“James Webb telescope reveals ‘nursery’ of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way”

 

 

A dazzling new James Webb telescope image of the region near the Milky Way’s central black hole reveals thousands of newborn stars among the “most extreme cosmic environment” in the galaxy.

The subject, Sagittarius C, is an active star-forming region about 300 light-years from our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A*. The reddish-orange area of the image is a cluster of protostars, while the cyan area is a previously unseen region of ionized hydrogen gas containing needle-like structures that astronomers don’t fully understand.

Click here to read the full article.



“Distant stars spotted for the first time in the vast Magellanic Stream”

 

 

For nearly fifty years, astronomers have come up empty-handed in their search for stars within the sprawling structure known as the Magellanic Stream. A colossal ribbon of gas, the Magellanic Stream spans nearly 300 moon diameters across the Southern Hemisphere’s sky, trailing behind the Magellanic Cloud galaxies, two of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest cosmic neighbors.

Now, the star search is finally over.

Click here to read the full article.



“Scientists detect a cosmic ray that’s almost as powerful as the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle | CNN”

 

cosmic rays

 

 

Space scientists seeking to understand the enigmatic origins of powerful cosmic rays have detected an extremely rare, ultra-high-energy particle that they believe traveled to Earth from beyond the Milky Way galaxy.

The energy of this subatomic particle, invisible to the naked eye, is equivalent to dropping a brick on your toe from waist height, according to the authors of new research published Thursday in the journal Science. It rivals the single most energetic cosmic ray ever observed, the “Oh-My-God” particle that was detected in 1991, the study found.

Click here to read the full article.

Link contributed by Gene Savoy, Jr.



APRIL 2024: Intercession & Memorial Services

 

APRIL 2024

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Shelly Deusenberry
Crystal Vines

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Shelly Deusenberry
Crystal Vines
Troy Jorgenson †

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Brittany Donahue

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Brittany Donahue

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Rev. Canon Robert Roy

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Stewart Taylor
Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne †

† indicates Memorial Prayer



Services for the Week of June 1, 2024

 

 

Saturday, June 1, 2024
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: Rev. Greg Klinedinst
Cantor: RF Ted Staver
Reader: Rev. Noriko Roy

Sunday, June 2, 2024
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Pentecost

Leave: 4:15
Gate: 5:10
Service Starts: 5:25
Sunrise: 5:40
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of the Golden Age of Light RF Ted Staver

Church of the Universal Theocracy Rev. Michael McIntyre

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 – Convocation
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Church of the Americas,
undecided

Friday, June 7, 2024
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
canceled for Convocation



Go Beyond Putting Yourself in Another Person’s Shoes

another's shoes

 

“When you are offended by any person’s transgressions, presently reflect upon yourself; and consider what you yourself are guilty of in the same kind. You may also think it a happiness to be rich, or to live in pleasure, or to be praised and commended, and so on. For this, you should call to mind, so you will soon forget your anger; especially when at the same time this also shall occur in your thoughts, that he was constrained by his error and ignorance to do so; for how can one choose as long as they are of that opinion? Do you therefore, if you can, take away from that person that which causes them to do such things.

“Think of Socraticus and Eutyches, think of Sylvanus or Severus. When you do, look upon yourself and fancy yourself to be one or another of these Caesars; and so for every one of them. Then ask yourself, ‘Where now are they all?’ For so shall you realize how all worldly things are but smoke that vanishes into nothing. Then contemplate how long your memory shall remain after you have left this world.”

-Marcus Aurelius

When You Are Offended

Today, many of us get offended too easily. Another person simply has to say something we disagree with, and we are offended. If someone we know chooses to vote for a different political candidate than us, we are offended. If someone eats foods that we think are unhealthy, or tells us not to eat unhealthy foods, again we are offended. The majority of us have become too sensitive. We seem to think that the whole world should operate according to what pleases us, and are offended that it doesn’t.

Reflect Upon Yourself

The advice of Marcus Aurelius in such cases is that we should look at our own behavior before getting angry with others. Or as we would say it today, put ourselves in the other person’s shoes. Have we ever done anything foolish? Have we ever said anything stupid? If we are honest, the answer to both questions will be “Yes”. None of us is perfect. We all make mistakes. One of the biggest mistakes any of us makes is believing that we are perfect and never make mistakes.

