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Explanation: This fifteen degree wide field of view stretches across the crowded starfields of Sagittarius toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. In fact, the center of the galaxy lies near the right edge of the rich starscape and eleven bright star clusters and nebulae fall near the center of the frame. All eleven are numbered entries in the catalog compiled by 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier. Gaining celebrity status with skygazers, M8 (Lagoon), M16 (Eagle), M17 (Omega), and M20 (Trifid) show off the telltale reddish hues of emission nebulae associated with star forming regions. But also eye-catching...

Free Press Over-Priced? Sources Say First Amendment Just For Practice, Bill Of Rights Starts With Second The fault really lay with Ian Braxley, a computer major from NYU who interned that summer with the data-processing department of the New York Times. By the time anyone figured it out, American military policy had been changed forever. Braxley had an IQ of 193, a sense of humor, and access to the operating system. The combination proved fateful. One night he inserted in the print queue an imaginary Reuters story about problems in the Army's new tank, the M-28 Kaboom, which didn't exist....