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----- Original Message ----- From: Astrobiology Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:31 AM Subject: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine Tugboat as Lifeboat? http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1295.html Among the proposals for diverting an asteroid collision with Earth, one involves gently pushing the incoming rock over the course of a year. This low-thrust solution has its challenges since at various stages of that perilous year, if it ever came, locations on Earth would naturally see human influences as they became the bullseye. Birds, Bees and Cool Shades http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1294.html When the sky is bright, few may realize it is also polarized. Few humans without sunglasses, that is. Birds and insects may locate their navigational tiepoints using the sun's polarization and their own built-in shades. Titan Oozing http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1293.html Radar images of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, can reveal surface roughness at the scale of a human hand. But the smoothness and flow patterns observed during the recent Cassini flyby may more closely resemble cryovolcanism, or flowing molten ice. Surfing Saturn's Wave Action http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1292.html Saturn looks like anything but a quiet place when viewed in ultraviolet. The giant planet features wayward moons, colliding meteoroids, rippling rings and flickering auroras. Wednesday, November 10 ------------------------ For more astrobiology news, visit http://www.astrobio.net To unsubscribe, send subject UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED]