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hahyd ruh

  • n  (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
  • n  a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
  • n  trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
    we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution
  • n  small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

  • But this hydra-like organization, also known as Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), is so deeply woven into the fabric of Sicilian society that the Italian state is far from claiming final .
  • The impression is of a hydra-headed debauch: it was a classic Hollywood celebrity legal melodrama; a race-relations story; a marriage-gone-acrid; a foray into detective work and .
  • Graphics-wise their games are nothing special, but they use games to tell rich, branching, hydra-headed stories, and that's what makes them interesting.
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  • NASA finds record 7.5 billion mile distance between a planet and its star
    NASA has revealed that its Hubble Space Telescope made a new discovery: evidence of a planet forming at a record distance from its star, something that – if proven to be true – could then shake up current theories regarding planets and their formation. The discovery was made in the Hydra the Sea Serpent constellation. Read The Full Story
    June 15, 2013 - SlashGear
  • Scientists find hints of alien planet surprisingly far from its host star
    Astronomers have found evidence of an alien planet forming surprisingly far from its host star, a discovery that could challenge the prevailing wisdom about how planets take shape.Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope spotted a large gap in the planet-forming debris disk surrounding the red dwarf star TW Hydrae, which lies about 176 light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra (the ...
    June 13, 2013 - NBC NEWS
  • Hubble Captures Planet Formation 7.5 Billion Miles From Host Star
    Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have discovered evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its host star. The exoplanet is under construction about 176 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Hydra the Sea Serpent. The suspected planet is orbiting the diminutive red dwarf TW Hydrae . "It's so ...
    June 13, 2013 - redOrbit

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