Today on SPACE.com --- Friday October 13, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: How is Chemistry launching us into the future? Find out the many ways Chemistry is transforming our world. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;50211657;14270830;v?http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_acc/sec_topic.asp?CID=5&DID=8 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * The Orionid Meteor Shower: See the Legacy of Halley's Comet * Distant Planet is Half Fire, Half Ice * Large Galaxy Caught in the Making * Combing the Cosmos at High Speed: The Allen Telescope Array * Jupiter's Small Spot Changes Hues * Image of the Day: Comet Swan's Omen Spaceflight: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Rocketry Takes Center Stage * Space Station Gyroscope Powered Down After Glitch * Apollo-Era Mission Control Room Revived For Space Station * Ad Astra: Taking Spaceflight Into Our Own Hands * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * New Gallery: Drawing Dinosaurs * New: Animal of the Week * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky? * VIDEO: Sex & the Senses * Teenager Plays Video Game Just By Thinking * Spider Silk Could Repair Human Ligaments NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Black Hole: Warping Time & Space * Gallery: Unique Aircraft * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Gallery: Earth, As Seen from Space * Top 10: The Wildest Weather in the Galaxy * Multimedia: Zero Gravity Adventure * Vote: The Best Space Movies * New Gallery: Opportunity's Road to Victoria Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * The Orionid Meteor Shower: See the Legacy of Halley's Comet http://www.space.com/spacewatch/061013_night_sky.html Halley's comet has left a legacy that is visible to us in the form of two annual meteor showers, one of which will soon be reaching peak activity: the Orionid meteors. * Distant Planet is Half Fire, Half Ice http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061012_fireice_planet.html With one side always hot as lava and the other chilled possibly below freezing, Upsilon Andromeda b is a giant gas planet that orbits extremely close to Upsilon Andromeda, a star 40 light-years from our solar system in the constellation Andromeda. * Large Galaxy Caught in the Making http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061012_spiderweb_galaxy.html Astronomers have long suspected that most large galaxies form at least in part by acquiring smaller galaxies in dramatic cosmic mergers. * Combing the Cosmos at High Speed: The Allen Telescope Array http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_shostak_061012.html SETI is akin to discovery science, despite its obvious presumption that the extraterrestrials exist, because that hypothesis is not falsifiable. A failure to receive a radio beacon from space doesn't say a whole lot about whether aliens do, or do not inhabit the 'hood. * Jupiter's Small Spot Changes Hues http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061011_ap_jupiter_spots.html Just a little more than a year ago, the small spot on Jupiter was a pale white; now it matches the reddish hue of its bigger sibling, the Great Red Spot, and boasts 400 mph winds, according to new data from the Hubble Space Telescope. * Image of the Day: Comet Swan's Omen http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061013.html Fitting for a Friday the 13th is this image of Comet Swan by skywatcher Tony Cook. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Rocketry Takes Center Stage http://www.space.com/news/061013_xprizecup_rockets.html Next week, countdowns will ring through the air. Rocket engines will spark to life and roar. Prototype spaceships will fly and vie for cash prizes. * Space Station Gyroscope Powered Down After Glitch http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061002_ap_iss_gyro.html Mission controllers have turned off one of four spinning gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly positioned in space because it was vibrating excessively. * Apollo-Era Mission Control Room Revived For Space Station http://www.space.com/news/061012_cs_iss_mcc.html Thirty-eight years ago Wednesday, NASA launched its first manned Apollo mission. * Ad Astra: Taking Spaceflight Into Our Own Hands http://www.space.com/adastra/061012_adastra_star_money.html We will never make it to the stars on handouts. We need to take responsibility for the financing of our own dreams. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What is the name given to the process of transmitting technical data to or from spacecraft? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * New Gallery: Drawing Dinosaurs http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=915&gid=58 Illustrations bring dinosaurs to life in this gallery by Julius T. Csotonyi. * New: Animal of the Week http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/imageoftheweek/061013_wcs.html This week: Baby Otter. Provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, only on LiveScience! * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * VIDEO: Sex & the Senses http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=pur1311_sexandthesenses Geneticist Bruce Baker proves male and female flies sense different worlds. * Teenager Plays Video Game Just By Thinking http://www.livescience.com/technology/061012_teenage_videogame.html The days of attacking aliens with a joystick could soon be over as one teenager plays Space Invaders using only signals from his brain. * Spider Silk Could Repair Human Ligaments http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061013_spider_medicine.html The strongest natural fiber known could possess untapped medical potential in artificial tendons or for regenerating ligaments, scientists now say. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Black Hole: Warping Time & Space http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=black_holes When a supermassive star dies, it's corpse collapses into a knot so tight not even light can escape. * Gallery: Unique Aircraft http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=2578&gid=203&index=0 Take a look at some of the coolest and most unique aircraft on the planet! * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=galactic Vote For Your Favorite Out-of-this-Universe Galactic Image. * Gallery: Earth, As Seen from Space http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=21&gid=2&index=0 These pictures will hit you where you live -- Satellite-view images that will help you see your world in a whole new way. * Top 10: The Wildest Weather in the Galaxy http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060703_wild_weather_top10.html Raging winds, iron rain and heat waves to melt lead. Explore the Top 10 stormiest places. * Multimedia: Zero Gravity Adventure http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/zerog/ All Aboard! Join us for an intense multimedia experience aboard a Zero-G weightless flight! * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! * New Gallery: Opportunity's Road to Victoria http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4335&gid=310 Follow the long path of Opportunity's road to the Victoria Crater. ---------------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * NightSky: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- JOIN NOW! 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