Today on SPACE.com --- Monday September 11, 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: * Study Questions Big Bang (Scientists Question the Study) * Interview with the IAU President on Pluto's Demotion * Dark Skies Reveal Planet Uranus * Modified Backyard Telescopes Find Extrasolar Planet * Newfound Object Further Blurs Planet Definition * After 40 Years, Star Trek 'Won't Die' * Image of the Day: Blasted Mimas Spaceflight: * Hard Hat Area: Shuttle Atlantis Docks at ISS Construction Site * Lockheed Martin to Sell ILS Stake to Board Member * BLOG: Mojave Spaceport Gearing Up for SpaceShipTwo * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why are Manhole Covers Round? * New Technique Adds Muscle to Animated Characters * Men Smarter than Women, Scientist Claims * Scientist: Humans Strange, Neanderthals Normal * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked NEW! Cool Stuff: * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space * Gallery: Rare Space Shuttle Images * Milky Way Galaxy: The Best of Your Images * Gallery: Earth, As Seen from Space * Ten Alien Encounters Debunked * Video: Supernova: Destroyer / Creator * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Study Questions Big Bang (Scientists Question the Study) http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060911_mystery_monday.html A study of nearby galaxy clusters has failed to detect distortions in the ancient microwave radiation many scientists have linked to the creation of our universe. * Interview with the IAU President on Pluto's Demotion http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060911_cesarsky_qanda.html In an interview with SPACE.com, the new IAU president discusses the controversies surrounding the agency. * Dark Skies Reveal Planet Uranus http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060908_night_sky.html Most people have seen the five brightest naked-eye planets, yet there is a sixth planet that can be spied without optical aidthe planet Uranus. Of course, you'll have to know exactly where to look for it. * Modified Backyard Telescopes Find Extrasolar Planet http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060908_draco_planet.html A planet slightly larger than Jupiter was recently spotted as it passed in front of a Sun-like star located 500-light-years away. * Newfound Object Further Blurs Planet Definition http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060907_chrx73b.html The Hubble Space Telescope has spied one of the smallest objects ever detected around a normal star. * After 40 Years, Star Trek 'Won't Die' http://www.space.com/entertainment/060907_star_trek.html It seems like the TV show that never dies. * Image of the Day: Blasted Mimas http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060911.html Saturn's pockmarked moon Mimas is seen chugging along in its orbit in this Cassini spacecraft image taken on Aug. 16, 2006. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Hard Hat Area: Shuttle Atlantis Docks at ISS Construction Site http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060911_sts115_issdock.html An orbital construction crew of six astronauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday as NASA's Atlantis shuttle docked at the high-flying laboratory to deliver its first major addition since 2002. * Lockheed Martin to Sell ILS Stake to Board Member http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060911_business_monday.html The man who is buying Lockheed Martin's majority stake in International Launch Services (ILS) says he expects to manage the business with little or no changes and that he made the purchase based solely on the company's financial prospects. * BLOG: Mojave Spaceport Gearing Up for SpaceShipTwo http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/09/08/mojave-spaceport-gearing-up-for-spaceshiptwo/ The Mojave, California Spaceport is preparing to handle test flights of the SpaceShipTwo a passenger carrying suborbital craft, according to Bill Deaver, editor and publisher of the Mojave Desert News. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: Who contributed most of the land where the Johnson Space Center (JSC) was built? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=883&gid=56&index=0 Spectacular flashes submitted by LiveScience visitors! * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why are Manhole Covers Round? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why are Manhole Covers Round? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * New Technique Adds Muscle to Animated Characters http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060911_CGI_skeltons.html Working from the outside in to add muscle, researchers create muscles that flow naturally. The process could speed up production of animated films. * Men Smarter than Women, Scientist Claims http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060908_brainy_men.html Men are smarter than women, according to a controversial new study that adds another cinder to the fiery debate over whether gender impacts general intelligence. * Scientist: Humans Strange, Neanderthals Normal http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060908_humans_odd.html Neanderthals are often thought of as the stray branch in the human family tree, but research now suggests the modern human is likely the odd man out. * 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! Cool Stuff: * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html Tune in to NASA TV for full coverage of STS-115 countdown to launch. * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest Now you can decide which is most bizarre. * Gallery: Rare Space Shuttle Images http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=850&gid=68&index=0 Here are some rare images from the past 20 years of the Space Shuttle program. * Milky Way Galaxy: The Best of Your Images http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3880&gid=281 Snapshots of the great attraction in the sky, submitted by Space.com visitors! * Gallery: Earth, As Seen from Space http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=21&gid=2&index=0 These pictures will hit you where you live -- Satellite-view images that will help you see your world in a whole new way. * Ten Alien Encounters Debunked http://www.space.com/top10_alienencounters_debunked.html Here's our look at ten of our favorite 'Alien Abduction' movies straight from Hollywood, the alien capital of the world. * Video: Supernova: Destroyer / Creator http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b050715_supernovadestroyer Violent death and re-birth of stars actually makes Humanity possible. Astronomers bag the Universe's biggest blasts. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! ---------------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * NightSky: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- JOIN NOW! Sign-up For the National Space Society https://www.nss.org/membership/new_member_form.html It's because of members like YOU that we've been able to convince the U.S. President and many in Congress to continue our journey towards the stars! Sign up to become part of the greatest search in history! Join TeamSETI: http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html Be a desktop astronomer! 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