Monday, March 08, 2004

Life and Death in the Cosmos The Spitzer Space telescope captured this stunning image of the star-forming nebula called Henize 206, which sits just outside our own Milky Way galaxy, in a satellite galaxy 163,000 light-years away called the Large Magellanic Cloud. As in other star-forming nebulas, the stars here arose when a supernova explosion sent shock waves through surrounding clouds of gas and dust. The new Spitzer picture provides a detailed snapshot of this universal phenomenon. By imaging Henize 206 in the infrared, Spitzer was able to see through blankets of dust that dominate visible light views 7:17:27 PM    comment []

Latham plunders Sokolow for nine-lawyer team Latham & Watkins’ Paris office has raided independent French firm Sokolow Dunaud Mercadier & Carreras for a nine-lawyer litigation team including name partner Patrick Dunaud. The Latham haul is another huge blow for Sokolow, which lost an 11-lawyer team, including another name partner Jean-Francois Mercadier, to Norton Rose at the end of 2003. Partners Emmanuel Drai and Judith Vuillez and six associates join Dunaud at Latham & Watkins. Sokolow Dunaud Mercadier & Carreras were not available for comment. 7:07:23 PM    comment []