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You are all freaking low class jerks. The Heidi thread has been pulled multiple times. Free Republic has become trump derangement central. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BUNCH OF CONSERVATIVES SO PICKY, PETTY AND STUPID - STUPID FREAKING LOSERS YOU DAMN DEFEND TRUMP AS IF HE WERE A FREAKING BABY BECAUSE HE IS! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL.

Tonight's crescent moon is surrounded by a blue circle. I noticed it while going outside to move tomorrow's garbage. I then put on my distance glasses and could see a red stripe within the blue. I suspect it is a really high cloud with moisture that is getting sun. We are in Pittsburgh, so it may not appear the same for all.

I think Charlize Theron is my ultimate Goddess of a Woman.

A major solar storm with the force of a billion megaton bombs could be set to hit the Earth, scientists warned yesterday. The storm is expected to be unleashed from a group of sunspots 20 times the size of Earth, with experts believing it is aimed at our planet. The area of spots - called Number 652 - could release a storm powerful enough to damage satellites and put power grids out of action. The Sun's last bout of intense storms occurred last autumn, when a string of ten major flares over two weeks knocked out satellites, damaged others, and...

A mission to put an orbiting spacecraft around the Sun may get a second chance, after being rejected by the US space agency five years ago. A positive assessment of the proposal by the National Research Council has renewed interest at Nasa. So the team behind the idea is working on another study to examine how such a mission might be carried out. A new vision for "Solar Probe" was outlined by the project's team at a space exploration conference in Paris. But building a spacecraft that can survive repeated flybys of the Sun poses significant challenges. "In order to...