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galaxies colliding photoes

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:19 GMT

This image made by the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA Thursday, April 24, 2008 , shows a Hubble view of Arp 81 is a strongly interacting pair of galaxies, seen about 100 million years after their closest approach. It consists of NGC 6621, to the left, and NGC 6622, to the right. NGC 6621 is the larger of the two, and is a very disturbed spiral galaxy. The encounter has pulled a long tail out of NGC 6621 that has now wrapped behind its body. The collision has also triggered extensive star formation between the two galaxies. Scientists believe that Arp 81 has a richer collection of young massive star clusters than the notable Antennae galaxies, which are much closer than Arp 81. The pair is located in the constellation of Draco, approximately 300 million light-years away from Earth. This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on its 18th launch anniversary on April 24, 2008.

day in pictures

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:31:29 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Turkish soldiers, members of the traditional Ottoman army band of Mehter, perform at the Turkish memorial, during the 93rd anniversary of the World War I campaign of Gallipoli...

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remember to pay your bills, lol!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:15:28 GMT

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Clip Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

A builder took a sledghammer to a customer's porch and conservatory after she failed to pay him.

"We just kept on getting a string of excuses and bounced cheques. One time I was told her husband had died, but when I spoke to her son he knew nothing about any death.

Nigel Gray was owed £22,000 for the work but reached the end of his tether after a string of excuses and missed deadlines for payment.

So he took an 18lb sledgehammer to the red-brick porch, complete with its red-tiled roof, in Shoreham, West Sussex.

He also removed the large back garden conservatory, window pane by window pane, and then went back for the French doors.

Father-of-four Mr Gray said: "I'm absolutely gutted to have had to have done this because it was such fantastic handiwork but I could not just let this go.

"It was getting ridiculous and after a number of cheques had bounced and after being given the run around for so long, we decided we had to take drastic action."