However, writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father José Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, said in 2008 that intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.

* August 1 – Frank K. Edmondson, American astronomer ( d. 2008 )

In 2008, to investigate, Dr Marcelo O. Magnasco, an astronomer at Rockefeller University, and Constantino Baikouzis, of the Observatorio Astrónomico de La Plata in Argentina, looked for more clues.

On a CCD image obtained on May 14, 2008, amateur astronomer L. A. G.

Charles Fehrenbach ( born April 29, 1914 in Strasbourg ; died January 9, 2008 in Nîmes ) was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Robert Jastrow ( September 7, 1925 – February 8, 2008 ) was an American astronomer, physicist and cosmologist.

Australian amateur astronomer Jonathan Bradshaw recorded an unusual asteroid occultation by 32 Pomona on 16 August 2008.

Frank K. Edmondson ( August 1, 1912 – December 8, 2008 ) was an American astronomer.

Dolores Fuller's autobiography, A Fuller Life: Hollywood, Ed Wood and Me, co-authored by Winnipeg writer Stone Wallace and her husband Philip Chamberlin, was published in 2008.

" In 2008, Cruz appeared in Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, which was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal, as the lead female role, Consuela Castillo.

The Fundamental Documents, Cape Town, New Africa Books / David Philip, 2008.

** Philip Rabinowitz ( runner ), South African record breaking sprinter ( d. 2008 )

* Hingston, Philip F .; Barone, Luigi C .; Michalewicz, Zbigniew ( 2008 ) Design by Evolution: Advances in Evolutionary Design: 297

* 2008: Time and Materials by Robert Hass and Failure by Philip Schultz

Altria was formerly called the Philip Morris Cos, and it still owns the Philip Morris tobacco business in the United States, but Philip Morris International has been fully independent since 2008.

Philip Morris International was spun off in 2008.

On March 28, 2008, a similar spin out of Philip Morris International was completed with 100 % of shares being distributed to Altria shareholders.

Hatzopoulos ( 2008 ) summarized the studies involved in the dispute around the tomb and showed that claims against Philip II are scientifically baseless.

In 2008 Philip Cooney attempted to explain the causes of Norman's problems with some Christians:

On January 29, 2008, the Whitney Museum of American Art branch gallery at what had been the Philip Morris headquarters opposite Grand Central Terminal closed after a 25-year run.

Council members as of the 2008 election are James Mosely, William Bullion, Terrie Hicks, Philip Houston and Paula Johnson.

Maurice White, Ralph Johnson, Philip Bailey, and Verdine White each received an honorary degree from the Arts and Media College at Columbia College Chicago during the college's 2008 commencement exercises.

As the ecumenical movement has sought to converge each denominational lectionary into a unified Revised Common Lectionary, Dr. Philip Pfatteicher sought to unify different saints calendars ( among Protestants ) by authoring the New Book of Festivals and Commemorations: A Proposed Common Calendar of Saints, August 1, 2008.

** Philip Morris International, tobacco company that spun off from Altria Group in 2008

The modern five-pound issues are not issued for circulation, but to mark events or commemorations of national or Royal significance, including the following: Queen Mother 90th birthday ( 1990 ); 40th anniversary of the Coronation ( 1993 ); 70th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II ( 1996 ); Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ( 1997 ); Prince of Wales ' 50th birthday ( 1998 ); Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial ( 1999 ); Millennium commemoration ( 1999 & 2000 ); Queen Mother Centenary ( 2000 ); Queen Victoria anniversary ( 2001 ); Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee ( 2002 ); Queen Mother Memorial ( 2002 ); Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 50th anniversary ( 2003 ); Centenary of the Entente Cordiale ( 2004 ); 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar ( 2005 ); 200th anniversary of the death of Horatio Nelson ( 2005 ); 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II ( 2006 ); Diamond Wedding of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip ( 2007 ) 60th birthday of Prince of Wales ( 2008 ).

Three new artworks were added to the college courts and gardens in the summer and autumn of 2008: " Sailing into the future " by Philip de Konig, " Conversing Figures " by Christophe Gordon-Brown and " Finback " by Ben Barrel.

In 2008, The Nation editorial board was composed of Deepak Bhargava, Norman Birnbaum, Barbara Ehrenreich, Richard Falk, Frances FitzGerald, Eric Foner, Philip Green, Lani Guinier, Tom Hayden, Randall Kennedy, Tony Kushner, Elinor Langer, Deborah Meier, Toni Morrison, Victor Navasky, Pedro Antonio Noguera, Richard Parker, Michael Pertschuk, Elizabeth Pochoda, Marcus G. Raskin, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, David Weir, and Roger Wilkins.

Philip and Andrew Oliver received Honorary Doctorates in 2008 from Coventry University ( in Business Administration ( DBA ) and Technology ( DTech ) respectively ) in recognition of their contribution to the growth of the electronic games industry both regionally and internationally.

Prince Philip took a keen interest in the university whilst in office which has continued since and he visited the university's award winning acoustics laboratories in 2008.

The southern areas became part of German offices for the United Nations in 2008.

In 2008, Anheuser-Busch became Kasey Kahne's primary sponsor, and has also sponsored many races, including the Budweiser Shootout, and previously The Bud at the Glen, Budweiser 500, and Budweiser 400.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

Jouve and colleagues suggested in 2008 that juvenile marine crocodyliforms lived in freshwater environments like modern marine crocodile juveniles, which would have helped them survive where other marine reptiles became extinct ; freshwater environments were not as strongly affected by the K – Pg extinction event as marine environments.

In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page, the father she'd never known and in 2009, Gail's boyfriend, Joe McIntyre became addicted to pain killers, which came to a head when he broke into the medical centre.

* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) introduces thirteen " extra dimensional beings " with crystal skeletons, who founded a city that became the basis of the El Dorado myth.

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

In 2008 16: 10 became the most common sold aspect ratio for LCD monitors and the same year 16: 10 was the mainstream standard for laptops and notebooks.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

There were several piebald dachshunds that became AKC Champions in 2008.

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

The 2008 team became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

The strength of the La Niña made the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season one of the most active since 1944 ; there were 16 named storms of at least 39 mph ( 63 km / h ), eight of which became or greater hurricanes.

In 2008 she became the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.

In 2008 it became known that during 2007 she had received two treatments at Ullevål, paid for by Norwegian public expenditures.

In 2004 development began on HTML5 in the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group ( WHATWG ), which became a joint deliverable with the W3C in 2008.

So, all works of Lovecraft published during his lifetime, became public domain in all 27 European Union countries on 1 January 2008.

Matti Vanhanen's two cabinets followed suit until autumn 2008, when the state became a major shareholder in the Finnish telecom company Elisa with the intention to secure the Finnish ownership of a strategically important industry.

In 2008, he became a patron of Population Matters, ( formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust ), which campaigns for a gradual decline in the global human population to a sustainable level.

On January 31, 2008, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas became the first zoo in the Americas to document parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons.

By 2008, worldwide sales of televisions with LCD screens exceeded annual sales of CRT units ; the CRT became obsolete for most purposes.

Lausanne became the first city in Switzerland to have a rubber-tyred metro system, with the m2 Line which opened in October 2008.

In October 2008 Moldcell became the first carrier in Moldova to launch a 3G network, currently all carriers provide 3G services throughout the country.

Nancy Reagan's health and well-being became a prominent concern in 2008.

Defying political pundits, who had predicted it to be trounced in the April 2008 elections, the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) became the largest party amidst a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation from all sides.