Today on SPACE.com --- Tuesday October 10, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: There's never been a traitor in the United States Secret Service until now. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria star in The Sentinel on DVD. http://www.foxstore.com/detail.html?item=2387 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Rare Event: Mercury to Cross the Sun Nov. 8 * Nearest Planet Beyond Solar System Might Be Photogenic * Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped * Astronomers See Early Stages of Star Explosions * 'Star Trek' Starship Fetches Over $500,000 in Auction * Image of the Day: A Martian Stadium Spaceflight: * After Short Trip, Soyuz Spacecraft Takes Firm Hold of ISS * New Bush Space Policy Unveiled, Stresses U.S. Freedom of Action * Red Planet Double Team: NASA Orbiter Spies Mars Rover at Victoria Crater * Showtime for Spaceship Builders * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Soda Fizz? * Top 10: How Weather Changed History * Surprising Twists Found in Triceratops Horns * African Dust Storms Stifle Hurricanes, Study Suggests * Future Aircraft Might Morph During Flight * VIDEO: Here's to Your Brain NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: Opportunity's Road to Victoria * VIDEO: Space Boost * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Cool Space Wallpapers * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! * Mars Madness: A Multimedia Adventure! * Gallery: Moon Shots * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Rare Event: Mercury to Cross the Sun Nov. 8 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061010_science_tuesday.html In November, the planet Mercury will make a rather feeble attempt to eclipse the Sun. * Nearest Planet Beyond Solar System Might Be Photogenic http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061009_nearest_exoplanet.html The closest planet outside our solar system orbits a young Sun-like star only 10.5 light years awayso close that telescopes might soon be able to snap pictures of it, new observations confirm. * Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061009_mystery_monday.html Instead of being perfectly round like a globe, the universe might be a bit stretched in shape like a pill. * Astronomers See Early Stages of Star Explosions http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/tbd_supernova_mugshots.html Satellite observations have confirmed how a certain type of star explosion occurs and revealed a previously unknown stage of radiation release during the stellar burst. * 'Star Trek' Starship Fetches Over $500,000 in Auction http://www.space.com/entertainment/061006_ap_trekauction.html Starfleet Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanded it. Now some Trekkie owns it. * Image of the Day: A Martian Stadium http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061010.html NASA's Opportunity rover is exploring a Martian crater large enough to hold several American football stadiums. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * After Short Trip, Soyuz Spacecraft Takes Firm Hold of ISS http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp14_mission_page.html A Russian Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft has a firm hold on the International Space Station (ISS) after today's successful - but brief - spaceflight between docking ports outside the orbital laboratory. * New Bush Space Policy Unveiled, Stresses U.S. Freedom of Action http://www.space.com/news/061007_bush_spacepolicy.html U.S. President George W. Bush has authorized a sweeping new national space policy, green-lighting an overarching national policy that governs the conduct of America's space activities. * Red Planet Double Team: NASA Orbiter Spies Mars Rover at Victoria Crater http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061006_mro_opportunity_victoria.html NASA's newest Mars orbiter has spied the plucky rover Opportunity perched at the rim of the red planet's massive Victoria Crater as both vehicles explore the fourth planet from the Sun. * Showtime for Spaceship Builders http://www.space.com/news/061006_xprizecup_shipmakers.html Those caught in the whirlwind of the personal spaceflight businessthe builders, shakers, dreamers and schemerswill be found this month at the Wirefly X Prize Cup, set for October 20-21 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: In what direction does an astronaut look to see meteors? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Soda Fizz? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why Does Soda Fizz? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Top 10: How Weather Changed History http://www.livescience.com/history/top10_weather_history.html Laura Lee's new book "Blame It on the Rain" examines how weather has altered the course of history. In this LiveScience exclusive, Lee shares her Top 10 favorite storm stories. * Surprising Twists Found in Triceratops Horns http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/061010_triceratops_horns.html The big, curved horns grew from tiny stubs that curved this way and that as the dinosaur aged. * African Dust Storms Stifle Hurricanes, Study Suggests http://www.livescience.com/environment/061010_dust_hurricanes.html Westward swirling clouds of dust from the Sahara Desert might be putting a damper on Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, a new study suggests. * Future Aircraft Might Morph During Flight http://www.livescience.com/technology/061010_ap_plane_morph.html It's a bird. It's a plane. Or it might turn out to be a little like both. Researchers are aiming to find ways to enable aircraft to change shape during flight to improve performance or efficiency. * VIDEO: Here's to Your Brain http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=nas1033_brainhealingbridges Two MIT scientists nanotechnologically reconnect brain cells. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * 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. * VIDEO: Space Boost http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=nnm4045_spaceboost Entrepreneurs like PayPal founder Elon Musk apply private enterprise techniques to cut the cost of access to space. * 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. * Cool Space Wallpapers http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=cathraham Wallpaper Collection: Elements of Space, by Space Artist John Catraham. * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool science and space-themed images now. Get your own homepage, vote for your favorites and more! * Mars Madness: A Multimedia Adventure! http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/marsmadness/ Take a journey to the Red Planet with this new multimedia adventure! * Gallery: Moon Shots http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4026&gid=289&index=0 The Moon photographed in various shapes, sizes and colors, as seen through the telescopes of Space.com readers. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! ---------------------------------- * 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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