... Morning Session (10:00 am - 1:00 pm) . Invited reviews (40 minutes, including discussion) . ... The Cosmic Microwave Background: Recent Results and Interpretation . ... Joint Discussion (25 minutes talks, including discussion) . 14:30 Early Evolution in the Universe . ... Developments in General Relativity: Black Hole Singularity and Beyond . ... The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays and Neutrinos . ... Theoretical Aspects of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Origin and Propagation . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Area of science: Astronomy . ... Is it possible for a giant black hole to crush under it's own gravity? ...the theory of the "bigbang" induce the possibility of a "bigcrunch" and this last phenomena supposes that all matter in the known universe would be reduce to a "singularity" crushing also all the existing blackholes!! ... In both these cases, the most likely outcome is simply one black hole with the mass of both initial holes combined. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... IAU planet classification Observing with a Telescope Large Scale Structure The observables: Local Group (size 1 Mpc) Virgo cluster (size 2+ Mpc) Virgo supercluster (size ~33 Mpc) Voids (size ~ 10-150 Mpc), Walls and sheets, aka filaments (size ~ 50-80+ Mpc) 1 parsec The nearest star is 1.2 parsecs away (Proxima Centuri). ... Virgo supercluster Voids, Sheets Filaments The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies at a distance of about 18.0 Mpc away in the constellation Virgo. ...

... This interview with Don Tillian is being conducted at JSC for the JSC Facilities Oral History Project. ... I retired on the first of January, 1997, after 30-plus years, and I had several years of co-oping when I was out at White Sands [Test Facility], when I was out in Las Cruces. ... Ross-Nazzal: What is life testing? ... That facility is one of those that still has NASA people that are really involved with the test nowadays. ... Ross-Nazzal: Has that testing really been since the Columbia accident...