Today on SPACE.com --- Friday, January 6, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: SkyQuest XT4.5 Dobsonian Reflector A Great Scope for Kids and Adults! Our SkyQuest XT4.5 is a quality telescope, with point-and-view simplicity that makes it easy to use and makes stargazing fun! http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemID=364&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C4%2C9 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * The Best Time for Moon Viewing * Half a Dozen Stars Born in Milky Way Every Year * Reacting to Disaster * Stargazing for Soldiers: A Guide for Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq * Size of Pluto's Moon Charon Pinned Down Spaceflight: * USAF Ready For Space Wars Game * NASA Announces Next Space Station Crew * NASA Strikes $44 Million Deal For Soyuz Flights * Record Set for Space Laser Communication * Damage Delays GlobalFlyer Aircraft's Arrival at NASA Spaceport * Stepping Back To The Moon * New Mexico Spaceport: Getting Down To Business NEW! LiveScience.com * Ants Use Antibiotics to Fight Pests * 2005 Ties for 2nd Warmest Year Ever, But Cause Still Uncertain * Earliest Maya Writings Found * Soda-Cancer Link Revealed as Myth * Bacteria Thrive in Hostile Human Bellies * Sound Science: Pete Townshend Blames Headphones for Hearing Loss * Study Reveals How Virus Harpoons Your Cells * Ben Franklin Turns 300: Twice * IMAGE OF THE DAY: Image of the Day: Tropical Storm Zeta NEW! Cool Stuff: * Vote for the Best Space Images of 2005! * New Wallpaper: Visions of the future * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery * Amazing Images Hall of Fame * New Gallery: Imagining Saturn and Titan * NEW Podcast Episode! ZeroG - a Personal Journey into Weightlessness * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies * NASA Astronaut to Help Build Martian Bedroom * Man Pays $100,000 for Virtual Space Station * 'Chicken Little' Throws Fowl Ball * Gallery: Walking on the Moon in 3D * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! Recent Headlines: * Pluto Colder Than Expected * The Planets in 2006 * Light Echoes Reveal Exploded Stars * Image of the Day: X-Ray Aurora * New Mexico Spaceport: Getting Down To Business * Three Pilots to Join Astronaut Hall of Fame * Europe Basks in Success of Huygens; Budgets Stay Tight * Final Launch of 2005 Orbits U.S. Communications Satellite * EU Launches 1st Galileo Program Satellite * Microbot Madness: Hopping Toward Planetary Exploration * Genesis Crash Inquiry Helps Stardust Return * The Rovers That Just Won't Stop * NASA Probe to Light the Skies on Jan. 15 Re-entry * NEW! Daily Space Trivia Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * The Best Time for Moon Viewing http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060106_night_sky.html If you have just received a telescope as a holiday gift or resolved to pull the old one out of the closet in 2006, perhaps your first target will be our nearest neighbor in space: the Moon. It's a great target that offers endless opportunities even for experienced skywatchers. * Half a Dozen Stars Born in Milky Way Every Year http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060104_star_birth.html Astronomers have the best evidence yet pinning down how just many stars form in our galaxy every year: about half a dozen. * Reacting to Disaster http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_vakoch_react_060105.html The scenario is familiar from Hollywood blockbusters like Armageddon and Deep Impact. A massive asteroidperhaps ten miles in diameteris headed straight for Earth. An all-out effort to deflect it is mounted. If the mission succeeds, civilization as we know it will continue. * Stargazing for Soldiers: A Guide for Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060104_mideast_sky.html Chris Wallace, a chaplain in the U.S. Army currently deployed to Iraq recently emailed SPACE.com regarding our weekly Night Sky column: Soldiers enjoy the sky much more here than in the states. This time my wife sent me a telescope. Now I am 7 hours ahead of EST. If I add 7 hours to EST, can I expect to see in the sky all the data your website states? I'm near Falujah. If things are different, is there any way you can add a section for Iraq? Soldiers would use it. * Size of Pluto's Moon Charon Pinned Down http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060104_charon_moon.html A new study provides the best estimate to date of the diameter and heft of Pluto's moon Charon and suggests the satellite likely has no atmosphere. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * USAF Ready For Space Wars Game http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_spacewars_060106.html The US Air Force has just put out a request for proposal for a "Gaming and Training Environment for Counter Space Operations." In other words, they're ready for Ender's Game. Or maybe Space Wars. * NASA Announces Next Space Station Crew http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060105_exp13_crew_announcement.html NASA formally announced the next crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday, a two-astronaut team set to launch in mid-March aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. * NASA Strikes $44 Million Deal For Soyuz Flights http://www.space.com/news/060105_nasa_russia_soyuz.html NASA will pay the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) $21.8 million per passenger for Soyuz rides to and from the International Space Station (ISS) starting this spring. * Record Set for Space Laser Communication http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060104_laser_comm.html In a cosmic version of laser tag, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft and an Earth-based observatory successfully exchanged laser pulses with each other while millions of miles apart. * Damage Delays GlobalFlyer Aircraft's Arrival at NASA Spaceport http://www.space.com/news/ft_060104_globalflyer_ksc.html A mishap that caused considerable damage to a fuel-filled wing on the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer prompted record-setting pilot Steve Fossett to postpone plans to bring the craft to Kennedy Space Center this week. * Stepping Back To The Moon http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060104_moon_return.html It is a bit cliché, but remains a Shakespearean truism: What is past is prologue. * New Mexico Spaceport: Getting Down To Business http://www.space.com/news/060102_nm_spaceport.html Creation of a spaceport in New Mexico to handle excursions of commuters to the edge of space is a work in progress. But not only are sky-high dreamers needed. Lots of political propulsion fueled by high-financing is also crucial. ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * Ants Use Antibiotics to Fight Pests http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060106_ant_fungus.html Fungus-gardening ants have the same problems as human farmerscrop-eating pests. * 2005 Ties for 2nd Warmest Year Ever, But Cause Still Uncertain http://www.livescience.com/environment/060106_2005_heat.html Predictions early in 2005 that the year would be the warmest on record turned out to be off the mark. A new study finds last year tied for the second-warmest year since reliable records have been kept starting in the late 1800s. * Earliest Maya Writings Found http://www.livescience.com/history/060105_maya_writing.html Newly discovered hieroglyphs call origins and influences into question. * Soda-Cancer Link Revealed as Myth http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060105_soda_cancer.html Drinking soda may actually ward off esophageal cancer, a new study finds. But 42.2 gallons a year is probably more than enough. * Bacteria Thrive in Hostile Human Bellies http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060105_stomach_bacteria.html The harsh acidic environment of your stomach is home to many more bacteria types than previously thought, a new study indicates. * Sound Science: Pete Townshend Blames Headphones for Hearing Loss http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060104_earbuds.html But what is the science of his claim? * Study Reveals How Virus Harpoons Your Cells http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060104_virus_fusion.html Researchers have deciphered the structure of a harpoon-like protein some viruses use to enter cells and begin infection. * Ben Franklin Turns 300: Twice http://www.livescience.com/history/060104_franklin_calendar.html A little known ripple in American history forced time ahead by 11 days in the inventor's era. This month, it's time to break out 600 candles. * IMAGE OF THE DAY: Image of the Day: Tropical Storm Zeta http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_060105.html On December 30, 2005 Tropical Storm Zetathe season's sixth storm named after a Greek letterspun up over the Atlantic Ocean. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Vote for the Best Space Images of 2005! http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=best2005 We've singled out the top images. Now YOU Decide! VOTE NOW for the Best Space Images of 2005! * New Wallpaper: Visions of the future http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=drobinson2 Download these new space exploration wallpapers from Award-winning Space Artist David Robinson. * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/comets/ Take a journey around the Solar System with this new multimedia adventure! * Amazing Images Hall of Fame http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool science and space-themed images now. Get your own homepage, vote for your favorites and more! * New Gallery: Imagining Saturn and Titan http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3745&gid=273&index=0 Artist Kees Veenenbos used real spacecraft data to render scenes of Saturn and Titan. * NEW Podcast Episode! ZeroG - a Personal Journey into Weightlessness http://www.space.com/php/siteinfo/RSSinfo.php All Aboard! Join us on a Zero-G weightless flight! * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! http://www.space.com/php/weatherbug/ Type in your ZIP Code and hit "Go" to get your live local weather. * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! http://www.space.com/jobs/ Imaginova and CareerBuilder.com have partnered to bring you the best in job searching, resume posting, and online recruiting. ---------------------------------- Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... http://www.space.com/entertainment/ * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Vote Now For Your Favorite Space Movie of All Time! * NASA Astronaut to Help Build Martian Bedroom http://www.space.com/entertainment/051203_astronaut_tradingspace.html A NASA shuttle astronaut is will hang up his spacesuit for a day Saturday to try his hand at interior decorating. * Man Pays $100,000 for Virtual Space Station http://www.space.com/entertainment/ap_051110_virtual_spacestation_ent.html In one of the largest sales yet of property in an online game, a Miami resident has bought a virtual space station for $100,000 and wants to turn it into a cross between Jurassic Park and a disco. * 'Chicken Little' Throws Fowl Ball http://www.space.com/entertainment/051104_ent_chickenlittle.html Disney's first homegrown computer-animated film is one of the more painful moviegoing experiences in years, a contrived bit of barnyard pat dubbed Chicken Little. * Gallery: Walking on the Moon in 3D http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3594&gid=265&index=0 Take a sneak peek at scenes from the new IMAX movie Magnificent Desolation. * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! http://www.space.com/entertainment/spacebox/ Explore the SpaceBox! The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Music Inspired by the Cosmos! ---------------------------------- Recent Headlines: http://www.space.com/news/ * Pluto Colder Than Expected http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060103_pluto_cold.html * The Planets in 2006 http://www.space.com/spacewatch/051230_night_sky.html * Light Echoes Reveal Exploded Stars http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051227_science_tuesday.html * Image of the Day: X-Ray Aurora http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_051230.html * New Mexico Spaceport: Getting Down To Business http://www.space.com/news/060102_nm_spaceport.html * Three Pilots to Join Astronaut Hall of Fame http://www.space.com/news/cs_051230_inductees.html * Europe Basks in Success of Huygens; Budgets Stay Tight http://www.space.com/news/051229_2005_europe.html * Final Launch of 2005 Orbits U.S. Communications Satellite http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sfn_051229_proton_launch.html * EU Launches 1st Galileo Program Satellite http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051228_ap_galileo_launch.html * Microbot Madness: Hopping Toward Planetary Exploration http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/051228_microbots.html * Genesis Crash Inquiry Helps Stardust Return http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051228_genesis_stardust.html * The Rovers That Just Won't Stop http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051226_rovers2005.html * NASA Probe to Light the Skies on Jan. 15 Re-entry http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051226_stardust_watch.html * NEW! 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