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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:45:02 -0600 (CST)
Subject: The National Science Foundation Contributes to Newest Version of "Google Earth"

The National Science Foundation Contributes to Newest Version of "Google Earth"

Photo of Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Crozier.

Google today released the newest version of "Google Earth," which contains a feature called "Ocean in Google Earth" that enables users to dive beneath the surface of the sea and explore the world's oceans. 

"Ocean in Google Earth" includes videos, photos, diagrams and texts that vividly illustrate glacial, geological and ocean processes influencing the behavior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in Antarctica.

The material, which was provided by ...

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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:40:03 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Astronomers Discover Link Between Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Formation

Astronomers Discover Link Between Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Formation

Photo of two giant elliptical galaxies that appear alike, but are very different up close.

A pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble Space Telescope and many other telescopes around the world to uncover new evidence that the largest, most massive galaxies in the universe and the supermassive black holes at their hearts grew together over time.

"They evolved in lockstep," said The University of Texas at Austin's John Kormendy, who co-authored the research ...

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