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...term black hole is misleading in the case of this galaxy, known as NGC 1365, which has a brightly lit core instead of a dark one. The galaxy??s center—known by scientists as a nucleus—emits light and radiation due to the powerful gravitational field of the black hole, and is better known as a quasar...

Author: By Diane J. Choi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Observe Eclipse of Quasar in Galaxy | 4/16/2007 | See Source »

...lonely, struggling actress-in-the-big-city, Reese Holdin (Zooey Deschanel, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy??) returns after many years to her suburban childhood home and estranged father, Don (Ed Harris, “A History of Violence”). A book editor (Amy Madigan, “Pollock”) has offered her $100,000 for the love letters her famous father wrote her equally famous and recently deceased mother. There Reese meets an English grad student (Amelia Warner, “Aeon Flux”) and wannabe Christian-rock...

Author: By David F. Hill, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Review: Winter Passing | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

...Hope],’ I wasn’t a sci-fi freak or anything,” he recalls, and he doesn’t seem to have become one since then.He may be glad that the critically-lauded Episode III “brought peace to the galaxy?? this May, after opinion on Episodes I and II had divided die-hard fans from casual movie thrill-seekers. Yet, when asked about the voluminous Star Wars novels, comics, and video games, so loved by the fan community, he claims that they?...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rick McCallum Reveals Next Steps for 'Star Wars' | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...originally written, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?? was not well-suited for the silver screen. Adams’ much-loved quirky humor based itself much more on rhythm, pacing, and idiosyncratic description than it did on any sort of visual comedy. Although his witty prose certainly evokes no shortage of silly imagery, the comedy invariably manifests itself more in the style and delivery of the description, than it does in the image itself. While, when deployed in a written or auditory medium, this style is used to hilarious effect, it simply...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

Because scientists can predict what the motion of the star should look like if the galaxy is flat. information about the galaxy??s actual shape—for instance, if it is in fact lopsided—might be gleaned from a comparison between the predicted and the actual trajectory of the star...

Author: By David Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Star May Have Escaped Galaxy | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

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