Galactic is a five-piece "jazz-funk-rock fusion" band from New Orleans, Louisiana. As of the end of 2005 the group has released six albums and has played throughout Europe, Japan, and all across the United States. The band's most recent album, 2003's Ruckus, was produced by Dan the Automator. After their vocalist, Theryl "Houseman" DeClouet, left in 2004, the band refocused on instrumental works. Galactic - Links. Official web site Cat ...

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• Galactic - Links

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Virgin Galactic, Virgin Galactic - Mission, Virgin Galactic - Spacecraft, Virgin Galactic - Bookings, Virgin Galactic - Spaceport, Virgin Galactic - Future plans

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After talks throughout 2004, on September 24, 2004 Virgin Galactic signed a deal worth up to US$21 million with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to license the intellectual property behind the Tier One project for purposes of space tourism. The deal was announced by Branson and Burt Rutan on September 27, 2004 at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. The initial plan is for Rutan to design and build five suborbital tourist craft based on a scaled-up version of SpaceShipOne. Construction is to begin in 2005, ...

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Virgin Galactic, Virgin Galactic - Mission, Virgin Galactic - Spacecraft, Virgin Galactic - Bookings, Virgin Galactic - Spaceport, Virgin Galactic - Future plans

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galactic: Of or pertaining to our galaxy, the Milky Way (from the Greek gala, "milk") and/or other galaxies.

(See also: Galactic, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

The Battle of Mon Calamari is a fictional battle in the Star Wars saga, taking place four months after the Battle of Geonosis. This battle is first shown in the Cartoon Network animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars. The battle occurred when Count Dooku persuaded the Quarren Isolation League leader on Mon Calamari to side with the Separatists. Following the Quarren's alliance with the Confederacy, Jedi Master Kit Fisto led a strike team of aquatic clone troopers and Mon Calamari Knights in an underwater assualt on ...

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• Battle of Mon Calamari - Battle of Mon Calamari Galactic Civil War

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The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaksias), sometimes referred to simply as "the Galaxy", is a barred spiral galaxy which forms part of the Local Group. Although the Milky Way is but one of billions of galaxies in the universe, the Galaxy has special significance to humanity as it is the home of the solar system. Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC) was the first known person to cla ...

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• Milky Way - Age
• Milky Way - Structure
• Milky Way - The Sun's place in the Milky Way
• Milky Way - The galactic neighborhood
• Milky Way - Speed through space
• Milky Way - Mythology
• Milky Way - Future of Milky Way

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edit In cosmology, dark matter refers to hypothetical matter particles, of unknown composition, that do not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be detected directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies. The dark matter hypothesis aims to explain several anomalous astronomical observations, such as anomalies in the rotational speed of galaxies (the galaxy rotation problem). Estimates of the amount of matter present in galaxies, ...

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• Dark matter - Evidence for dark matter
• Dark matter - Galactic rotation
• Dark matter - Structure formation
• Dark matter - Composition
• Dark matter - Alternative explanations
• Dark matter - Dark matter in popular culture

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Branson has suggested an initial ticket price of (US$200,000) for a suborbital tourist flight, including a week of flight training. Following an email survey sent to a Virgin Galactic mailing-list, including the question, "Would you consider putting down a deposit for a ride when we are ready for you to do so?", the company has stated that at this price they estimate a market of 7,000 potential passengers (a claim disputed by some), to fly over a five-year period starting 2007-2008. Furthermore, they believe that over a five-year period only ...

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Virgin Galactic, Virgin Galactic - Mission, Virgin Galactic - Spacecraft, Virgin Galactic - Bookings, Virgin Galactic - Spaceport, Virgin Galactic - Future plans

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Colonisation (or colonization) is the act where life forms move into a distant area where their kind is sparse or not yet existing at all and set up new settlements in the area. Colonisation applies to all life forms in a sense though it is most often used in reference to insects and humans. Insect colonisation varies from species to species though it most often involves a queen setting out from its parent colony and estab ...

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• Colonisation - Historical Colonisations
• Colonisation - Classical Period
• Colonisation - Middle Ages
• Colonisation - 'Colonial Era'
• Colonisation - Modern colonisation
• Colonisation - Expatriates
• Colonisation - Guest workers
• Colonisation - Managers
• Colonisation - Coca-Cola colonisation
• Colonisation - Ocean colonization
• Colonisation - Space colonisation
• Colonisation - Galactic colonisation

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Governmental changes between the New Republic and the Galactic Alliance were relatively minor, and are generally characterized by an increase in executive power and authority over the legislature. It is the successor state to the New Republic. During the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion of the Star Wars galaxy, political infighting and weak leadership led the New Republic to a great number of defeats in the war and that government would not long survive the Fall of Coruscant. Some time after the Yuuzhan Vong capture of Coruscant, it completely r ...

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Galactic Alliance, Galactic Alliance - History, Galactic Alliance - Alternate meaning

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In the Expanded Universe, the Galactic Civil War still continued after the Battle of Endor for many years. With the destruction of the Galactic Empire's central leadership, the instituion fell into warlordism, becoming disorganized and weak - much like the Rebel Alliance was in the early days of the Galactic Civil War. Even still, the Empire was still a formidable threat to the New Republic, and controlled much of the galaxy. In an effort to fully restore the galaxy to a peaceful state, the New Republic began a campaign of recapturing vital ...

