Today on SPACE.com --- Thursday April 20, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Visit the LiveScience Store Cool Gifts, Gadgets, and Gear. Products for the inquiring mind. http://livesciencestore.com/index.html -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * A Scientific Referee's Guild * NASA's NEEMO 9: Remote Surgery and Mock Moonwalks on the Sea Floor * Universal Light Source Pinned Down * Image of the Day: Sunset 16 Times a Day Spaceflight: * America's Space Vision * Space Station Fails to Boost Orbit in Engine Test * NASA Satellite Duo Set for Cloud-Watching Mission * ASTRONOTES: Competitors Wanted for NASA Centennial Challenges * New Mexico Spaceport: Open For Business * NASA Honors Neil Armstrong with Moon Rock Award * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * New Gallery: New Amphibian Tree of Life * Busting Baseball Myths: Scientist Throws Big Curveballs * Millions of Years Ago, Snakes Were Hip * Vast Plumbing Network Discovered Beneath Antarctica * Equality Makes for Better Sex * Visit Our Cool LiveScience Galleries * NEW! LiveScience Blogs * Reader's Favorite NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: Amazing Galaxies: Great Backyard Images * Video: Planet Hunter * SPACE.com Reader Favorites * Visit Our Collection of Space Wallpapers * SPACE.com Image Gallery Collection * SPACE.com Video Collection * 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... * New! Space.com's Stellar Blast * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies * Cosmic Collisions: A Striking New Planetarium Show * Astronaut Forced Out Survivor's Airlock * Film Documentary Spotlights Lost Challenger Teacher-Astronaut * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! Recent Headlines: * New Model Simulates Einstein's Vision of Black Hole Mergers * Star Clusters Hold Secrets To Stellar Evolution * NASA Pulls Planned Spacewalk from Next Shuttle Mission * U.S. to Reposition Satellite Over Amazon * Shuttle Fix Aimed at Reducing Risk to Space Station * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers * Cassini's Journeys: Headquarters for mission news, Saturn and more Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * A Scientific Referee's Guild http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_referee_guild_060420.html Science funding needs a body of experts in no way connected with the funding of the projects being refereed, and (ideally) high above reproach. And, unlike today's referees, would be paid by the publication or program using their services. * NASA's NEEMO 9: Remote Surgery and Mock Moonwalks on the Sea Floor http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060419_neemo9_techwed.html A team of astronauts and divers is wrapping up a record-setting mission to the ocean floor filled with undersea moonwalks and robotic surgeries controlled by a doctor high and dry in Canada. * Universal Light Source Pinned Down http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060419_light.html We live in a universe filled with light, but astronomers have long wondered how much of the light comes from visible stars and galaxies, and how much of it is near-infrared afterglow leftover from the early days of the universe. * Image of the Day: Sunset 16 Times a Day http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060420.html The sun sets behind the Earth as astronauts watch aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * America's Space Vision http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_marburger_vision_060420.html These remarks were given by John Marburger on March 15, 2006 during the Keynote Address of the 44th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium in Greenbelt, Maryland. * Space Station Fails to Boost Orbit in Engine Test http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060419_exp13_issreboost.html The International Space Station (ISS) failed to reach a higher orbit Wednesday during a test of two long-dormant engines mounted near a Russian-built docking port. * NASA Satellite Duo Set for Cloud-Watching Mission http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060419_cloudsat_calipso_prelnch.html After months of delays, NASA is once again set to launch a pair of cloud-watching satellites to join a flotilla of probes aimed at improving weather and climate forecasts. * ASTRONOTES: Competitors Wanted for NASA Centennial Challenges http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html The gates are open for five NASA contest offering more than $1 million in cash prizes for the best new astronaut glove, power beam, strongest tether and Moon machines as part the agency's ongoing Centennial Challenges program. * New Mexico Spaceport: Open For Business http://www.space.com/news/060419_nm_spaceport.html Work at the New Mexico spaceport has reached a milestone as facilities are ready to support the first rocket flight from the sitenow targeted for July. * NASA Honors Neil Armstrong with Moon Rock Award http://www.space.com/news/cs_060814_armstrong_bok.html Apollo's first moonwalker Neil Armstrong was honored today as NASA Ambassador of Exploration at an event hosted by the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Ohio. