubble's constant such that we can now definitely say that the universe will expand forever and not collapse into The Big Crush.
-- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:12:03 -0600 From: NASA Science News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NASA Science News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Oldest Light in the Universe NASA Science News for February 11, 2003 A NASA satellite has taken a picture of the Big Bang's ancient afterglow. Scientists have analyzed the data and learned that the universe is 13.7 billon years old (plus or minus 1 percent)and that the first stars appeared only 200 million years after the Big Bang. These results are a milestone in cosmology, says the NASA director of astronomy and physics. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/11feb_map.htm?list763060 You are currently subscribed to snglist as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a free service. To UNSUBSCRIBE, or CHANGE your address on this service, go to http://science.nasa.gov/news/subscribe.asp?[EMAIL PROTECTED] or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many sky watchers saw the tragic re-entry of shuttle Columbia on Saturday morning, Feb. 1st, as it streaked across the United States en route to Florida. If you're one of them and if you have film or video evidence that may help NASA's investigation of Columbia's break-up, please phone the space agency at (US) 281-483-3388 or email your report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.nasa.gov/columbia for complete information about Columbia and her crew. Home page: http://science.nasa.gov To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe man-bytes-dog" (the subject is ignored).
