Today on SPACE.com --- Thursday July 20, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Space2Phone Register here to get space shuttle Discovery launch highlights delivered to your mobile instantly. The only mobile portal for space news and entertainment. http://www.space2phone.com/discovery_highlights.do -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree? * Mystery of Explosive Star Solved * Patch of Saturn's Moon Resembles Earth * Radiation and Bone Loss: Deep Space Mission Concerns * Image of the Day: Goodnight Earth Spaceflight: * Apollo 11 Anniversary: Heroes, Quests and Space * Discovery crew returns home to Houston * Beyond Discovery: A Soyuz-Shuttle-Station Shuffle * Falcon 1 Failure Traced to a Busted Nut * Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Passengers by 2008 * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * New Gallery: The World's Biggest Beasts * Deadly Fish Virus Spreads in Northeast * Yesterday's News Now on DVD * The Red Sea Parts Again * Nature vs. Nurture: Mysteries of Individuality Unraveled * You and the Sun: 10 Burning Questions NEW! Cool Stuff: * Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories * Video: Looking For Life * New Wallpaper: Spaceships * Gallery: Stargazing * STS-121: The Mission in Pictures * Vote: The Best Space Movies * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree? http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_thursday_060720.html Some people mistakenly confuse a long search with a thorough one, and figure that the lack of a SETI detection indicates that we're alone in the Galaxy. This, however, is nonsense. * Mystery of Explosive Star Solved http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060719_ophiuchi_nova.html In February this year, a typically faint star located only a few thousand light-years away flared suddenly and beamed so brightly that it was visible to the naked eye for a few days. * Patch of Saturn's Moon Resembles Earth http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060719_xanadu.html New radar images of Saturn's moon Titan reveal dunes, hills, valleys and rivers that scientist say look a lot like home. * Radiation and Bone Loss: Deep Space Mission Concerns http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060718_radiation_bones.html A single dose of radiation approaching what will be faced by long-term space travelers to the Moon or Mars causes as much as a 39 percent spongy bone loss in mice, a new study shows. * Image of the Day: Goodnight Earth http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060720.html The differences between two images of the Orion Nebula, one taken in optical and the other in infrared light, are striking. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Apollo 11 Anniversary: Heroes, Quests and Space http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_heroes_060720.html 37 Years ago, two Americans stepped on the Moon. Although alone when they planted our flag, they did not claim it for themselves or even this nation, instead, they proclaimed they were there on behalf of the entire human race. * Discovery crew returns home to Houston http://www.space.com/news/060719_sts121crew_home.html The crew of space shuttle Discovery's recently ended STS-121 mission returned home to Texas on Tuesday, where they were welcomed back by several hundred of their co-workers, friends, family and members of the public. * Beyond Discovery: A Soyuz-Shuttle-Station Shuffle http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060719_shuttle_shuffle.html With Discovery back on Earth, NASA is confident the orbiter can be turned around in time for a December 2006 launch, though ground crews have their work cut out for them to redress the orbiter for that STS-116 mission. * Falcon 1 Failure Traced to a Busted Nut http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060719_falcon1_update.html A busted nut, not human error, is to blame for the fuel leak that doomed the Falcon 1 rocket on is maiden flight, according to the findings of a government review board chartered to investigate the March 24 launch failure. * Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Passengers by 2008 http://www.space.com/news/ap_060718_virgin_update.html Designer Philippe Starck, former soap star Victoria Principal and ''Superman Returns'' director Bryan Singer have booked their flights for tourist trips in outer space, an official from the company selling the galactic voyage said Monday. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What name had NASA originally selected for the Shuttle, Enterprise? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * New Gallery: The World's Biggest Beasts http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=814&gid=52&index=0 Huge creatures that went extinct, and other big animals that still roam this planet ... for now anyway. * Deadly Fish Virus Spreads in Northeast http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060720_fish_kill.html A deadly virus found in two fish species in the northeastern United States last month appears to have spread to two more species, scientists said today. * Yesterday's News Now on DVD http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060720_news_dvd.html CustomFlix, a division of Amazon, allows customers to choose from thousands of news clips and news shows dating back more than ten years. * The Red Sea Parts Again http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060719_red_sea.html The Red Sea is parting again, but this time Moses doesn't have a hand in it. * Nature vs. Nurture: Mysteries of Individuality Unraveled http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060718_nature_nurture.html What makes you you? Scientists are finding there's a lot you can't control, but still much that you can. * You and the Sun: 10 Burning Questions http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/top10_burning_questions.html Learn the naked truth behind our favorite star and what it can do to you. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10apollohoaxes.html Think We Didn't Go to the Moon? Think Again After Reviewing the Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories! * Video: Looking For Life http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=LookLife_sm Is life on Earth unique? How has it been here? For the first time, we have the tools to probe for answers. * New Wallpaper: Spaceships http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=hayhurst3 Take a trip into the future with cool spaceship images by Steve Hayhurst. * Gallery: Stargazing http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=131&gid=9&index=0 People travel for miles to gather and gaze at the stars. In this gallery, peer through the lenses of astrophotographers. * STS-121: The Mission in Pictures http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4101&gid=294&index=0 Highlights of the crew's mission in space from launch day to touchdown back on Earth. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest Now you can decide which is most bizarre. * New! 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