Today on SPACE.com --- Friday, March 11, 2005 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: NEW! Starry Night Pro Plus 5.0 with Full-color CCD Photo of the Entire Sky! Pre-order and Get FREE Shipping! Click Now for Details. http://www.starrynight.com/pro_plus.html -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Finding Pluto: Tough Task, Even 75 Years Later * ASTRONOTES: April Auctions Bring Space Sales * Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Vanishing Robbers * Study: Stars Have a Size Limit * Mystery of Arizona's Meteor Crater Solved * Image of the Day: An Unseen Explosion Spaceflight: * Private Industry Can Help NASA Open the Space Frontier * Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble * Discovery's Cargo: Next Shuttle Flight to Deliver Fresh Science and Supplies * Space Tourism Group Picks Florida Launch Site * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * Science Six Pack: This Week's Quiz * Scientists Build 'Frankenstein' Neanderthal Skeleton * Cities Cover More of Earth than Realized * The Dirty Truth about Washing Your Hands * Spectacular Eruption from Mexican Volcano * Electric Earth: Lightning Photo Gallery * Wildest Dragons of All Time: Vote for Your Favorite * VOTE NOW: The Ugliest Animals NEW! Cool Stuff: * NEW Cosmic Wallpaper * NEW Gallery: Ice on Mars * VOTE NOW: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope * Uplink: Out of This Word Message Boards * Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories * DOWNLOAD NOW! Ad Astra Magazine's Star Planner Calendar * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... * Gear Up For 'Robots' * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! * 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Cancelled By UPN Network * Director James Cameron Works with NASA on Future Mars Mission * Aliens of the Deep: James Cameron's 3-D IMAX Film Takes on Earth and Space * Construction Begins on Kansas' Spaceflight Gallery Recent Headlines: * Super Telescopes in Space and on the Moon * Progress Made on Inflatable Private Space Module * Spelunking on Mars: Caves are Hot Spots in Search for Life * Canada's Role in Missile Defense * SPACE.com's Complete Coverage of the Hubble Space Telescope * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Finding Pluto: Tough Task, Even 75 Years Later http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050311_pluto_guide.html The challenge highlights the difficulty professional astronomers faced many decades ago when trying to find the elusive world in the first place. * ASTRONOTES: April Auctions Bring Space Sales http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html April is auction season with no less than three independent space sales scheduled over the four weeks. * Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Vanishing Robbers http://www.space.com/searchforlife/doyle_holmes_050310.html When SETI's Laurance R. Doyle read that Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes did not care about the Earth's orbit he thought it might be a good idea to have the great detective collaborate with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Here is the first installment of Doyle's literary adventure. * Study: Stars Have a Size Limit http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050309_heavy_stars.html Astronomers announced today that stars can be born big, but only so big. * Mystery of Arizona's Meteor Crater Solved http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050309_meteor_crater.html The space rock that carved Meteor Crater in Arizona hit the planet much more slowly than astronomers once figured, but still 10 times faster than a rifle bullet. * Image of the Day: An Unseen Explosion http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_050311.html The only sign of a massive explosion on the far side of the Sun is a tell-tale cloud of solar material the event belched into space. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Private Industry Can Help NASA Open the Space Frontier http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_tumlinson-2_05031.html There are three initiatives from 2004 that if built upon the right way will rapidly accelerate the human breakout into space. * Senator Calls on NASA to Service Hubble http://www.space.com/news/hubble_mikulski_030510.html In a sternly worded letter to acting NASA Administrator Frederick D. Gregory, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she expects the U.S. space agency to heed the will of the Congress and keep preparations for a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission on track. * Discovery's Cargo: Next Shuttle Flight to Deliver Fresh Science and Supplies http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/rtf_sts114cargo_050310.html While NASA's next astronaut crew prepares to launch spaceward aboard the space shuttle Discovery later this year, engineers and technicians are packing the mission's crucial cargo of fresh supplies and science equipment. * Space Tourism Group Picks Florida Launch Site http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/aera_spacetourism_050309.html A private space tourism firm with plans to launch civilians on suborbital joyrides has pinned down its launch pad with a little help from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: Which Apollo missions were canceled due to budgetary considerations? