Today on SPACE.com --- Friday October 27, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
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LiveScience.com * The Shady Science of Ghost Hunting * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Are Left-Handed People Smarter? * Electric Lemonade * VIDEO: Why We Age * Animal of the Week * Cool Science Galleries NEW! Cool Stuff: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Access the Archives * New Gallery: Comet SWAN * VIDEO: Take One Asteroid * UFO Wallpaper * New Gallery: Spitzer's Latest Views (2006) * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Watch the Great Bear Hibernate http://www.space.com/spacewatch/061027_night_sky.html The celestial big bear is following its earthly cousins and going into its own stage of hibernation. * Wow! Striking Green Comet Suddenly Visible in Evening Sky http://www.space.com/spacewatch/061026_comet_swan.html What had been a modest comet seen only with binoculars or telescopes flared up this week to become visible to the naked eye [images]. * Star Explosion is Suprisingly Neat & Tidy http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061026_exploding_star.html Stars don't always rip apart in violent explosions. Some blow up in an orderly fashion. * Al Gore: Earth is in 'Full-Scale Planetary Emergency' http://www.space.com/news/061026_gore_space.html Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has called for better use of the "space resource" to battle Earth's climate crisis, enlisting entrepreneurial muscle to help solve global issues that threaten the planet's habitability. * Uranus Has a Dark Spot http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_uranus_061026.html Images of Uranus reveal for the first time a dark spot in the planet's northern hemisphere. * Image of the Day: Visiting Venus http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061027.html NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft swung past the planet Venus, the first of two visits to the cloudy planet. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Despite Setbacks, Teams Set Sights On Lunar Lander Purse http://www.space.com/news/061027_lunarlander_update.html Rival space groups are vowing to push forward on vertical takeoff and landing rocket technology to vie for prize money in a NASA-sponsored lunar lander prototype competition. * Blog: NASA Discusses Hubble Servicing Mission http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/tariqmalik Top NASA officials are meeting today to discuss the fate of the Hubble Space Telescope with an announcement slated for Oct. 31. * Next Space Tourist Launches Website, Aims for Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061026_simonyi_spacetourist.html With a March 2007 spaceflight in hand, American space tourist-in-training Charles Simonyi celebrated with a launch of his own Thursday as he debuted a personal website where he'll document his trek to the International Space Station (ISS). * Sea Launch Scrubs XM Satellite Space Shot http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sfn_061026_zenit3sl_cntdwn.html "Due to off-nominal data from its automated launch support equipment, Sea Launch today halted the launch of the XM-4 broadcast satellite," the company said in a statement released a short time ago. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: Who was the first Japanese astronaut to make a space-walk? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * The Shady Science of Ghost Hunting http://www.livescience.com/othernews/061027_ghost_hunters.html Ghosts are big business. For entities that may or may not exist, they seem to be everywhere, especially during Halloween. * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Are Left-Handed People Smarter? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Are Left-Handed People Smarter? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Electric Lemonade http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=lemonbattery NEW: Life's Little Mysteries now has videos. Today, find out how to make a battery from a lemon. * VIDEO: Why We Age http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=whyweage Accelerated aging in lab mice is induced by changing only two "letters" in their genetic sequencing. * Animal of the Week http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/imageoftheweek/061027_wcs.html A grizzly bear enjoying the autumn foliage at the Bronx Zoo. * Cool Science Galleries http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Where Science comes to Life...Visit our Image Galleries collection. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Wirefly X Prize Cup: Access the Archives http://www.space.com/xprizecup/ Missed this year's events at the Wirefly X Prize Cup? Access archived videos, galleries, stories and more! * New Gallery: Comet SWAN http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4414&gid=315 This striking green comet was captured streaking across the sky. * 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... * UFO Wallpaper http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=Wolfgang Download cool wallpapers of the alien invasion, created by space artist Wolfgang Sigl. * New Gallery: Spitzer's Latest Views (2006) http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4363&gid=312 Check out the latest collection of cool cosmos taken by NASA's infrared eyes. * 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. * Amazing Images: Upload Yours Now and Even Buy a Poster! http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool science and space-themed images now. Get your own homepage, vote for your favorites and more! * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? 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