Today on SPACE.com --- Friday October 6, 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: * Tonight's Full Moon 12 Percent Bigger * Moon to Hide Star Cluster Oct. 9-10 * Black Holes Power the Brightest Cosmic Objects, Study Confirms * Black Hole Belts Out Discordant Musical * NASA Completes Survey of Nearby Supermassive Black Holes * Origin of Strange 'Blue Straggler' Stars Pinned Down * Image of the Day: Pale Blue Dot Redux Spaceflight: * Showtime for Spaceship Builders * NASA: Atlantis Shuttle's Radiator Struck by Object in September Flight * Wide Range of Rocket Tech for Civilian Spaceflight * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * NEW: Animal of the Week * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Does the Full Moon Make People Crazy? * VIDEO: Addiction: It's In Your Genes * New Gallery: Tornado Chasers * Space Yogurt Made With Astro-Bacteria * Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Black Hole: Warping Time & Space * Gallery: Moon Shots * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space * Top 10 Views from an Astronaut-Photographer * Gallery: Fall Means the Northern Lights! * Gallery: Inside look at SpaceShipTwo * Gallery: Amazing Views of Earth from Space * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Tonight's Full Moon 12 Percent Bigger http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061006_full_moon.html Tonight's full Moon will be almost 12 percent bigger than some of the full Moons this year, according to NASA, setting up a fine viewing opportunity when it rises in the evening. * 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. * NASA Completes Survey of Nearby Supermassive Black Holes http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061005_agn_census.html A new census compiled by astronomers contains the location of every local galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. * Origin of Strange 'Blue Straggler' Stars Pinned Down http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061005_blue_stragglers.html Astronomers have found evidence of one way a strange type of star called a "blue straggler" might form: by siphoning stellar material off a neighbor. * 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: * 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. * NASA: Atlantis Shuttle's Radiator Struck by Object in September Flight http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061005_sts115_atlantis_damage.html An unknown object pierced a radiator mounted to one of two cargo bay doors aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis during its September spaceflight, but did not endanger the vehicle or its six-astronaut crew at any time, the space agency said Thursday. * Wide Range of Rocket Tech for Civilian Spaceflight http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/061004_tw_space_tourism.html A new era of human spaceflight is upon is, and its movers and shapers say it will be cheaper, safer and aimed at the masses. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: In what spacecraft did the crewmembers stand up to fly it? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * NEW: Animal of the Week http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/imageoftheweek/061006_wcs.html New series of wildlife photography provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, only on LiveScience! * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Does the Full Moon Make People Crazy? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Does the Full Moon Make People Crazy? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * VIDEO: Addiction: It's In Your Genes http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=asb1008_addictiongene Vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse located to a particular gene. * 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! * Space Yogurt Made With Astro-Bacteria http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/061006_space_yogurt.html The bacteria were sent into space, and only the strong survived. They supposedly take the taste of this new yogurt to a new level. * Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061005_alzheimers_marijuana.html The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs prescribed for the treatment of the disease. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Black Hole: Warping Time & Space http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=black_holes When a supermassive star dies, it's corpse collapses into a knot so tight not even light can escape. * 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. * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest Now you can decide which is most bizarre. * Top 10 Views from an Astronaut-Photographer http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10_isschiao_earth.html Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao on the ISS took more than 24,000 pictures out the window. Here are his 10 favorites. * 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! * Gallery: Inside look at SpaceShipTwo http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4322&gid=309 Photographs of the interior of SpaceShipTwo vehicle are unveiled in this gallery. * Gallery: Amazing Views of Earth from Space http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=2676&gid=208&index=0 Observing Earth: Amazing Views of Earth from Space, Part Two. * 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! 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