Today on SPACE.com --- Wednesday September 13, 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: * First Bright Galaxies Formed Very Rapidly * Water Worlds: Astronomer Predicts Many Earth-Like Planets * Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 * Image of the Day: Saturn Hides the Rings Spaceflight: * Spacewalk Sets Stage for ISS Solar Array Deployment * Griffin to Go to China: But What Will He Accomplish When He Gets There? * NASA Craft Settles Into Mars Orbit * STS-115's Rock, Knob and Third Solar Array * NASA: No Extra Heat Shield Inspections for Shuttle Atlantis * Busy Day Follows ISS Arrival for Atlantis Astronauts * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * Vote for the Freakiest Lab Animals * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Jell-O Jiggle? * Tenacious Neanderthals Held Out in Pockets * Warmer Winters Cause Remarkable Loss of Arctic Sea Ice * Since Mendel: From Counting Peas to Fluorescent Pigs * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: STS-115: Atlantis's Launch Day * NEW! Tom Jones Podcast #1: Emotional Astronautics * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS * VIDEO: Extreme Living: On Earth and Other Worlds * Vote: The Best Space Movies * Gallery: Great Mountains of The Solar System * Sky-High Technology: A Multimedia Adventure * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * First Bright Galaxies Formed Very Rapidly http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060913_galaxy_formation.html The first bright galaxies in the universe apparently formed very rapidly, jumping from just one or so in number to hundreds in the span of little over 1 percent of the universe's age, astronomers find. * Water Worlds: Astronomer Predicts Many Earth-Like Planets http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060912_earthling_planets.html To most common terrestrial dwellers, there's no place like Earth. But new simulations show that many Earth-like planets might exist outside of our solar system. * Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060911_pluto_asteroidnumber.html Pluto has been given a new name to reflect its new status as a dwarf planet. * Image of the Day: Saturn Hides the Rings http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060913.html Saturn's B and C rings disappear behind the immense planet. Where they meet the limb, the rings appear to bend slightly owing to upper-atmospheric refraction. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Spacewalk Sets Stage for ISS Solar Array Deployment http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060913_sts115_eva2.html Two spacewalking astronauts freed a new piece of the International Space Station (ISS) to rotate independently from the rest of the 233-ton orbital laboratory, paving the way for the deployment of two solar arrays this week. * Griffin to Go to China: But What Will He Accomplish When He Gets There? http://www.space.com/news/060813_griffin_china.html NASA chief, Mike Griffin, is preparing for his first-hand look at China's growing space programa visit slated for month's end. * NASA Craft Settles Into Mars Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_060913_mro_orbit.html The most powerful spacecraft ever sent to Mars has settled into a nearly circular orbit, a move that allows scientists to begin studying the planet in unprecedented detail, NASA said Tuesday. * STS-115's Rock, Knob and Third Solar Array http://www.space.com/news/060912_cs_sts115_solararray.html The upcoming deployment of two wing-like solar arrays outside the space station has been the focus of astronauts and flight controllers, but there is one more power-producing array on-board Atlantis that lies hidden - for now - from the public's view. * NASA: No Extra Heat Shield Inspections for Shuttle Atlantis http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060911_sts115_noinspections.html The six-astronaut crew of NASA's shuttle Atlantis will not have to wedge extra inspections into an already packed flight to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials said late Monday. * Busy Day Follows ISS Arrival for Atlantis Astronauts http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060911_sts115_handoff.html The six-astronaut crew of NASA's shuttle Atlantis had little time to rest after reaching the International Space Station (ISS) Monday, and immediately began delivering massive new pieces of the orbital laboratory. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: During what year was the first satellite, Sputnik 1, launched into Earth orbit? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * Vote for the Freakiest Lab Animals http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=freakylabanimals Some genetically altered creatures are loaded with human cells and even organs. Others glow. Vote for the freakiest. * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=883&gid=56&index=0 Spectacular flashes submitted by LiveScience visitors! * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Jell-O Jiggle? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why Does Jell-O Jiggle? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Tenacious Neanderthals Held Out in Pockets http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060913_neanderthal_tenacity.html Neanderthals might have held out in isolated refuges for thousands of years longer than previously thought, scientists reported today. * Warmer Winters Cause Remarkable Loss of Arctic Sea Ice http://www.livescience.com/environment/060913_arctic_ice.html A pair of new studies shows that winter sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk dramatically in the past two years and that perennial ice in particular is disappearing. * Since Mendel: From Counting Peas to Fluorescent Pigs http://www.livescience.com/history/060913_since_mendel.html The father of genetics, a monk who spent eight years counting 300,000 peas, would not recognize some of the freaky things going on today. * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=urbanlegends We invite you to vote on your favorite and most broken-telephoned urban legends out there. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: STS-115: Atlantis's Launch Day http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4226&gid=303 NASA's shuttle Atlantis rocketed spaceward with six astronauts and the future of the ISS aboard. * NEW! Tom Jones Podcast #1: Emotional Astronautics http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpacecomUniversalSpacePodcast Astronaut, planetary scientist, and former B-52 commander Tom Jones discusses intimate ideas of faith, family and spaceflight with SPACE.com's Dave Brody. * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html Tune in to NASA TV for full coverage of Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-115. * VIDEO: Extreme Living: On Earth and Other Worlds http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b010117_sp_extremelife Life thrives in Earth's harshest places. Could it exist elsewhere? * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! * Gallery: Great Mountains of The Solar System http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=718&gid=58&index=0 Climb up the planetary peaks of our solar system's biggest mountains. * Sky-High Technology: A Multimedia Adventure http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/telescopetech/ Hubble's Legacy and the Future of Telescopes. * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest Now you can decide which is most bizarre. ---------------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * NightSky: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- JOIN NOW! Sign-up For the National Space Society https://www.nss.org/membership/new_member_form.html It's because of members like YOU that we've been able to convince the U.S. President and many in Congress to continue our journey towards the stars! 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