Fw: Red freckles on Europa / Spectacular images of Mt. Etna eruption

[LARRY KLAES]

 

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              NEWSALERT: Thursday, October 31, 2002 @ 0547 GMT
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RED FRECKLES ON EUROPA SUGGEST 'LAVA LAMP' ACTION
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Reddish spots on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa may
indicate pockets of warmer ice rising from below. This upwelling
could provide an elevator ride to the surface for material in an
ocean beneath the ice, say scientists studying data from NASA's
Galileo spacecraft.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/31europa/


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SATELLITE SEES 200-MILE ASH, SMOKE PLUME FROM MT. ETNA
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New satellite pictures from NASA show the dark brown smoke and ash
plume originating from Mt. Etna stretching for hundreds of miles over
the Mediterranean Sea. NASA's Terra satellite captured spectacular
true-color images of the eruption. A long, grayish-brown plume of ash
and smoke is streaming southward from the volcano.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/31etna/


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Now that the discovery of extrasolar planets, or planets around
distant stars, has become relatively routine, scientists are now
tackling the next step: finding life-bearing worlds. To do this,
observers must know what signs to look for in the feeble light from
these faraway planets.

    http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/31earthlife/


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200-MILE ASH, SMOKE PLUME FROM MT. ETNA</a>

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USE 'EARTHSHINE' TO FIND LIFE ON EARTH</a>

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