The telescope's mirror — stretching almost 100 feet in diameter, or nearly the length of a Boeing 737's wingspan — will be so large that it should be able to gather light that will have spent 13 billion years traveling to earth. This means astronomers looking into the telescope will be able to see images of the first stars and galaxies forming — some 400 million years after the Big Bang.
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It's the bogeyman of the heated debate about overhauling U.S. health care. Critics charge that revamping the American system will turn the country into Canada, with a nationalized health care system and people dying as they wait for needed services they no longer can get.
Japanese media report at least five people died and five others were missing after heavy rain triggered mudslides and swelled a river in the Japanese city of Hofu, in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Tuesday.Jim DeMint (retard-SC) stands by his comment that health care will be President Obama's Waterloo, a comment Obama derided in a health care speech yesterday.
"I think he played right into my hands," DeMint told Neil Cavuto on Faux News this afternoon, adding that Obama's frequent appearances over the last several days show a level of desperation. "Any time the president of the United States goes after a freshman senator, he's losing his grip a little bit."
A federal judge has sentenced a former Faux News Channel producer to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography.A Chinese boy was left seriously ill after drinking gas to try and turn himself into a Transformer robot.
Owners of a Texas plant store were shocked to discover the bandit responsible for a recent string thefts at the nursery was a monkey.
Super-chapped lips or dark circles under your eyes could indicate health issues worth looking into.
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On Wednesday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, producing a total solar eclipse that will last longer than any other until 2132.
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repugicans want Americans to go bankrupt over medical bills.
repugicans want American to suffer and die.
repugicans are putting politics over people.
repugicans are putting campaign contributions over country.
A private memo distributed by the repugican national committee calls for like-minded advocates to help defeat President Barack Obama's health care proposals by delaying its consideration.
..in an effort to slow down reform, the rnc advises its advocates to use a whole host of political tools, from organizing town halls, to writing letters to the editor, to booking surrogates on radio and television, to engaging in "street theater" protests outside democratic events. and in a bit of irony, the memo's authors encourage readers to frame the president as the one acting out of political motivations.Read the rest here
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