Today on SPACE.com --- Wednesday November 1, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
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The StarBlast, pint-sized in stature, is a real reflecting telescope that's super-simple to use and yet manufactured with the kind of quality you'd expect in more expensive models. http://www.telescope.com/coupon.jsp?code=IMS2501&URL=%2Fjump.jsp%3FitemID%3D4644%26itemType%3DPRODUCT%26path%3D1%252C2%252C4%252C8 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Deep Impact Heads to New Comet * Antarctic Microbes Handle Mars-Like Conditions * Mass Migration: How Stars Move in Crowd * Image of the Day: Alien Clouds Spaceflight: * Orbiter to Look for Lost-To-Mars Probes * Shuttle Discovery, Cargo Prepared for December Spaceflight * Space Station Crew Repairs Main Oxygen Generator * NASA Astronauts Detail Final Hubble Servicing Mission * NASA's Mission to Service Hubble in 2008 Will Cost $900 Million * Hubble Saved: NASA Approves Shuttle Flight to Service Space Telescope * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * VIDEO: Alzheimer's Switch * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why is Fecal Matter Brown? * Bubbles Behaving Badly * Landmark Government Study Examines Depression * Study Dispels Some Sexual Behavior Myths * Study: Office Bullies Create Workplace 'Warzone' * Top 10 Deadliest Animals NEW! Cool Stuff: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Access the Archives * NEW! The Solar System Treasure Hunt * Vote: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope * Video: Tidy Explosion * New Gallery: Comet SWAN * New Gallery: Spitzer's Latest Views (2006) * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! * Uplink: Out of This Word Message Boards Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Deep Impact Heads to New Comet http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061031_ap_deep_impact.html The surviving portion of the Deep Impact space probe that watched as its other half smashed into a comet on July 4 is being sent on a mission to study another comet. * Antarctic Microbes Handle Mars-Like Conditions http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061031_st_mars_life.html Lab experiments with primitive microbes taken from an Antarctic lake have shown that the hardy single-celled organisms can tolerate at least the warmest of the frigid temperatures found on Mars. * Mass Migration: How Stars Move in Crowd http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061030_mm_star_migration.html The stellar residents of the jam-packed celestial cities known as globular clusters employ a traffic system that causes lightweight stars to zoom to the city edges while keeping giants centrally located, astronomers have concluded. * Image of the Day: Alien Clouds http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061101.html NASA's Opportunity Mars rover is coming out of autopilot resting on its laurels after reaching the huge Victoria Crater. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Orbiter to Look for Lost-To-Mars Probes http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/061101_mro_search.html A super-powerful camera orbiting Mars may help discover the fate of long-lost spacecraft that never phoned home after reaching the red planet. * Shuttle Discovery, Cargo Prepared for December Spaceflight http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061101_sts116_update.html The pieces are coming together for NASA's next shuttle mission as workers hoisted the space agency's Discovery orbiter towards its flight position today. * Space Station Crew Repairs Main Oxygen Generator http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061101_exp14_elektron.html Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) restored the outpost's balky oxygen generator Tuesday after a series of repair efforts by cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin. * NASA Astronauts Detail Final Hubble Servicing Mission http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061101_hubble_crew.html Seven NASA astronauts have a challenging mission ahead to pay one last service call to the Hubble Space Telescope in less than two years' time. * NASA's Mission to Service Hubble in 2008 Will Cost $900 Million http://www.space.com/news/061013_hubble_cost.html The shuttle mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope one last time in May 2008 will cost about $900 million from cradle to grave and will have a slight impact on the development of the launcher NASA will use to replace the shuttle fleet, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said today. * Hubble Saved: NASA Approves Shuttle Flight to Service Space Telescope http://www.space.com/news/061031_hubble_wrap.html The decision is in and the Hubble Space Telescope is saved. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: Which satellite caused radioactive contamination when it crashed in Canada? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * VIDEO: Alzheimer's Switch http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=alzheimersswitch Protein "plaques" on brain cells cause dementia. But scientists may be able to "turn them off". * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why is Fecal Matter Brown? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why is Fecal Matter Brown? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Bubbles Behaving Badly http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/061101_odd_bubbles.html High-speed video reveals that bubbles break off and form warped shapes in ways scientists never knew. * Landmark Government Study Examines Depression http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061101_ap_depression_survey.html The final stage of a landmark federal study on treating depression suggests that two-thirds of sufferers eventually can be helped if they are patient enough to keep trying medications until they find one that works. * Study Dispels Some Sexual Behavior Myths http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061101_ap_sex_survey.html In the first comprehensive global study of sexual behavior, British researchers found that people aren't losing their virginity at ever younger ages, married people have the most sex, and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases. * Study: Office Bullies Create Workplace 'Warzone' http://www.livescience.com/othernews/061031_office_bully.html The office might be far from the playground, but it's not off limits to bullies. From a screaming boss to snubbing colleagues, bullies can create a war zone in the workplace. * Top 10 Deadliest Animals http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/top10_deadliestanimals.html Creatures that scare the socks off us. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Access the Archives http://www.space.com/xprizecup/ Missed this year's events at the Wirefly X Prize Cup? Access archived videos, galleries, stories and more! * NEW! The Solar System Treasure Hunt http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/treasurehunt/ Our broadband multimedia adventure -- solve this solar system mystery! * Vote: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=hst Vote now for the best Hubble image of all time... * Video: Tidy Explosion http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=CasA_Burst Artist's animation of Cassiopeia A, the glowing remains of an exploded massive star. * New Gallery: Comet SWAN http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4414&gid=315 This striking green comet was captured streaking across the sky. * New Gallery: Spitzer's Latest Views (2006) http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4363&gid=312 Check out the latest collection of cool cosmos taken by NASA's infrared eyes. * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool science and space-themed images now. 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