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Emit Time – Time Runs Out – New Theory Nixes "Dark Energy": Says Time is Disappearing from the Universe

© Frank H. Jump

Posting this a little late, but then that’s a moot point now:

Remember a little thing called the space-time continuum? Well what if the time part of the equation was literally running out? New evidence is suggesting that time is slowly disappearing from our universe, and will one day vanish completely. This radical new theory may explain a cosmological mystery that has baffled scientists for years. – Daily Galaxy

Tool Box Enters Orbit – More Debris Adds to Space Junk Hazard

Lost in space: the astronauts’ toolbox

AP Wednesday, 19 November 2008

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as it floated away with everything inside.

It was one of the largest items ever to be lost by a spacewalker, and occurred during an unprecedented attempt to clean and lube a gummed-up joint on a solar panel.

Space Junk

By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 05:19 pm ET 19 October 2000

Thousands of nuts, bolts, gloves and other debris from space missions form an orbiting garbage dump around Earth, presenting a hazard to spacecraft. Some of the bits and pieces scream along at 17,500 mph.

When these objects fall back into Earth’s atmosphere, which they inevitably do, they behave just like any other meteor, lighting up the sky.

Profile of space junk:

UPDATE: November 26, 2008

Astronauts Fix Ripped Solar Wing

Astronauts Fix Ripped Solar Wing

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Dot Earth – Nine Billion People. One Planet – NY Times Blog

Dot Earth. Climate Change and Sustainability

Dot Earth – Climate Change & Sustainability – The melting Arctic icecap, as seen from a NASA satellite in September 2007. (AFP/Getty Images)Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity — in all this vastness — there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. — Carl Sagan, “Pale Blue Dot” speech, 1996

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