What Is The Crab Nebula?
One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, that’s what. From SPACE.com:
The Hubble Space Telescope has caught the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, revealing the intricate epitaph of a long-dead star.
The nebula spans a patch of space six light-years across and has proved an attractive target for professional and amateur astronomers alike. One light-year is the distance light travels in one year, about 5.8 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers).
Wispy filaments, primarily of hydrogen, weave through the Crab Nebula, at the center of which sits a neutron star that spins 30 times per second.
March 25th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
Hi Eric and greetings from Nottingham, UK.
I’ve been reading your blogs and surveying your entrepreneurial handywork for the past couple of days and with a great deal of admiration I’d like to add. Congratulations on your success so far and long may it continue.
I am venturing into this area myself and have read a lot of material (sometimes too much I think, information overload!) so I have a pretty good understanding of most of the key concepts and strategies necessary to build a solid foundation for a long term business. I do not have much money to invest in this exercise unfortunatley, mouths to feed and bills to pay, blah,blah,blah, so I am treading carefully as I go. You could bankrupt yourself in record time if you believed all the hype flying around and purchased every ‘must have’ popup, popunder mega bargain. So I would like to say at this point that I regard your words as pretty much ‘the gospel truth’, if you will excuse the pun and it has provided a refreshing sanctuary from the usual hyped up supercharged selling sites I’m used to by now. For that I thank you and look forward to reading your articles in the future and I may even buy something from you one day, if you keep your fingers crossed and if I stop reading and start selling!
Anyway the reason I decided to post here was due to your article on the Crab Nebula and a question I have always wanted to put to a man of the cloth but never have because I do not attend church, unless some one I know is getting married. I do hope I am not condemned to an eternity of hell and damnation because I regard myself as a good, honest person and I would think the big fella would understand that when it’s my time, I hope….. Maybe you could put in a good word though, if I buy something, eh? I am a pragmatic person, I believe in the things I can see and hear and touch but it does not mean I disbelieve either, I keep an open mind on most subjects. So Theology versus Cosmology is where I’m heading here and I wondered if you might provide your opinion. because as we begin to peer further back into the depths of the universe and time and our understanding of it’s origin becomes more clear, where does god fit in? Mathematics alone can almost explain everything around us and so the more we learn, the less room there is for god. If you don’t have the time or inclination to respond, no problem, I’m glad I got this off my chest at last, but your thoughts would be appreciated and I think you would provide an interesting response. There is also more evidence for extraterrestrial beings visiting us than there is for god, yet we disregard people who claim to have witnessed these things as being foolish but virtually nobody claims to have seen god and we are supposed to beleive everything we are told about him. Those that don’t, well it’s hell and damnation for the lot of you, - disbelievers! Thanks for your time Eric and as Spock would say “live long and prosper”. David.
March 27th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Hey David
Thanks for checking out my blogs, and for asking these questions…
“as we begin to peer further back into the depths of the universe and time and our understanding of it’s origin becomes more clear, where does god fit in?”
My answer is, everywhere. As science continues to get closer to the origins of the universe, it is becoming more clear that there HAD to be a creator. You might be suprised to learn that more scientists are opening up to the idea of an ultimate creator, because it makes more sense than the scientific theories that discount God’s involvement.
“Mathematics alone can almost explain everything around us and so the more we learn, the less room there is for god.”
I understand that this is the way much of the world feels… it’s a form of humanism that says we can figure it all out on our own. However, when we examine the evidence of the Bible, we find that science and history combine to prove that God is real.
I highly recommend getting a copy of The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict, by Josh McDowell. You can get it at:
http://www.campuscrusade.com/Josh_McDowell/evidence.htm
Also at Amazon, or Christian book stores.
“There is also more evidence for extraterrestrial beings visiting us than there is for god, yet we disregard people who claim to have witnessed these things as being foolish but virtually nobody claims to have seen god”
I think you should read the book mentioned, and you will see that there is a mountain more evidence for God than you realize. There are other books I could recommend too, if you’re interested. As far as nobody claiming to see God… again I think you would need to examine the evidence through history and today. While God does not walk the earth today in human form, there were thousands of people who witnessed it when he did. Also David, I see God all around me all the time. There are millions of Christians around the world who have a personal relationship with the Creator, and who experience his presence and see his hand at work in their lives daily.
“and we are supposed to beleive everything we are told about him. ”
I don’t think that is what God wants… Not everything you’ve heard about Him is true. He wants you to seek the Truth and come to your own conclusion. Is there faith involved? Yes, there is. But faith does not mean blindly following an invisible God for which there is no evidence. For me, faith has become easier as a result of science…
Blessings
Eric
November 10th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Response to Eric…
Nice photo, I find science fascinating - If you thought that was great then another great website with NEW astronomy to check out is http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com
Response to David…
Check out http://www.thegoodtest.net
Blessings