From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Dec 04 2003 - 10:54:01 PST
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Subject: Observers track newly-launched spy satellites / Cracks in Earth's magnetic field
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OBSERVERS TRACK SECRET SATELLITES LAUNCHED TUESDAY
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Serving as space-age sleuths tracking spy satellites high above Earth, a
band of sky-watchers scattered around the globe are offering their
insights into a clandestine cargo launched Tuesday atop an Atlas rocket
from California.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac164/031203update.html
STORMY SPACE WEATHER SLIPS THROUGH CRACKS
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Immense cracks in Earth's magnetic field remain open for hours, allowing
the solar wind to gush through and power stormy space weather, according
to new observations from NASA and European satellites. This new discovery
about how the Earth's magnetic shield is breached is expected
to help space physicists give better estimates of the effects of severe
space weather. (Includes video!)
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/03spacewx/
PULSAR FIND BOOSTS HOPE FOR GRAVITY-WAVE HUNTERS
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Neutron star pairs may merge and give off a burst of gravity waves about
six times more often than previously thought, scientists report in the new
issue of the journal Nature. If so, the current generation of gravity-wave
detectors might be able to register such an event every year or two,
rather than about once a decade - the most optimistic prediction until
now.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/03gravitywaves/
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