Today on SPACE.com --- Monday October 9, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Visit the LiveScience Store Cool Gifts, Gadgets, and Gear. Products for the inquiring mind. http://livesciencestore.com/index.html -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped * Astronomers See Early Stages of Star Explosions * 'Star Trek' Starship Fetches Over $500,000 in Auction * Moon to Hide Star Cluster Oct. 9-10 * Black Holes Power the Brightest Cosmic Objects, Study Confirms * Black Hole Belts Out Discordant Musical * Image of the Day: Pale Blue Dot Redux Spaceflight: * New Bush Space Policy Unveiled, Stresses U.S. Freedom of Action * Red Planet Double Team: NASA Orbiter Spies Mars Rover at Victoria Crater * Showtime for Spaceship Builders * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * Top 10: How Weather Changed History * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: What Makes My Ears Ring? * New Breast Cancer Gene Found * VIDEO: Here's to Your Brain * Ambivalent Employees More Creative, Study Suggests * New Gallery: Tornado Chasers NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: When Stars Collide * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Gallery: Unique Aircraft * Cool Space Wallpapers * Mars Madness: A Multimedia Adventure! * Gallery: Moon Shots * Gallery: Fall Means the Northern Lights! * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061009_mystery_monday.html Instead of being perfectly round like a globe, the universe might be a bit stretched in shape like a pill. * Astronomers See Early Stages of Star Explosions http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/tbd_supernova_mugshots.html Satellite observations have confirmed how a certain type of star explosion occurs and revealed a previously unknown stage of radiation release during the stellar burst. * 'Star Trek' Starship Fetches Over $500,000 in Auction http://www.space.com/entertainment/061006_ap_trekauction.html Starfleet Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanded it. Now some Trekkie owns it. * Moon to Hide Star Cluster Oct. 9-10 http://www.space.com/spacewatch/061006_night_sky.html On the night of Oct. 9-10, a waning gibbous Moon will cut straight across the Pleiades Star Cluster. This event will be visible across much of North and Central America. * Black Holes Power the Brightest Cosmic Objects, Study Confirms http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061005_quasar_anatomy.html Astronomers have looked under the hoods of quasars, the brightest objects in the universe, and found some of the best evidence yet for the black holes that are thought to power them. * Black Hole Belts Out Discordant Musical http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061005_blackhole_musical.html A gigantic sonic boom and a periodic deep cacophony of sound emanated from a supermassive black hole, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. * Image of the Day: Pale Blue Dot Redux http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061006.html The Cassini probe orbiting Saturn looks back at Earth, which appears as a lonely dot in the night. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * New Bush Space Policy Unveiled, Stresses U.S. Freedom of Action http://www.space.com/news/061007_bush_spacepolicy.html U.S. President George W. Bush has authorized a sweeping new national space policy, green-lighting an overarching national policy that governs the conduct of America's space activities. * Red Planet Double Team: NASA Orbiter Spies Mars Rover at Victoria Crater http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061006_mro_opportunity_victoria.html NASA's newest Mars orbiter has spied the plucky rover Opportunity perched at the rim of the red planet's massive Victoria Crater as both vehicles explore the fourth planet from the Sun. * Showtime for Spaceship Builders http://www.space.com/news/061006_xprizecup_shipmakers.html Those caught in the whirlwind of the personal spaceflight businessthe builders, shakers, dreamers and schemerswill be found this month at the Wirefly X Prize Cup, set for October 20-21 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What NASA award for exceptional performance must be presented personally by an astronaut? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * Top 10: How Weather Changed History http://www.livescience.com/history/top10_weather_history.html Laura Lee's new book "Blame It on the Rain" examines how weather has altered the course of history. In this LiveScience exclusive, Lee shares her Top 10 favorite storm stories. * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: What Makes My Ears Ring? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ What Makes My Ears Ring? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * New Breast Cancer Gene Found http://www.livescience.com/healthday/535376.html Scientists say they've spotted a new breast cancer susceptibility gene that might someday help women ascertain their risk for the disease. * VIDEO: Here's to Your Brain http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=nas1033_brainhealingbridges Two MIT scientists nanotechnologically reconnect brain cells. * Ambivalent Employees More Creative, Study Suggests http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061006_ambivalent_workers.html Attention bosses: Your most innovative employees may be the ones with mixed emotions. * New Gallery: Tornado Chasers http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=901&gid=57&index=0 Storm photographer Charles Allison captures some wild twisters! ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: When Stars Collide http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=when_stars_collid Stars are so far apart, it's hard to imagine them crashing. But they do. And the result isn't pretty * 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. * Gallery: Unique Aircraft http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=2578&gid=203&index=0 Take a look at some of the coolest and most unique aircraft on the planet! * Cool Space Wallpapers http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=cathraham Wallpaper Collection: Elements of Space, by Space Artist John Catraham. * Mars Madness: A Multimedia Adventure! http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/marsmadness/ Take a journey to the Red Planet with this new multimedia adventure! * Gallery: Moon Shots http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4026&gid=289&index=0 The Moon photographed in various shapes, sizes and colors, as seen through the telescopes of Space.com readers. * Gallery: Fall Means the Northern Lights! http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3371&gid=251&index=0 Check out last year's Aurora! * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? 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