Quotes and things.

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In the spirit of sharing knowledge and wisdom, copy and paste the cut and everything below it into your journal.

Then share with the audience:

1. A thought-provoking quote.
2. Some new scientific discovery or advance and a link to it.

Pass it on!

ETA: Include individual attributions for the words of wisdom.

hopeforyou
"The scientist does not study Nature because it is useful; he studies it because it is beautiful. If Nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if Nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living." ~ Henri Poincaré

Beta Pictoris is a new sun that is only 50 light years away and has evidence of supporting a new planetary system.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980122.html

kshandra
The only constant is change. Unless you're expecting it. (seen on my f'list earlier this week - if you're the person who posted it, please let me know so I can attribute this properly)

Radio Pulses Could Signal New Class of Astronomical Object

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but it is morally treasonable to the American public." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

Stars' mass may have upper limit