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * Science Six Pack: This Week's Quiz http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050311_six_pack.html A half-dozen questions to test your knowledge of the week's science news and other things in nature that are just plain strange. Every Friday, only on LiveScience! * Scientists Build 'Frankenstein' Neanderthal Skeleton http://www.livescience.com/history/050310_neanderthal_reconstruction.html Anthropologists have built a "Frankenstein" Neanderthal skeleton, the first and only full-body reconstruction of the species. The result, announced today, is a shape no one expected. * Cities Cover More of Earth than Realized http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050311_urban_living.html Three percent of the world's land surface is covered with urban areas, an increase of at least 50 percent over previous estimates, scientists said this week. * The Dirty Truth about Washing Your Hands http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050311_soap_wash.html With 10 seconds of scrubbing, soap and water gets rid of the common cold virus, hepatitis A, and a host of other illness-bearing germs, the study found. * Spectacular Eruption from Mexican Volcano http://www.livescience.com/othernews/science_notes.html Western Mexico's Volcano of Fire spewed hot lava and rock Thursday, the latest in a series of spectacular but non-threatening eruptions in the past few weeks. * Electric Earth: Lightning Photo Gallery http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Amazing images of lightning strikes, on the ground and in the clouds. * Wildest Dragons of All Time: Vote for Your Favorite http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050304_dragons_ls.html Mermaids and ogres come and go, but dragons have staying power. How many do you recognize? * VOTE NOW: The Ugliest Animals http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=uglyanimal You decide which member of the beautiful animal kingdom is truly the ugliest! ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: http://www.space.com/spaceviews/ * NEW Cosmic Wallpaper http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=cosmic Space Illustrated - as through the eyes of the Spitzer Telescope. Download New Space Art for your Desktop. * NEW Gallery: Ice on Mars http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=ss Mars Express finds signs of volcanic activity on the Red Planet. * VOTE NOW: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=hst VOTE NOW! Pick your favorite Hubble image of all time! * Uplink: Out of This Word Message Boards http://uplink.space.com/ubbthreads.php Where amateur astronomers and astronaut candidates can meet and share their views... * Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10apollohoaxes.html Think We Didn't Go to the Moon? Think Again After Reviewing the Top 10 Apollo Hoax Theories! * DOWNLOAD NOW! Ad Astra Magazine's Star Planner Calendar http://www.space.com/media/pdf/adastra_calendar_spring2005.pdf Star Planner Tracking Space For Your Viewing! The Star Planner Calendar covers space-related news and activities for the coming year. * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! http://www.space.com/php/weatherbug/ Type in your ZIP Code and hit "Go" to get your live local weather. * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! http://www.space.com/jobs/ Imaginova and CareerBuilder.com have partnered to bring you the best in job searching, resume posting, and online recruiting. ---------------------------------- Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... http://www.space.com/entertainment/ * Gear Up For 'Robots' http://www.space.com/entertainment/robots_review_050311.html Despite a rather banal plot that seems to blatantly steal from others at times, Robots provides a visual feast for the mechanically-inclined children it undoubtedly targets. * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! http://www.space.com/entertainment/spacebox/ Explore the SpaceBox! The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Music Inspired by the Cosmos! * 'Star Trek: Enterprise' Cancelled By UPN Network http://www.space.com/entertainment/enterprise_cancelled_050203.html After four years, the mission is over for "Star Trek: Enterprise." The prequel to the original ''Star Trek'' science fiction series will air its final episode in the United States on May 13, UPN and Paramount Network Television announced. * Director James Cameron Works with NASA on Future Mars Mission http://www.space.com/entertainment/ft_cameron_mars_050209.html Nowadays, James Cameron is spending more of his "spare" time involved in NASA's bid to send human explorers deeper into the solar system. * Aliens of the Deep: James Cameron's 3-D IMAX Film Takes on Earth and Space http://www.space.com/entertainment/aliensofthedeep_050128.html Director James Cameron has again plunged into the depths of the sea and returned with Aliens of the Deep, a 3-D documentary of the exotic life on the ocean floor and the potential for even more extreme creatures on other worlds. * Construction Begins on Kansas' Spaceflight Gallery http://www.space.com/entertainment/spaceflight_gallery_041208.html When the Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery opens to the public in the spring of 2005, visitors to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will have a rare opportunity to view the spacecraft and spacesuits that began the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. ---------------------------------- Recent Headlines: * Super Telescopes in Space and on the Moon http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050309_lunar_scope.html * Progress Made on Inflatable Private Space Module http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050308_bigelow_update.html * Spelunking on Mars: Caves are Hot Spots in Search for Life http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/scitues_marscaves_050308.html * Canada's Role in Missile Defense http://www.space.com/adastra/050308_adastra_canada.html * SPACE.com's Complete Coverage of the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.space.com/hubble/ * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers http://www.space.com/marsrover/ ----------------------------- * 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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