Astronomers have detected what appear to be six massive and very
ancient galaxies, a discovery they say could upend our understanding of
how galaxies formed at the very beginning of the universe.
While
the new James Webb Space Telescope has already spotted even older
galaxies, it’s the size and maturity of these six apparent mega-galaxies
that have stunned scientists.
The latest objects, which appear to
date back to roughly 600 million years after the Big Bang, are far
bigger than was believed to be possible for galaxies so soon after the
dawn of the universe. …
Crowd of men, women and children seated around tables in reading room of the Centre Park Library, Detroit Public Library. View of several floors of stacks enclosed by wrought iron balconies. Recorded in glass negative ledger: “D/Libraries-Det. Public Library, 1875-1921.”
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
On this day, 28 February 1947, the 228 incident took place in Taiwan, when an anti-government uprising was violently suppressed by the nationalist Kuomintang government, killing thousands and beginning a white terror which would kill thousands more.
Economic mismanagement and corruption had worsened living standards of the poor, and the price of rice had increased over 400-fold in just 16 months of nationalist rule. Then on 27 February a government tobacco agent killed a widow selling cigarettes. The following day protests began.
Security forces cracked down violently, killing several, sparking an uprising across the island. Civilians took over large parts of the country, and formed committees to keep order and make demands of the administration, with some groups seizing weapons.
On 8 March, Chinese troops from the mainland began trying to take back control, killing, mutilating and looting indiscriminately, and jailing and executing organisers. At least 5,000 were killed, including many communists, against whom a “white terror” would then begin, and last until 1987, in which tens of thousands more people were imprisoned, executed or “disappeared”.
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