Referendums 2009: Gains for Government Spending, Gambling Nov 6, 2009
Voters in six states rejected constraints on government financial flexibility in a very light year for ballot measures. Story Tools. (BusinessWeek)
Disclosure And First Contanct Oct 31, 2009
The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. One light year is the distance travelled by light in one year i.e. 186,000x60x60x24x365 miles ... To assist in explaining to the lay person what the light year is, if two people, each with a cell phone are one light year apart, it would take one year for the second person to hear hello when the first one speaks. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Chronicle Recommends: Oregon Pinot Noirs Oct 19, 2009
But those successes came amid shortfalls: wines that wore too much oak to the party, refusing to accept a stylistic retrofit in a light year; wines that lacked concentration but tasted as though they minted from a more grandiose blueprint. Judging from our lineup, not many wineries declassified. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bears are back in Reedsport, looking for food Oct 16, 2009
I don t know why it s such a light year, but I m enjoying the break, Love said. Tags. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
2009 CNY Great Pumpkin Fest sees largest entries of pumpkins ever Oct 5, 2009
I expected this to be a very, very light year because of two things. The weather was very parochial this year it was either very wet in some places or very dry. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
West Nile virus returns Sep 26, 2009
After it seemed like a light year for West Nile virus, the disease has returned in full force in the past three weeks in Stanislaus County. As of Friday, Stanislaus and Kern counties, each with 11 reported cases, had the most cases this year among the 41 counties in California affected by West Nile. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Rocky planet found outside solar system Sep 16, 2009
It is in Earth's general neighbourhood, circling a star in the winter sky about 500 light years away. Each light year is about 9. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Discovery lands safely at air force base in California Sep 12, 2009
Also hitching a ride back is Buzz Light year. The 12-inch action figure had been in orbit for 15 months since mid-2008 as part of an educational program. (Xinhuanet, China)
Refurbished Hubble reveals cosmic wonder Sep 10, 2009
Scorching radiation and streams of charged particles from the stars shaped the pillar inside the Carina Nebula stellar nursery, located some 7,500 light years away from Earth. Each light year is about 5. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Hubble Back in Action With New Space Shots Sep 10, 2009
One shows the stellar nursery Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light years away. A light year is nearly 6 trillion miles. (CBS News)
Andromeda is a cannibal and heading our way Sep 3, 2009
5 million light years away. A light year is about 5 ... The massive mapping of Andromeda is looking half a million light years around Andromeda. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Is The Milky Way Doomed To Be Destroyed By Galactic Bombardment? Probably Not, Study Says Sep 1, 2009
Our galaxy measures 100,000 light-years across (one light year equals six trillion miles). Yet we are surrounded by a cloud or halo of dark matter that s 10 times bigger -- 1 million light-years across, he explained. (Science Daily)
The Andromeda Galaxy Aug 24, 2009
The galaxy has a bright disk that spans as much as 228,000 light years in width ... 3 million light years, but because of its vast size and luminosity it is visible to the naked eye ... 3 million light year distance from the Sun, it can be seen without the aid of a telescope. (Suite101.com)
Oxygen change killing fish at Thurmond Lake Aug 11, 2009
"It's been a light year for herring entrainment compared to previous years.". If herring entrainment reaches 5,000 fish per hour, it would halt hydropower production. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Beer rivalry thickens Aug 3, 2009
An analyst from AmResearch is forecasting a flat and light year for the brewery industry, with MLM volume remaining flattish at best for this year and the next, before growing 1% in 2011. Beer and stout sales may be flat overall, but there are significant shifts occurring within the beer segment. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Outer space explored inside library Jul 16, 2009
Dr. Light Year, or Jason Berube of Moonship Productions, began the show with an explanation of light speed and a poster board displaying the figure at 186,000 miles per minute2 ... He explained that the Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years from side to side. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Herschel Space Telescope's SPIRE instrument package makes first-light observations Jul 11, 2009
One light year is the distance light travels in a year -- roughly 6 trillion miles. Herschel is the first space observatory to make high-resolution images in the sub-millimeter wavelengths, which are longer than visible and infrared light waves but shorter than radio waves, said Glenn. (EurekAlert!)