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Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Causes, Galactic Civil War - Onset of the Rebellion, Galactic Civil War - Imperial Repurcussions, Galactic Civil War - Behind the War Scenes, Galactic Civil War - Destruction of the Empire, Galactic Civil War - The Galactic Civil War Beyond the Movies, Galactic Civil War - Timeline of the Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Operation Strike Fear

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Work presented in 2002 by Antony Stark and Chris Martin mapping the gas density in a 400 light year region around the galactic center has revealed an accumulating ring with a mass several million times that of the Sun and near the critical density for star formation. They predict that in approximately 200 million years there will be an episode of starburst in the galactic center, with many stars forming rapidly and undergoing supernovas at a hundred times the current rate. The starburst may also be accompanied by the formation of galactic jets as matter falls into the central black hole. It is thought that the Milky Way undergoes a ...

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Galactic Center, Galactic Center - Proof of existence and location, Galactic Center - Predictions

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Galactic Federation is a fictional organization in the Metroid video game series. A mysterious "future United Nations" for the universe, its home planet is Earth. Little is mentioned about it in the series although it plays a major part in the plot. Many missions start on account of lost/missing GF Troopers, experiments gone terribly wrong or fantastically right, directives and contract agreements etc. Their technology is less advanced than Samus Aran's Power Suit but they did save Samus on occasion and provide her with ...

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Galactic Federation, Galactic Federation - Galactic Federation in the Metroid series, Galactic Federation - Technology, Galactic Federation - Galactic Federation in Lilo & Stitch

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Branson also has plans for orbital space tourism and even proposes putting a hotel in space. At the end of a video available on their web site, they put up the question "What's Next?", and show computer-generated shots of a Virgin Galactic craft docked at an orbital space station. ...

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Virgin Galactic, Virgin Galactic - Mission, Virgin Galactic - Spacecraft, Virgin Galactic - Bookings, Virgin Galactic - Spaceport, Virgin Galactic - Future plans

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In the waning days of the Galactic Republic, when partisan politics and personal agendas plagued the Galactic Senate and halted any attempt at reform, a few senators, such as Bail Organa of Alderaan, stood aside from the corruption. One such senator was the popular Senator Palpatine of the tranquil planet Naboo, who appeared to be unassuming and unambitious but was in secret Darth Sidious, a Sith Master. Through secretly ensuring in the Senate (via his political alliances) that a bill that heavily increased the taxation of trade routes used ...

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Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Causes, Galactic Civil War - Onset of the Rebellion, Galactic Civil War - Imperial Repurcussions, Galactic Civil War - Behind the War Scenes, Galactic Civil War - Destruction of the Empire, Galactic Civil War - The Galactic Civil War Beyond the Movies, Galactic Civil War - Timeline of the Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Operation Strike Fear

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The story is staged in the distant future within our own Milky Way Galaxy, approximately in the 35th century. Unlike most other science fictions, there are no alien civilizations. A portion of the galaxy is filled with terraformed worlds inhabited by interstellar traveling human beings. There has been a war on and off for 150 years between two mighty space powers: the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. Within the Galactic Empire, an ambitious military genius, Reinhard von Müsel, is rising to power. He is driven by the des ...

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Alternative titles, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - The story, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Anime: Series Length spinoffs technical details, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Anime Staff, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Production, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Japanese Voices, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Anime StaffGolden Wings, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Production, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Japanese Voices, Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Games

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The Republic began as a mutual protection and economic alliance among a number of planets in the galactic core. Each member state (system governments) returned a representative (a senator) to a central legislative body (the Senate). Senators were ambassadors of their homeworld, and member worlds were able to maintain their government and society in accordance with local beliefs, customs, and traditions. There were a wide variety of different local governments along the political spectrum: from monarchies to republics to hive-like communes. I ...

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Galactic Republic Star Wars, Galactic Republic Star Wars - History, Galactic Republic Star Wars - The Jedi and Jedi Council, Galactic Republic Star Wars - The Galactic Senate, Galactic Republic Star Wars - Galactic Senators/Politicians, Galactic Republic Star Wars - The Republic Military, Galactic Republic Star Wars - The End of the Republic, Galactic Republic Star Wars - Rebirth of Freedom

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Because of cool interstellar dust along the line of sight, the Galactic Center cannot be studied at visible, ultraviolet or soft X-ray wavelengths. The available information about the Galactic Center comes from observations at gamma ray, hard X-ray, infrared, sub-millimetre and radio wavelengths. The complex radio source Sagittarius A appears to be located almost exactly at the Galactic Center, and contains an intense compact radio source, Sagittarius A*, which many astronomers believe may coincide with a supermassive black hole at th ...

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Galactic Center, Galactic Center - Proof of existence and location, Galactic Center - Predictions

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The bulk of the stars in a spiral galaxy are located either close to a single plane (the Galactic plane) in more or less conventional circular orbits around the center of the galaxy (the galactic core), or in a spheroidal galactic bulge around the galactic core. However, some stars inhabit a spheroidal halo surrounding the galaxy. The orbital behaviour of these stars is as yet disputed, but they may describe retrograde and/or highly inclined orbits, or not to move in regular orbits at all. Halo stars may be acquired from small galaxies which ...

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Galactic halo, Galactic halo - Halo stars, Galactic halo - Halo dark matter

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Though Padme Amidala had died at the dusk of the Clone Wars, Bail Organa, Garm Bel Iblis, and Mon Mothma were slowly, politically and militarily, preparing for yet another war. It is a measure to the strength of Palpatine's empire that it required almost eighteen years to adequately prepare for the upcoming war. (Though never mentioned in the movies, in the Expanded Universe Bail Organa, the Viceroy of Alderaan, acted as mediator between the politically savvy Mon Mothma of Chandrilla and the belicose Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia.) ...

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Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Causes, Galactic Civil War - Onset of the Rebellion, Galactic Civil War - Imperial Repurcussions, Galactic Civil War - Behind the War Scenes, Galactic Civil War - Destruction of the Empire, Galactic Civil War - The Galactic Civil War Beyond the Movies, Galactic Civil War - Timeline of the Galactic Civil War, Galactic Civil War - Operation Strike Fear

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