Are angels real? Are they truly around us? More than half of all adults, including one in five of those who say they are not religious, believe that they have been protected by a guardian angel during their life, according to a new survey by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion. The survey polled 1,700…
Book Overview From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well…
“As far as pulsars go, PSR B1509-58 appears young. Light from the supernova explosion that gave birth to it would have first reached Earth some 1,700 years ago. The magnetized, 20 kilometer-diameter neutron star spins 7 times per second…”
“Toward the middle of 2012, a long standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space producing an energetic Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)…”
The following images and text illustrate how two supermassive black holes merged to form a single black hole which was then ejected from its parent galaxy…
The Homewood Public Library is thrilled to announce our winners for October’s 2018 Teen 6 Word Story Contest. This contest was open to any 6th-12th grader in Jefferson County. We challenged our teens to write a story with just 6 words! Sounds easy, but it is a lot harder than you think! We received so…
