SETI bioastro: Fw: Hunt for Earth-like planets intensifies / Dozens of 'mini-galaxies' discovered

• Previous message: LARRY KLAES: "SETI bioastro: Half of known exoplanetary systems could have Earth-like worlds"

----- Original Message -----
From: NewsAlert<mailto:sfn_newsalert_at_spaceflightnow.com>
To: Newsalert<mailto:newsalert_at_list.astrolists.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Hunt for Earth-like planets intensifies / Dozens of 'mini-galaxies' discovered

             NEWSALERT: Thursday, April 1, 2004 @ 1931 GMT
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
          The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now

+++ NEW VERSIONS of the highly acclaimed Starry Night software now
available!
    U.S. Store: http://spaceflightnow.com/store/software/>
    U.K. Worldwide: http://spaceflightnow.com/wwstore/software/>

HUNT FOR EXTRASOLAR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS INTENSIFIES
--------------------------------------------------
An international group of astronomers are about to continue their hunt for
extrasolar planets with an enhanced world-wide telescope network in May.
They are hoping to secure the firm evidence for the existence of
Earth-mass planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, which has so far
eluded astronomers.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31planets/>

CALCULATING THE ODDS OF OTHER HABITABLE 'EARTHS'
------------------------------------------------
More than 100 planetary systems have already been discovered around
distant stars. How many of the known exoplanetary systems might contain
habitable Earth-type planets? Perhaps half of them, according to a team
using computer modeling to calculate the likelihood of any 'Earths'
existing in the so-called habitable zone.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31habitable/>

DOZENS OF 'MINI-GALAXIES' DISCOVERED BY ASTRONOMERS
---------------------------------------------------
A new survey made with the Anglo-Australian Telescope has revealed dozens
of previously unsuspected miniature galaxies in the nearby Fornax galaxy
cluster. They belong to a class of galaxies dubbed "ultra-compact dwarfs."

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31minigalaxies/>

SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON ICY WORLDS OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
------------------------------------------------------
At present, we know of no worlds beyond our Earth where life exists.
However, primitive organisms on our planet have evolved and adapted over
billions of years, colonizing the most inhospitable places.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30europalife/>

IS ANDROMEDA GALAXY A CANNIBAL ON OUR DOORSTEP?
-----------------------------------------------
Astronomers have collected the first clear evidence that the Andromeda
Galaxy, also known as M31, is pulling one of its bright satellite galaxies
apart, and discovered 14 previously unknown globular clusters orbiting far
from the center of M31 which could have been left behind when Andromeda
devoured their parent galaxies.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30andromeda/>

OCEAN WAVES FORECAST FOR SATURN'S MOON TITAN
--------------------------------------------
When the European Huygens probe on the Cassini space mission parachutes
down through the opaque smoggy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan early
next year, it may find itself splashing into a sea of liquid hydrocarbons.
In what is probably the first piece of "extraterrestrial oceanography"
ever carried out, scientists have calculated how any seas on Titan would
compare with Earth's oceans.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30titan/>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  A RARE LOOK AT THE SOVIET MOONSHOT

            For the first time ever available in the West.
       Rocket & Space Corporation Energia: a complete pictorial
     history of the Soviet/Russian Space Program from 1946 to the
     present day all in full color. Available now from our store.

      U.S. Store: http://spaceflightnow.com/store/books/energia.html>
   Worldwide Store: http://spaceflightnow.com/wwstore/books/energia.html>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

AOL USERS
---------
The links below make it easier for AOL users to reach our stories.

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31planets/">HUNT<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31planets/">HUNT> FOR EXTRASOLAR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS INTENSIFIES</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31habitable/">CALCULATING<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31habitable/">CALCULATING> THE ODDS OF OTHER HABITABLE 'EARTHS'</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31minigalaxies/">DOZENS<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/31minigalaxies/">DOZENS> OF 'MINI-GALAXIES' DISCOVERED BY ASTRONOMERS</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30europalife/">SEARCHING<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30europalife/">SEARCHING> FOR LIFE ON ICY WORLDS OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30andromeda/">IS<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30andromeda/">IS> ANDROMEDA GALAXY A CANNIBAL ON OUR DOORSTEP?</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30titan/">OCEAN<http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0403/30titan/">OCEAN> WAVES FORECAST FOR SATURN'S MOON TITAN</a>

<a href="http://astronomynowstore.com">ASTRONOMY<http://astronomynowstore.com">astronomy/> NOW STORE</a>

• Previous message: LARRY KLAES: "SETI bioastro: Half of known exoplanetary systems could have Earth-like worlds"

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.6 : Thu Apr 01 2004 - 13:08:28 PST