Month: July 2010

Stellar Heavyweight Breaks the Scales

Using the world's most powerful ground-based telescope, astronomers have identified the seven heaviest stars ever found. One of these behemoths is so big, it's forcing researchers to rethink just how bulky stars can become.When it...

Brazen predawn attack on house of worship in Kabardino-Balkaria

Brazen predawn attack on house of worship in Kabardino-BalkariaA wave of harassment unleashed in Russia leads to dramatic consequencesNARTKALA, Kabardino-Balkaria—Unidentified masked assailants beat up the watchmen inside a place of worship, and after the watchmen...

Women arrested while preaching near Moscow

Two are held in jail for weeks on false charges of burglaryLOBNYA, Russia—More than six weeks after two female Jehovah’s Witnesses were arrested while preaching, they are still being held in jail on the false...

Star Size Comparison

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