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Hanny Van Arkel, a Dutch primary school teacher & amateur astronomer, discovered what is being called a ‘cosmic ghost.’ It is a very odd and strange gaseous object that has a hole in tha middle that could represent a new class of astronomical object. Hanny Van Arkel discovered this object while he was volunteering in tha Galaxy Zoo project, which accepts tha help of tha public to classify galaxies online. This find is nicknamed ‘Hanny’s Voorwerp’ which is Dutch for object. Soon after his find many scientists were looking at tha object thru their telescopes and wondering. “At first, we had no idea what it was. It could have been in our solar system, or at the edge of the universe,” Yale University astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski, who is a member & co-founder of the Galaxy Zoo team, said.”What we saw was really a mystery,” Schawinski said. “The Voorwerp didn’t contain any stars.” This ‘cosmic ghost’ is made entirely of a hot gas. The green object is illuminated by remnant light from tha nearby galaxy, IC 2497. “We think that in the recent past the galaxy IC 2497 hosted an enormously bright quasar,” Schawinski said. Schawinski said that light from tha past is still illuminating tha ghostly object. Although tha quasar shut down around 100,000 years ago & tha galaxy’s black hole just went quiet. Tha world is just getting more confusing scientifically as each day passes, first water found on tha moon and now this. “It’s this light echo that has been frozen in time for us to observe,” said Chris Lintott, who is a co-organizer of Galaxy Zoo at Oxford University in tha United Kingdom, said. Tha Hubble Space Telescope will be used to get a closer look very soon. Van Arkel said that it is amazing that this object has just been sitting there for decades and amateur volunteers spotted it online. Van Arkel is just 1 of more than 150,000 amateur astronomers that assisted in tha classifying more than 1 million galaxies over tha past year thru tha Galaxy Zoo project. Next tha Galaxy Zoo plans to ask volunteers to search for more unusual astronomical objects, so who knows what could be found? Go check out Galaxyzoo.org I just went thru and check it out and it is a pretty neat site. This was an amazing discovery..

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Al Gore said: “I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years..”
So everything change to renewable energy in 10 years? Some are saying this is crazy and would not help as much as Gore is saying. This is being compared to JFK’s challenge of putting a man on tha moon. This is a big challenge put forth by Gore. He also said that our future as humans is at risk. He is saying this could save us and help our future generations. Gore says this is another ‘huge leap’ for mankind. Most are saying this change could happen, but not in 10 years. 10 years is a short time for such a drastic change in our nation and tha world. Just America doing this will help, but I do not believe thats all it takes to achieve this goal. Gore has always been that guy thats tells everyone to ‘go green’ and now he is challenging us to ‘go green’. For this to work large corporations and business’ must agree and begin to change. Then civilians must agree and begin to change driving habits, slow pollution, and so much more. This is such a large topic and debate over this topic that 10 years just does not seem like enough. If everyone agrees and pulls together, maybe, but we need to unite to complete this goal. This would be great for the enviroment, our health, and tha world. This could help to slow global warming. Also this could help many people to save money. If everything runs on renewable sources, that could greatly help your monthly bills to lower if not disappear. Because it would be wrong for the government to charge us for power that comes from nature. Just as Gore said, tha problem is political. We need a very large scale change to be able to do this. Everyone must do their part..

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Ancient moon samples brought back by Apollo astronauts show that tha moon once had water. This seems to be a shock to everything once thought by astronauts and scientists. So now your wondering where was tha water found on tha moon? It was discovered in volcanic glass beads. So no, it wasn’t just out in tha open people. What this means is solidified magma from tha early moons interior. This comes as a huge shock to all that has been thought by scientists about tha moon. It has been thought that tha moon is dry, but now water is found there? Most people will say science, but others will point to tha Revelations in tha Bible. This seems to fit right in tha floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, disease, poverty, and everything else as a sign of Jesus coming. Tha beads are different colors depending on their elemental chemistry. There was 46 ppm of water within the glass beads. There are stories that tha moon crashed into earth and tore off pieces, and that formed tha moon. But just like everything else, nobody knows for sure. This could lead to greater findings like life once existed on tha moon, could tell us tha moons history, or anything. No matter what, this is a great discovery for scientists.