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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...those early models didn't take into account the fact that compressed gas heats up, which limits how dense it can become, and in turn limits how hard its gravity can pull on the proto-planets. Beyond that, the planets' own gravity would fling gas around - the same sort of phenomenon NASA counts on, say, when a spacecraft en route to Saturn gets a slingshot velocity boost from Jupiter on the way. By adding in both effects, Mac Low's collaborator Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, now at Cambridge, found that there are places where the net force pushes a planet inward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Theory on Why the Sun Never Swallowed the Earth | 1/10/2010 | See Source »

...second half, freshman guard Dee Giger provided the Crimson with a similar lift. First, the freshman knocked down a pull-up jumper from the left corner. Then, on the next possession, Giger drove baseline and flushed home a one-handed jam for two of his eight points on the night...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Dominates Big Green in Ivy Opener | 1/9/2010 | See Source »

...divorce. In general, do you think people under 25 shouldn't get married? What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat, Pray, Love Author Elizabeth Gilbert | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

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