SETI bioastro: Astronomers capture dwarf galaxy being ripped apart by dark matter halo

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Astronomers capture a dwarf galaxy being torn apart in the dark matter halo of a massive galaxy

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12276

"For the first time, astronomers have found direct evidence of a phenomenon long thought to play an important
role in the formation of giant galaxies: the ongoing disruption of a small galaxy as it orbits within the dark matter
halo of a much larger galaxy."

Europe's first Moon probe prepares for launch

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12286

"The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft was delivered to Kourou, French Guiana, on July 15 and
is currently being prepared for launch atop an Ariane 5 during the night from August 28 to 29. The launch
window will open at 20:04 local time (01:04 on August 29 morning CEST) and will remain open for 26 minutes."

STATUS REPORTS
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NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Northeast Hellas Landscape
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9980

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 07 Aug 2003
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9979

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3421
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9977

NASA SOHO Daily Report Operations Day - 217/2003 (05 August 03)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9974

NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Craters and Grabens: Circles and Lines
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9973

NASA Mars Image of the Day: Layers in Tithonium Chasma
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9971

PRESS RELEASES
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Canada Joins NASA 2007 Mission to Mars
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12285

Media Invited to NASA Symposium: "Four Years of Chandra Observations" Symposium
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12279

A Rock By Any Other Name
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12278

Challenger Center Event: Cosmic Rendezvous  An Evening Among The Stars
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12277

Harvard Archives show "Winking Star" started winking only recently
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12274

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Images Nearby Star Cluster NGC 6397
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12273

Shooting-star spectacle next week
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12271

Making sense of Centaurs and their kin
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12270

IGBP calls for better observation of Earth's "Achilles' heels"
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12267

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