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A galaxy in the southern sky called Centaurus was studied from 1847 by john Herschel.

Giant cannibal galaxy Centaurus A had a unique appearance of an ellipse but was opaque due to the dust lane in the central part of the galaxy. Now, infrared space observatory has revealed that a smaller spiral gas rich has been found and some churning has given rise to stars of a new generation.

Also the structure of a parallelogram has come into light instead of elliptical structure.

The 16,500 light year wide structure has become twisted, warped during the galaxy merging. Centaurus is at a distance of 11 million light years.

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The UK government has taken efforts to map the climate and its impact on the land of England. It is going to be released by the government later this year. The report will predict how temperature and rainfall are likely to change at regional and local scales.

As per the scientists the winters are going to be wetter especially in north and the summers are going to be drier, particularly in south. The projected impacts are “worse than the government had feared,” according to a source familiar with the project. The government hopes the UK Climate Projections 2009 report (UKCP09) will allow citizens, local authorities and businesses to plan better for future decades. This allows people to use an online “weather generator”, thorugh which they will be able to see what the project forecasts for their postcode at different points in the future.

John Mitchell, director of climate science at the UK Met Office, which has taken charge of the computer modelling of climate used in the report, said that “This is the most comprehensive set of probabilistic climate projections at the regional scale compiled anywhere in the world,”

Researchers have scientifically proven now what was always believed passionately by the environmentalists : deforestation may look like a boon in the short term but does not pay in the long run. Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say. A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say the deforestation cycle helps neither people nor nature. They suggest that mechanisms to reward people in poorer countries for conserving rainforest could change this “lose-lose-lose” situation.

Ana Rodrigues and colleagues assessed the development status of people in 286 municipalities using the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI), which combines measures of standard of living, literacy and life expectancy. Some of the municipalities were in areas of virgin forest. Others had already lost all their trees, and some were in the process of being deforested.

Areas in the initial stage of deforestation yielded HDI scores above the average for the region. But once the period of deforestation had passed, scores returned to the values seen in areas that had not yet been logged. “It is generally assumed that replacing the forest with crops and pastureland is the best approach for fulfilling the region’s legitimate aspirations to development,” said Dr Rodrigues

“We found although the deforestation frontier does bring initial improvements in income, life expectancy, and literacy, such gains are not sustained.”

The “boom and bust” pattern was the same for each of the three aspects of the HDI, showing that even a straight economic benefit was not maintained.

The latest truth is here : Homes are the unnoticed polluters- they end up producing about a third of our greenhouse gases. The home energy bills are a burden for many. The winner of a clean energy prize says government must show much greater urgency in insulating people’s homes. West Yorkshire’s Kirklees Council has won the prestigious Ashden award for its major home refurbishment programme.

The council says the UK government could save families £200 a year and cut greenhouse gases if it guaranteed the cash for a nationwide “refurb”. The government says it plans a nationwide scheme based on Kirklees – and says the criticisms are misguided. Kirklees Council tackled both issues at once by sending hit squads of workers street to street, offering everyone free loft and cavity wall insulation with no conditions.

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There is a tiny chance of earth colliding with Mars or Venus. The only redeeming factor is that this would happen only after a billion years. This is what the astronmers have calculated. The finding comes from simulations to show how orbits of planets might evolve billions of years into the future.
But the calculated chances of such events occurring are tiny.

Writing in the journal Nature, a team led by Jacques Laskar shows there is also a chance Mercury could strike Venus and merge into a larger planet. Professor Laskar of the Paris Observatory and his colleagues also report that Mars might experience a close encounter with Jupiter – whose massive gravity could hurl the Red Planet out of our Solar System.

The Sweden’s Pirate Party has won a seat in the European Parliament. The group – which campaigned on reformation of copyright and patent law – secured 7.1% of the Swedish vote. The result puts the Pirate Party in fifth place, behind the Social Democrats, Greens, Liberals and the Moderate Party.

Rickard Falkvinge, the party leader, told the BBC the win was “gigantic” and that they were now negotiating with four different EU Parliamentary groups. “Last night, we gained political credibility,” said Mr Falkvinge. “People were not taken in by the establishment and we got political trust from the citizens.”

The profile of the Pirate Party and issues surrounding copyright law have dominated headlines in Sweden over the past few months. In April, a court in Sweden sentenced the four men behind The Pirate Bay, the world’s most high-profile file-sharing website, to a year in jail and ordered them to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages. Mr Falkvinge said it had played a significant role in getting them the vote.

The problem is that most people just don’t see illegal file-sharing as a crime, however hard the media industries try to persuade the public that it’s just as bad as shoplifting

Early earth rocks have started helping scientists revealing the age of the earth. A new technique has been helping scientists piece together how the Earth’s continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago.
The novel method allows scientists to recover rare minerals from rocks.

By analysing the composition of these minerals, researchers can precisely date ancient volcanic rocks for the first time. By aligning rocks that have a similar age and orientation, the early landmasses can be pieced together. This will aid the discovery of rocks rich in ore and oil deposits, say the scientists. The approach has already shown that Canada once bordered Zimbabwe, helping the mining industry identify new areas for exploration.

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