Universe Today - October 5, 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. October 5, 2000 - Issue #318 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 ************************************** Here's some late-breaking news. It looks like tonight's shuttle launch has been scrubbed because an exposed bolt on Discovery is giving launch technicians some concerns - the bolt could affect the flight of the shuttle after it seperates from the large tank. The launch has been definitely scrubbed today, but they're hoping to launch with only a 24-hour delay. I'll have a more comprehensive story for tomorrow's newsletter. On another front... A big thanks to everyone who has helped to support save the Pluto Kuiper Express, I know the engineers at NASA really appreciate your help. If you're interested in getting involved, there a great new site that covers the campaign to save the mission in great detail, and gives you ideas on how you can get involved. Check it out: http://www.plutomission.com/ Fraser Cain Publisher Universe Today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Spaced Out! Celebrating World Space Week, October 4-10 * Hubble Peers into a Stellar Nursery * Sun Sends Space Rocks Crashing into the Earth SPACED OUT! CELEBRATING WORLD SPACE WEEK, OCTOBER 4-10 ------------------------- Did you know that October 4-10 has been designated as World Space Week from the year 2000 onwards? Do you also know what is auspicious about these dates? Jennifer Laing looks at this week of international events and activities, which celebrates the beginning of the 'Space Millennium'. A Universe Today exclusive story. http://www.universetoday.com/html/special/spaceweek.html HUBBLE PEERS INTO A STELLAR NURSERY ------------------------- New images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal incredible detail of object N 81 - a newborn star cluster found within the Small Magellanic Cloud. Known to astronomers as "The Blob", few features of the object have been visible using ground-based telescopes, but these new images from Hubble show very young stars cradled within a nebula of hot, glowing gas. Original Source: http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/2000oct5/n81table.html Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_957000/957403.stm http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0010/05hubble/ Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/hubble.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/astronomy.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/hubble.html SUN SENDS SPACE ROCKS CRASHING INTO THE EARTH ------------------------- Scientists working at the Charles University in Prague and the University of Trieste have a theory for why the Earth is struck by a constant hail of space rocks. It seems that the Sun exhibits an uneven force on asteroid debris as they fly through space. This force steers the debris into orbits which are affected by the gravity of Jupiter and Saturn, and then flung into the inner solar system. Most disappears into the sun, but an estimated 0.5% reaches the Earth. The results of their study will be published in an upcoming edition of Nature. Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_955000/955933.stm http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001004/sp_meteorites.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/472428.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/meteorites.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/meteorshowers.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/meteorshowers.html *************************************** More space links... Bob Yen's Way Out Photography - http://www.comet-track.com astrophotography, specializing in comets, eclipse, meteor, deep-sky. Includes QT videos & time-lapse sequences, for a full digital experience Spaceguard UK http://ds.dial.pipex.com/spaceguard/ One of the largest and most active national Spaceguard organisations. The Deep Sky Database - http://www.virtualcolony.com/sac/ An online resource for building customized observing lists based on a database with over 10,000 deep sky objects. ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |