Blog Heap o'Urantiana Links 3 May 2009

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Links regarding faith and belief
and men, women, marriage, and family life,
also sciences, the spritual and the 'supernatural,'
and, of course, Jesus of Nazareth.

Cosmology

Milky Way's X-ray Ridge: Resolving A Galactic Mystery
sciencedaily.com Sun 2009-May-3 11:05pm

resolved a long-standing mystery about an X-ray glow along the plane of the our home galaxy. The glow in the region covered by the Chandra image was discovered to be caused by hundreds of point-like X-ray sources, implying that the glow along the plane of the Galaxy is due to millions of such sources.

Missing Planets Attest To Destructive Power Of Stars' Tides
sciencedaily.com Sun 2009-May-3 10:39pm

During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. New research indicates they might have found even more except for one thing — some planets have fallen into their stars and simply no longer exist. [Um... duh.]

Healing Ourselves

Cementless Hip Implants Are Durable For At Least 20 Years
sciencedaily.com Sun 2009-May-3 10:44pm

Despite the common perception that total hip replacements last about 10 years, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that the devices are extremely durable, even 20 years after surgery.