Resembling the towers of the Eagle Nebula, columns of dust shown in the image are oriented toward the central star cluster, pointing to its role in stellar birth.
This book, which describes the descendants of a civilisation that has converted the material in its planets into a giant ringlike structure around its sun, was inspired by Freeman Dyson's idea that a truly technologically advanced species would endeavour to capture as much light as possible by building a spherical shell around its central star.
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At the moment, foreign central banks are the star bidders every time these bonds are put up for auction.
In 10 seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars (formerly the Taiyo Whales), he was a Central League all-star six times and saved a record 229 games.
But the pleasure of "Birders, " elegantly crafted by Jeffrey Kimball, a first-time director and longtime local birder, who previously worked as a music supervisor on films by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant and John Sayles, is that the ultimate star is Central Park.
When nuclear fusion uses up a star's fuel, in the central high-pressure stellar core where fusion occurs, the star will collapse fairly violently.
United, which last week signed a flight codesharing (joint marketing and air miles) deal with Swiss International Air Lines on top of its central role in the global Star Alliance, has long identified international routes as one of its best sources of profits.
Add to the mix published reports that General David Petraeus - one of America's most prominent military officers as the four-star commander of Central Command and a leading architect of the Iraq surge - sees the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" as a threat to American servicemen and women in his area of responsibility.
Another reseller, Tel-Central, had a bit of star power: It was run by Dennis D.
The Xbox Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel, where many of the celebrities in town to promote movies and TV shows stay, will feature Kinect and Xbox 360 games like Kinect Star Wars, Dance Central 2 and Gears of War 3.
The star was supported by the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC), which described the measure as "absolutely unacceptable".
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With David Vaughan brought in on the left, Ledley was pushed into a central midfield role and the Cardiff man was the star performer of a totally dominant first-half.
The violent encounter would have stripped away most of the dwarf galaxy's stars, but it also could have compressed the gas around its central black hole, triggering a new wave of star formation.
Award-winning ballet star, Sergei Filin was walking home in central Moscow when a masked man threw acid in his face.
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, was the star of the year.
Speakers will include Kennedy, who is the honorary chairwoman of the Grand Central Centennial Committee, as well as actress Cynthia Nixon, former Mets star Keith Hernandez, former poet laureate Billy Collins and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
When "Private Lives" opened in 1930, he was 30 and Gertrude Lawrence, his co-star, was 32, and their self-evident youth was central to the play's effect.
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The Venezuelan fencing star eschewed Games Lanes and chauffeured cars for the Docklands Light Railway as he headed for central London on Wednesday.
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