Universe Today - August 12, 1999

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Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today

Vexcel Put Korea Into 3D with RADARSAT
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/radarsat-99b.html

SpaceDev To Give MicroSats A Kick
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/spacedev-99h.html

GenCorp Breathes Air Into New Engine
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/aerojet-99a.html

Habitable Zones and Carbon Temperance
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99m3.html

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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Eclipse Mostly Obscured by Poor Weather
* Astronomers Investigate Supercluster Theory
* Surveyor Shows Turbulent Weather on Mars
* Controversial Cassini Flyby Approaches


ECLIPSE MOSTLY OBSCURED BY POOR WEATHER
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The last solar eclipse of the millenium was met with generally poor
weather, as viewers from across Europe and the Middle East watched
the sun disappear behind the moon. In Cornwall England, viewers saw
the two minutes of totality through a haze of cloud, but were able
to make out a few brief glimpses.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/eclipse_england990811.html
http://www.astronomynow.com/eclipse/990811ukstory.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/total_eclipse/newsid_417000/417694.stm
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/081199c.htm
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/11/eclipse.04/index.html
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief1.html?ct=37b2637a
http://exn.ca/space/index.cfm?Type=Astronomy&ID=19990806-53
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/081199/eclipse.sml
http://www.msnbc.com/news/eclipse_front.asp
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/space/astronomy/99eclipse/
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/081299i.htm
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/08/11b.html


ASTRONOMERS INVESTIGATE SUPERCLUSTER THEORY
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Astronomers are gathered at the U.K.'s National Astronomy Meeting
in Guernsey to hash out the latest theories of why galaxies clump
together into gigantic superclusters instead of spreading out evenly
across the universe. New models developed with the aid of
supercomputers may help provide some answers.

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief5.html?ct=37b2637a


SURVEYOR SHOWS TURBULENT WEATHER ON MARS
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The latest data sent back by the Mars Global Surveyor shows a
host of weather patterns on the Red Planet - pink storms, shifting
sand dunes, and frost-covered sand. The strangest is what seems
like frost-covered vegetation near the planet's South pole, but
are actually spots of seasonal warming on the dunes.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/10/mars.weather/index.html
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief2.html?ct=37b265ea
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/081199/mars.sml
http://www.msnbc.com/news/299126.asp


CONTROVERSIAL CASSINI FLYBY APPROACHES
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Every time Cassini swings by the Earth for a valuable gravity
assist on its way to Saturn, it also stirs up a little controversy
thanks to its plutonium reactor, which protestors fear could cause
damage if the probe crashed. Cassini's final slingshot past the
Earth will happen on August 17th, and will arrive at Saturn in 2004.

http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/08/11c.html

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