Word: greenbelts
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...simply to eyeball the object through a telescope. But black holes, which are formed by collapsed stars or compressed matter at the center of galaxies, are so dense that nothing--not even light--can escape their gravity. Last week, however, investigators at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., announced that they had at last seen direct evidence of a black hole in action...
Nowhere was this more evident than last week at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where several dozen space scientists gathered to consider a new generation of so-called superpressure balloons. Floating to the very edge of the earth's atmosphere, these gossamer giants (as tall as 60-story buildings) will remain aloft up to 100 days. That's enough time to look for such elusive phenomena as planets in other solar systems, black holes and remnants of the Big Bang. Says astrophysicist Josh Grindlay, leader of a Harvard-Smithsonian group that uses balloons to map distant...
...taking a stand on weeding out those who are not true 100% Catholics. If people disagree with the bishop, then I suggest they switch to another religion, not attempt to change the Roman Catholic Church into a feminist liberal New Age Roman Catholic Church. Bravo, Bishop Bruskewitz! GERARD DONAHUE Greenbelt, Maryland Via E-mail...
...with experiments to preserve its stunning natural heritage. The Wilson administration wants to establish regional councils that would draw representatives from all interests with a stake in an area in order to reach a consensus on how to protect different biological regions. Says Larry Orman, executive director of the Greenbelt Alliance: "Because we have such massive problems, I view California as a mirror to the future." The areas of dispute...