Gemini North Telescope Focuses on Giant Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus Cluster
24 Oct
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Gemini North Telescope Focuses on Giant Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus Cluster

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, operated by NOIRLab, astronomers have captured a stunning image of NGC 1270 and several other galaxies in the central region of the enormous Perseus galaxy cluster.NGC 1270 is just one member of the Perseus cluster, an enormous group of thousands of galaxies that lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Perseus. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Miller & M. Rodriguez, International Gemini Observatory & NSF NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF NOIRLab / PI: Jisu Kang, Seoul National University.NGC 1270 is located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Perseus.This elliptical galaxy was...
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Microraptorine Dinosaur Footprints Shed New Light on Origin of Flight
24 Oct
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Microraptorine Dinosaur Footprints Shed New Light on Origin of Flight

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Theropod dinosaur trackways can be used as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior, according to new research.The animal responsible for Dromaeosauriformes are rare tracks is believed to be a small microraptorine dinosaur related to the ancestors of birds. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.In the study, University of Maryland paleontologist Thomas Holtz Jr. and his colleagues examined two-toed footprints produced by a small, bird-like microraptorine dinosaur moving at high speed.Scientifically named Dromaeosauriformes are rarethese footprints are nearly 100 million years old (Cretaceous period) and were found preserved in a slab of rock in South Korea.“This guy is dinky — one of the smallest dinosaurs that we have fossils of,” Dr. Holtz said.“These tracks were a puzzle because their footprints are so tiny but they’re so far apart.”The paleontologists found that the producer of Dromaeosauriformes...
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Denying Igbo Presidency Over Secession Attempts Is Unfair – Obasanjo
23 Oct
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Denying Igbo Presidency Over Secession Attempts Is Unfair – Obasanjo

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Politics tamfitronics Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that denying the Igbo people the presidency due to past secession attempts is unfair. Obasanjo made the remarks during a meeting with the League of Northern Democrats led by former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta.Obasanjo said that Nigeria’s three major ethnic nationalities – Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo – have all, at some point, attempted to break away from the country. He cited the North’s strong move to secede through the Araba movement, revealing that his friend Ahmed Jooda had confessed to being part of the plot.“I think all of us in Nigeria have to rethink… It bleeds my heart when people say because the Igbo had carried out a secession, an Igbo man cannot be the president of Nigeria.“I...
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Nigeria is in a deep mess. Soon, we will have full blown Yahoo boys in power – Nigerian man says
23 Oct
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Nigeria is in a deep mess. Soon, we will have full blown Yahoo boys in power – Nigerian man says

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Politics tamfitronics Home/News/Nigeria is in a deep mess. Soon, we will have full blown Yahoo boys in power – Nigerian man says A man shared his concern, stating that he believes Nigeria is “in a deep mess.” The X user observed that many “fraud boys” are entering politics due to their wealth, expressing his fear that fraudsters may soon end up in key leadership positions in the country. He wrote on X: “Nigeria is in a deep mess that we are failing to acknowledge. “Fraud boys with little education are entering politics because they are rich and they need to clean their money. “Soon, we will have full blown Yahoo boys in power, making laws and executing them. I have fears.” Related Articles
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