Universe Today - November 6, 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. November 6, 2000 - Issue #336 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 ************************************** Did you know that every week around 300 to 400 NEW SPACE JOBS are advertised throughout the industry? Subscribe to the free weekly Space Careers newsletter and be the first to know who is hiring in the space industry. http://www.spacelinks.com/SpaceCareers/newsletter.html?ut ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Asteroid Threat Revised * Work on the Station is Going Slower than Planned * Chandra Observes Cosmic Pileup ASTEROID THREAT REVISED ------------------------- It turns out that Asteroid 2000SG344 isn't going to have a near-miss with the Earth in 2030. Astronomers reported last week that the spacerock had a 1-in-500 chance of striking the Earth in 2030, but additional data of the object's orbit helped them to determine that it will actually miss us by about 5 million kilometres (12 times the distance to the moon). The scientists who made the original announcement are being criticized for releasing information to the media before it was fully confirmed. Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1006000/1006305.stm http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/03/near.earth.object.ap/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001106/sp_ap_asteroid.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/485240.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/asteroids.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/asteroids.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/asteroids.html WORK ON THE STATION IS GOING SLOWER THAN PLANNED ------------------------- The new residents of the International Space Station are finding that unpacking is going more slowly than anticipated. In fact, they had to eat their first meal without knives, spoons, and forks because they couldn't locate them in all the boxes. During the first few days, many of the projects on the agenda have been finished, but many more have slipped behind - an important project in the next few days is to hook up the station's oxygen system, which will give the astronauts a regular source of breathable air. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2000/iss00-50.html Internet Coverage: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001106/sp_station.html http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/06/iss.update.reut/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/110400/iss.sml http://www.msnbc.com/news/483093.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/spacestation.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spacestations.html CHANDRA OBSERVES COSMIC PILEUP ------------------------- New images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory show incredible details of a powerful jet shooting from the quasar 3C273. Instead of seeing a smooth stream of material flying from the quasar, the photos appear to show a pileup of material at a significant distance from the object. It's theorized that 3C273 contains a supermassive black hole at its centre, which is somehow interacting with the exiting material. Original Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/chandra.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/x-rayastronomy.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/xrayastronomy.html ************************************************ Space-related sites... Rui Rocha - http://geocities.com/rui_miguel_rocha Site with information about what to look in the sky! I have astronomic events too! Everything in Portuguese! Observing with a small telescope - http://www.geocities.com/the_150mm_reflector Find out what you can see through a small telescope. Central Maryland Area Astronomy Society - http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ Astronomy and the Media - http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~astro7/intro.html Links to variety of astronomy sites and tutorials; slight emphasis on astronomy in Calif. Bill and Ted's Excellent Astronomy Pictures - http://www.autocode.com/astro.htm Astrophotography from Ohio - lunar, planetary, deep sky, comets, eclipses, solar, with camera and CCD. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vancouver - http://pacific-space-centre.bc.ca/rasc.html Vancouver Centre Rob's Astronomy Site - http://members.xoom.com/rob_johnson.1/home.htm devoted to all aspects of astronomy especially astronomical imaging with CCD cameras Amazing Space Place - http://spaceplace.hypermart.net Telescopes, eyepieces and accessories. Astronomy books, videos and more. Earth Station 2000 - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/7671/homedir.html Real Time Earth Disaster/Alert links. Picture menu of select links to planetary, cosmological, and theoretical science sites. Lawnchair Astronomer - http://members.aol.com/thestarman/index.html Monthly Lawnchair Astronomer Column and Amateur Astronomy Information. ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |