Today on SPACE.com --- Tuesday October 17, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
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LiveScience.com * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does My Arm Fall Asleep? * New Gallery: Drawing Dinosaurs * Ancient Miniature Buffalo Discovered * Radar Helps Locate Meteorite in Kansas * U.S. Population Passes 300 Million * Scientists Create Super-Heavy Element NEW! Cool Stuff: * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery * The Great Space Quizzes: Name That Shuttle Mission * VIDEO: Take One Asteroid * Cool Space Wallpapers * Gallery: Unique Aircraft * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Gallery: Earth, As Seen from Space * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Expected Nov. 18 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061017_leonids_2006.html If you live in Western Europe or eastern North America, put a big circle on your calendar around Saturday, Nov. 18. * Dancing Asteroid Mapped in Motion http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061016_mm_binary_asteroid.html A near-Earth asteroid is made of two motley parts that dance around each other like a miniature Earth and Moon, a new study finds. * The Orionid Meteor Shower: See the Legacy of Halley's Comet http://www.space.com/spacewatch/061013_night_sky.html Halley's comet has left a legacy that is visible to us in the form of two annual meteor showers, one of which will soon be reaching peak activity: the Orionid meteors. * Image of the Day: Up Close Looks at Victoria Crater http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061017.html NASA's Opportunity Mars rover is parked on the Cape Verde promontory at Victoria Craterand is getting quite the view. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Last Minute Glitch Prevents European Weather Satellite Launch http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061017_soyuz2_metopa_scrub.html A last minute glitch just seconds before launch prevented the Tuesday liftoff of Europe's first polar-orbiting weather satellite, yet another delay for the spacecraft. * BLOG: Wirefly X Prize Cup Gets Ready to Rumble http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/10/17/x-prize-cup-rocket-rumbles/ Momentum is picking up for the roaring start of the Wirefly X Prize Cup here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. * NASA Eyes Shuttle Launch Delays for 2007 http://www.space.com/news/ft_061017_shuttle_delays.html NASA is poised to push back the launches of its first three 2007 shuttle flights but still intends to stage five International Space Station construction missions next year, officials said Monday. * 'Another New Mars': NASA Orbiter Ready for Red Planet Science http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061016_mro_scienceupdate.html NASA's latest spacecraft to orbit Mars has already found new clues to the red planet's changing environment, and the best is yet to come, mission managers said Monday. * NASA Weighs Power-Source Options for Mars Rover http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_061016.html NASA expects to decide by the end of the year whether to use conventional solar arrays or a nuclear battery to power the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory rover. * Shuttle Discovery's Next Astronaut Crew Examines Spacecraft http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061013_sts116_ceit.html Seven astronauts are getting up close and personal with NASA's shuttle Discovery this week as engineers ready the space plane's boosters and fuel tank for flight. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: Which Shuttle Commander made the first night launch? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does My Arm Fall Asleep? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why Does My Arm Fall Asleep? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * New Gallery: Drawing Dinosaurs http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=915&gid=58 Illustrations bring dinosaurs to life in this gallery by Julius T. Csotonyi. * Ancient Miniature Buffalo Discovered http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/061017_dwarf_buffalo.html The bones of an extinct dwarf species of buffalo were recently unearthed on the Philippine island of Cebu. * Radar Helps Locate Meteorite in Kansas http://www.livescience.com/othernews/061017_ap_meteorite_kansas.html Scientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field, but what got them most electrified was the way they unearthed it. * U.S. Population Passes 300 Million http://www.livescience.com/history/061017_ap_population_300.html The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau's population clock rolled over to the big number. * Scientists Create Super-Heavy Element http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/061017_ap_heavy_element.html Revisiting one of physics' most embarrassing cases of scientific misconduct, researchers from Russia and the United States announced Monday that they have created a new super-heavy element, atomic number 118. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/comets/ Take a journey around the Solar System with this new multimedia adventure! * The Great Space Quizzes: Name That Shuttle Mission http://www.space.com/php/spacetrivia/index.php?quiz=shuttlemission How many do you remember? Take this 10-question quiz and test your mission memory. * VIDEO: Take One Asteroid http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=take_one_as Who wants to be a trillionaire? It's easy. Just find, capture and process the right asteroid. It may be easier than you imagine... * Cool Space Wallpapers http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=kees Incredible Mars imagery from Space Artist Kees Veenenbos. * 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! * 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: 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. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? 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