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----- Original Message ----- From: Astrobiology Magazine To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 5:33 AM Subject: Latest News from the Astrobiology Magazine The Forensics of Genesis http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1232.html Within the next few months, the scientific community will get a first look at the recovered samples from the Genesis probe. In the best cases 85-100 percent of some samples will be recovered intact and in other cases, forensics will be needed to understand the sample history. The Shape of Things to Come http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1231.html It will probe the dark ages before the era of re-ionization, and perhaps before the birth of the first stars. It will observe the formation of the first galaxies. It will map the web of neutral hydrogen that is spread across our universe, near and far. In 2015, an array of 4400 twelve meter fully steerable paraboloid radio dishes, called the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is scheduled to be complete and operational. New Star-Type Stillborn http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1230.html When a binary star system starts to transfer mass, one of the twins may well win out, leaving its companion to occupy a strange region half way between a star and a planet. A new star-type of this sort has been found, which resembles the infrared ash of a stillborn star. Galactic Dead Zone http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1229.html At the center of the Milky Way may lie the most fertile star forming region, but the bust-boom cycle of star birthing can hinder what might be considered any real biological fertility. Wednesday, October 06 ------------------------ For more astrobiology news, visit http://www.astrobio.net To unsubscribe, send subject UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED]