Universe Today - August 25, 2000 |
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the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet, Updated Every Weekday. August 25, 2000 - Issue #296 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version of this newsletter including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Further Evidence of Europa's Oceans * Delta 3 Missed its Target But Within Margin of Error * Powerful, But Tiny Black Hole FURTHER EVIDENCE OF EUROPA'S OCEANS ------------------------- Data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft support the theory that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface. The data came from magnetic readings taken on the moon's internal magnetic field - it strongly indicates the presence of a salty ocean. NASA has future missions in the planning stages which will help determine, once and for all, if Europa does have a liquid surface. Original Source: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-131.txt Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_895000/895634.stm http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/08/25/europa.water.ap/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000825/sp_europa.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/082500/europa.sml http://www.msnbc.com/news/450560.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/europa.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html DELTA 3 MISSED ITS TARGET BUT WITHIN MARGIN OF ERROR ------------------------- After hailing yesterday's Delta 3 launch as a "complete success", Boeing admitted that the rocket with its dummy cargo ended up a thousand kilometres off its planned orbit. Although it ended up off-course, Boeing considers the trajectory to be within an acceptable margin of error. The Delta 3 carried a simulated satellite cargo to demonstrate to potential clients that any problems with the booster have been repaired - after its previous two launches ended in failure. Boeing has 18 more Delta 3 launches planned. Original Source: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2000/news_release_000824h.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d280/000824loworbit.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/delta.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/aerospacemanufacturers.html POWERFUL, BUT TINY BLACK HOLE ------------------------- Astronomers have found a relatively tiny "supermassive" black hole pulling in as much matter and radiating as many X-rays as much larger holes. Located at the core of galaxy NGC 4395, this black hole is part of a new classification of mid-mass black holes. It's suspected that this hole contains the mass of 10,000 to 100,000 Suns. Original Source: http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/press/cw00_19.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0008/25blackhole/ Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/blackholes.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/blackholes.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |