SETI public: Weighing the Earth-sized exoplanets of a pulsar

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Science/Astronomy:

* Stars and Symbolism: Flags Inspired by the Night Sky
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/flags_030530.html

Many flags around the world use stars from the night sky in their designs. You might recognize some, and perhaps didn't even know what you were seeing. To learn more, you'll first have to go out and look up.

* Earth-Sized Planets Confirmed, But They're Dead Worlds
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas_earthsize_020329.html

There are three planets beyond our solar system about the same size as Earth. Found more than a decade ago, you might not have heard about them as their discovery was clouded in controversy.

* Astronomers Burst Bubble on Shape of Nearby Space
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_bubble_030529.html

Objects in space seldom conform to the neat shapes mapped out in theoretical models. Upon close examination of the real thing -- whatever it is -- bumps, wiggles, bulges and even stranger structures are often found.

* Image of the Day: Beginning of the End
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/image_of_day_030530.html

The photograph is of a protoplanetary nebula, objects thought to evolve into planetary nebula, beautiful structures that signal the end of a star's life.

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Spaceflight:

* Trio of Red Planet Robots Set for June Sendoff
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mars_express_030530.html

Europe's Mars Express, toting the British-built Beagle 2 lander, remains set for launch June 2 and is to be the opening volley in a salvo of Mars robotic spacecraft heading outward to that compelling world during the coming weeks.

* Concorde Makes Final Flight from Paris to New York
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/final_concorde_030530.html

Flying into blue skies and history, the last Air France Concorde commercial flight for New York left Paris Friday, an emotional end to a pioneering chapter in aviation.

* Japan Recovers Capsule That Carried Made-In-Space Product
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/japan_capsule_030529.html

A Japanese space capsule loaded with made-in-space super conductive material returned to Earth early morning May 30, Japan local time. The capsule splashed down some 620-miles (1,000-kilometers) south of Tokyo, Japan, near the Ogasawara Islands.

* Astronotes: Astronauts Memorial Foundation to Add Columbia Names to Monument
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

The Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) is raising money to pay for the addition of the STS-107 Columbia astronauts' names to the Space Mirror, the official national monument for fallen space heroes that is located at the Kennedy Space Center.

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Recent Headlines:

* SETI and Astrobiology
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_astrobiology_030529.html

* New Clues to Nature's Greatest Explosions
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas202_gamma_030528.html

* Europa Diary 3: Living on Polar Bear Time
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astrobio_europaD3_030528.html

* SIMONE: Europe's Plan to Explore Near Earth Objects
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/simone_esa_030528.html

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