So before you criticize, or get angry at another person, think about your own mistakes in the past, and the new mistakes you are likely to make in the future.

Think of Socraticus and Eutyches

Aurelius advises us to think of several ancient Roman Caesars, and he chose ones that most of us have never heard of, although they were probably well known in his time. As a result, he has made his point better than expected. He says we should imagine we are one of these Caesars, but that is hard to do since most of us have never heard of them. If you prefer, you can imagine yourself to be one of the better-known Caesars such as Julius Caesar. Many of us think we know a lot about this Caesar, but in fact, we know only a little. We know of those years he spent with Cleopatra, eventually having a child with her, but that is only a few years of his long career. We don’t know the rest of it. So as Aurelius is trying to teach us, the deeds of the high and mighty kings and rulers don’t last long after their death. Rather than dust in the wind, Aurelius says they become smoke that vanishes, so the same idea as dust blowing away in the wind. The point he is trying to make is that those with overblown egos who think that they are in essence a sort of king who does no wrong should remember the kings of the past and how soon they are forgotten and how soon the laws they made get changed by new rulers.

Go Beyond Walking a Mile in Someone’s Shoes

So it is a good idea when we become offended by another person to “walk a mile in their shoes.” But it shouldn’t stop there. We can’t just imagine ourselves in the shoes of another person who offends us at times. We must put ourselves in the shoes of every person, including the ones who don’t have shoes. Not only when we are offended by someone, but on regular occasions we should take a little time to contemplate what our life would be like elsewhere. Consider what it would be if we were born in a very poor country. Consider what it would be if we were born in a very wealthy country, but we ourselves were not one of the wealthy people there. Consider what it would be like to be a person in a country that is despised by most of the world. Consider what it would be like to be a carpenter, a priest, a ditch digger, or a corporate CEO. Put yourself in the shoes of every other person. Then you will not be so egotistical as to think that the whole world exists to please you.

 



“Our galaxy’s black hole spins fast and drags space-time with it, scientists say | CNN”

 

black hole

 

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly and altering space-time around it, a new study has found.

Space-time is the four-dimensional continuum that describes how we see space, fusing one-dimensional time and three-dimensional space together to represent the space fabric that curves in response to massive celestial bodies.

A team of physicists observed the black hole, which is located 26,000 light-years from Earth, with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a telescope designed to detect the X-ray emissions from hot regions of the universe.

Click here to read the full article.

Link contributed by Gene Savoy, Jr.



“ ‘Peculiar’ aurora-like radio signal from sunspot discovered for the 1st time”

 

sunspot radio emissions

 

Solar scientists have observed a stunning display of radio waves over a sunspot, and these emissions strikingly resemble auroral displays on Earth known as the Northern Lights.

Happening around 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) over a dark, relatively cool patch of the sun, these “auroral” radio emissions could not only shine a light on the dynamics of intense solar radio bursts, but also on large starspots beyond our solar system.

Click here to read the full article.

 



“1st science images from Euclid! Dr. Becky explains why we love them”

 

Perseus cluster of galaxies

 

The Euclid – launched this past July – is a cosmology survey mission, optimized to determine the properties of dark energy and dark matter on universal scales. And Dr. Becky – above – does a great job explaining what’s cool about Euclid’s first images, released this week. Plus, if you want more, the European Space Agency published the original article below on November 7, 2023. Edits by EarthSky.

On November 7, 2023, ESA’s Euclid space mission revealed its first full-color images of the cosmos. Never before has a telescope been able to create such razor-sharp astronomical images across such a large patch of the sky, and looking so far into the distant universe. These five images illustrate Euclid’s full potential.

Click here to read the full article.

 



Services for the Week of May 25, 2024

 

 

Saturday, May 25, 2024
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: Rev. Brruce Kanzelmeyer
Cantor: RM Barbara Whitney
Reader: Sabrina Savoy

Sunday, May 26, 2024
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Pentecost

Leave: 4:30
Gate: 5:20
Service Starts: 5:33
Sunrise: 5:45
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of New Philadelphia RC Robert Roy

Church of New Qumran Rev. Noriko Roy

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child,
Rev. Noriko Roy

Friday, May  31, 2024
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Amanda Buchanan