Today on SPACE.com --- Tuesday August 29, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Prison Break Break in. Break out. Save your brother's life. The breakout hit Prison Break season 1 on DVD now. http://www.prisonbreakdvd.com/ -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * James Van Allen's Last Science Paper * Mars Clouds Higher Than Any On Earth * Strange Pulsing Star Puzzles Astronomers * Image of the Day: Shattered Remains Spaceflight: * Space Shuttle Atlantis Heads Back to Launch Pad as Storm Weakens * Moon, Mars, Asteroids: NASA's Griffin Charts Vision Strategy * New Survey Takes the Pulse of Public Space Travel * BLOG: New Mexico Spaceport: Dry Run Turns Wet * Space News: NASA Places $500 Million Bet on Two Very Different Firms * NASA Scrubs Shuttle Launch Citing Lightning Strike, Weather * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: What Do Antibiotics Do? * Quiz: The State of the United States * Plane Flies on Power of Five Light Bulbs * No 'God Spot' in the Human Brain * The Tongue Map: Tasteless Myth Debunked * Rats Born to Mice in Bizarre Lab Work NEW! Cool Stuff: * Video: A Meteoric Tale * Zoom In: On Top of Mt. Everest * New! Great Space Quizzes: Shuttle Countdown * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Vote: The Best Space Movies * Gallery: Amazing Sun: The Best of Your Amazing Images * Top 10 Star Mysteries * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * James Van Allen's Last Science Paper http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060829_science_tuesday.html In what would be his last paper, he explored a subject that hits somewhat closer to home: The likelihood of an asteroid colliding with Earth. * Mars Clouds Higher Than Any On Earth http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060828_mars_clouds.html Mars is home to the highest clouds ever discovered above the surface of a planet, astronomers said today. * Strange Pulsing Star Puzzles Astronomers http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060828_mystery_monday.html Odd flashing pulses coming from a super-magnetic star called a magnetar have astronomers glued to telescopes across the globe. * Image of the Day: Shattered Remains http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060829.html A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Space Shuttle Atlantis Heads Back to Launch Pad as Storm Weakens http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060829_sts115_padreturn.html NASA's massive transport vehicle hauling the Atlantis orbiter towards a storm shelter stopped in its tracks Tuesday and once more headed back to its Florida launch pad in an unprecedented move. * Moon, Mars, Asteroids: NASA's Griffin Charts Vision Strategy http://www.space.com/news/060829_griffin_vision.html NASA is marching forward on its Moon, Mars and beyond planning, a multi-step action agenda enunciated by President George W. Bush as the vision for space exploration in January 2004. * New Survey Takes the Pulse of Public Space Travel http://www.space.com/news/060828_tourism_survey.html A new survey is trying to get to the bottom of what public travelers long for and fancy from a journey into space. * BLOG: New Mexico Spaceport: Dry Run Turns Wet http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/28/new-mexico-spaceport-dry-run-turns-wet/ Spaceport America is a bit soggy at the moment. * Space News: NASA Places $500 Million Bet on Two Very Different Firms http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_060828.html NASA Administrator Mike Griffin does not mince words when he calls the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration effort a gamble, albeit one with the potential to pay off big time if the entrepreneurial sector delivers. * NASA Scrubs Shuttle Launch Citing Lightning Strike, Weather http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060826_sts115_scrub.html NASA engineers are battling thunderstorms and rain as they struggle to understand the impact of a launch pad lightning strike that scrubbed the planned Sunday liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What was the name of the disintegrated comet that collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=urbanlegends We invite you to vote on your favorite and most broken-telephoned urban legends out there. * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: What Do Antibiotics Do? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/060829_antibiotics.html The relationship between microscopic misery merchants and antibiotics is like that of the Bloods and the Crips. * Quiz: The State of the United States http://www.livescience.com/php/trivia/index.php?quiz=census See how well you do answering some of the U.S. Census Bureau's most-asked questions. * Plane Flies on Power of Five Light Bulbs http://www.livescience.com/technology/060829_hydrogen_vehicle.html Test aircraft with 22-foot wing span gets aloft on hydrogen fuel cell. * No 'God Spot' in the Human Brain http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060829_god_spot.html The human brain does not contain a single "God spot" responsible for mystical and religious experiences, a new study finds. * The Tongue Map: Tasteless Myth Debunked http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060829_bad_tongue.html The notion that the tongue is mapped into four areas is wrong. So why is it still in textbooks? * Rats Born to Mice in Bizarre Lab Work http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060828_surrogate_rats.html In lab rats, "Who's your daddy?" can now yield a surprising answer. Scientists have generated rats from mice that developed rat sperm. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Video: A Meteoric Tale http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b001120_sp_meteor Ancient Crater could reveal Earth's Atmospheric Secrets. * Zoom In: On Top of Mt. Everest http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/zoomviewer/index.php?display_img=topview_mteverest What would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth? * New! Great Space Quizzes: Shuttle Countdown http://www.space.com/php/spacetrivia/index.php?quiz=SpaceShuttleCoun Take this 10-question Space Shuttle countdown quiz to test your knowledge about the steps 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. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! * Gallery: Amazing Sun: The Best of Your Amazing Images http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4006&gid=288&index=0 Amateur photographers focus in on the center of the solar system. * Top 10 Star Mysteries http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/top10_star_mysteries.html Astronomers are gradually figuring out how stars work and what makes each variety unique. * New! 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