Low temps slow wildfire season Jul 4, 2009
"It's really an exceptionally light year," Templin said. He also praised the general public, along with the weather. (AZCentral -- News)
Exploding star reveals hidden supernova May 29, 2009
Located 12 million light years away (one light year is about 5. 9 trillion miles) in the irregular-shaped galaxy M82, radio signals from the supernova likely first reached Earth in January, say the astronomers. (USA Today -- Tech)
LOOKING UP: Take in the galactic scenery tonight May 18, 2009
As wide as 110 million light years, the Virgo Supercluster contains around 200 galaxy groups , approximately 2,500 large galaxies ad around 50,000 dwarf galaxies ... We cannot, on human terms, begin to appreciate the colossal size of even our Milky Way, at 100,000 light years in width ... Remember that each light year is 5. (Medfield Press, MA)
Kepler's search for another Earth begins May 15, 2009
Earth Two, coming soon. No, it's not a movie, but detecting a world orbiting a nearby star within the next four years, now that its telescopic eye has opened. (USA Today -- Tech)
Fewer teachers retiring May 6, 2009
Next year likely will be another light year for retirees, he said. But the year after, when the economy is expected to improve, Mr. Wright expects a mass exodus of educators. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Speedrome survives despite economic downturn May 4, 2009
"With the way the economy is, we anticipated a light year on car counts in most divisions," said track co-owner, Bob Stapleton of Horseheads. "The modified field is about the same as it was at the end of last year. We still expect a few more cars to show up in the coming weeks.". (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
LETTER: Moon, stars evidence of God's existence Mar 25, 2009
I would challenge them to walk outside on a clear night and look up to the moon and stars and to realize that most of those stars are many light-years away (a light year is the distance light travels in a year at a speed of 186,282 miles per second. . (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Bill would stabilize fire funds Mar 22, 2009
And that was a light year, firewise. In Missoula, Austin said managing the rest of her national forest duties without knowing the summer's fire tab is challenging. (Missoulian, MT)
Twin black holes found doing a cosmic tango Mar 6, 2009
These two so-called supermassive black holes, which are celestial objects with enormous gravitational pull, are locked in orbit about 5 billion light years away from Earth, the scientists said. A light year is about 6 trillion miles, or the distance light travels in a year. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Snow plowing costs around area Feb 19, 2009
If it's a light year then it works good for them. In the past when there has been a particularly heavy snow year, the county has given the towns a supplemental payment when the there is money available in the budget. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Winter costing big bucks for Ionia County, City Feb 17, 2009
Pohl said she had budgeted 2009 as a light year based on prior years ... That means 2009 was supposed to be a light year. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Earth-like planets in our galactic neighborhood Feb 16, 2009
"There are something like a few dozen solar-type stars within something like 30 light years of the sun, and I would think that a good number of those -- perhaps half of them have Earth-like planets," Alan Boss told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AASS). "So I think there is a very good chance that we will find some Earth-like planets within 10, 20 or 30 light years of the Sun," the astrophysicist from the Carnegie Institution for Science told his... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies: Stars Packed Together In Early Universe A Million Times More Closely Feb 14, 2009
13, 2009) In our Galaxy, we are used to the idea that even the nearest stars are light years away from the Sun ... Although they are still enormous by everyday standards, at about 60 light years across, they are less than 1/1000th the diameter of our own Galaxy, the Milky Way ... (In more familiar units, a light year is about 10 million million km). (Science Daily)
Growing avocados is rewarding Feb 13, 2009
Avocado trees are evergreen and need good light year round to bear fruit. A south-facing window is the best you can do for a plant that must winter indoors, which avocados must outside of tropical climates. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Super-Earths point to crowded universe Feb 9, 2009
Spitzer space telescope astronomers recently reported HD 80606b, located 190 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (one light year is about 5. 9 trillion miles), which follows an elongated orbit passing so close to its star that its atmosphere's temperature rises from 980 degrees Fahrenheit to 2,240 degrees in about six hours time, a shocker of a summer. (USA Today -- Tech)
LOOKING UP:Grasping the vastness over our heads Feb 8, 2009
We hear of light years and millions, billions and trillions ... Our entire Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years across ... Light year is not a measure of time; it is the distance light travels in one Earth year, at the constant speed of 186,282 miles a second. (Medfield Press, MA)
Astronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain Feb 7, 2009
The double star system, designated HD 44179, sits within what astronomers call the Red Rectangle, an interstellar cloud of gas and dust (nebula) located approximately 2,300 light years from Earth ... A Hubble Space Telescope image of the Red Rectangle, approximately 2,300 light years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros ... This image spans approximately a third of a light year at the distance of the Red Rectangle. (Science Daily)