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: When was the U.S. flag first applied to a space suit? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * New Gallery: New Amphibian Tree of Life http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=685&gid=45&index=0 American Museum of Natural History biologists and colleagues have radically revised understanding of amphibian evolution with a whole new taxonomy system. * Busting Baseball Myths: Scientist Throws Big Curveballs http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060420_baseball_perception.html Why screaming line drives are tough to catch, curveballs hard to hit, and rising fastballs are mere illusions. * Millions of Years Ago, Snakes Were Hip http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060419_snake_hips.html Once upon a time, snakes had legs. A new discovery reveals at least one had hips, too. * Vast Plumbing Network Discovered Beneath Antarctica http://www.livescience.com/environment/060419_antarctic_plumbing.html An intricate network of channels beneath Antarctica's ice sheets could allow water, and possibly life, to shuttle from one underground lake to another, a new study suggests. * Equality Makes for Better Sex http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060419_ap_sex_satisfaction.html Japanese adults can't get enough satisfaction, but Austria's mojo is working. * Visit Our Cool LiveScience Galleries http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Where Science comes to Life...Explore our incredible collection of science images! * NEW! LiveScience Blogs http://www.livescience.com/blogs/ Your daily dose of science scuttlebutt. Click now to explore more! * Reader's Favorite http://www.livescience.com/readerfavorites/index.html Here are your favorite features. 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Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: Amazing Galaxies: Great Backyard Images http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3971&gid=286 Spectacular views submitted by SPACE.com visitors. * Video: Planet Hunter http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b020321_sp_leckrone1 Supercharged Hubble Space Telescope Searches for Extrasolar Planets. * SPACE.com Reader Favorites http://www.space.com/readerfavorites/ Your favorite features, galleries, multimedia, video and more now all in one easy to find location! * Visit Our Collection of Space Wallpapers http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/ >From the highest quality space art to intergalactic photography, find an image >for your desktop every month of the year. * SPACE.com Image Gallery Collection http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Hundreds of incredible views of space in our large collection of Image Galleries. * SPACE.com Video Collection http://www.space.com/php/video/ Check out our cool collection of space-themed videos. * 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/ * New! Space.com's Stellar Blast http://www.space.com/games/ Take a ride on an intergalactic shoot 'em up or choose from many more new games! * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Vote Now For Your Favorite Space Movie of All Time! * Cosmic Collisions: A Striking New Planetarium Show http://www.space.com/entertainment/060317_cosmiccollision.html 'Cosmic Collisions', the new show at American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York offers some great solar physics, but plays it safe with the type of catastrophe such events bring. * Astronaut Forced Out Survivor's Airlock http://www.space.com/entertainment/060310_survivor_astronaut.html Entering his 14th day as a contestant on the CBS network's reality TV show, "Survivor Panama: Exile Island", retired astronaut-turned-castaway Dan Barry was feeling pretty good about his current situation. * Film Documentary Spotlights Lost Challenger Teacher-Astronaut http://www.space.com/entertainment/ap_060124_challenger_mcauliffe.html The Challenger explosion left an indelible impression on Renee Sotile, who like so many starry-eyed students in 1986 had been captivated by a teacher who was among the crew heading to space. * 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/ * New Model Simulates Einstein's Vision of Black Hole Mergers http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060418_bhole_merger.html * Star Clusters Hold Secrets To Stellar Evolution http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060418_star_clusters.html * NASA Pulls Planned Spacewalk from Next Shuttle Mission http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060417_sts121_evachange.html * U.S. to Reposition Satellite Over Amazon http://www.space.com/news/ap_060417_goes_amazon.html * Shuttle Fix Aimed at Reducing Risk to Space Station http://www.space.com/news/ft_060417_shuttle_fix.html * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers http://www.space.com/marsrover/ * Cassini's Journeys: Headquarters for mission news, Saturn and more http://www.space.com/cassini/ ----------------------------- * 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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