From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 06:12:42 PST
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Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, January 6, 2004 -- http://www.space.com/
In today's issue:
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The year is 2261. Commander John Sheridan has declared Babylon 5 free, breaking ties between it and Earth Alliance. It was only a matter of time before he would have to fight to remain free.
http://www2.warnerbros.com/babylon5/
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Science/Astronomy:
* Our Violent Universe: Galaxy Ripped to Shreds
* Biggest, Brightest Star Puzzles Astronomers
* Black Hole Gives Up Some Secrets
* Astronotes: Speeding Star Leaves Trail of Evidence
Spaceflight:
* First Color Images from the Mars Rover Spirit
* Mars Rovers Gallery: First Batch of Images
* Mars Express: The Hunt for Beagle 2 Begins
* Image of the Day: Elsewhere on Mars
* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
NEW! Entertainment: A Special Section created in partnership with Cinescape Magazine!
* DVD Review: Deep Space Nine -- Season 6
* FIREFLY's Master and Commander Speaks -- Part One
* Movie Review -- Big Fish
* A Sleeker 'Battlestar Galactica' Returns
* DVD Review -- X2: X-Men United
* Spotlight: ALIENS Egg Added to Smithsonian Collection
Recent Headlines:
* Galaxies in Young Cosmos More Massive and Mature th
* NASA Releases 3-D Images of Mars Surface
* Recognizing Martians: If We Find ET, Will We Know?
* Team Spirit Readies Robot for Mars Duties
* Spirit's First Images of the Red Planet
Plus...
* Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
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Science/Astronomy:
* Our Violent Universe: Galaxy Ripped to Shreds
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/galaxy_crash_040106.html
The newly witnessed demise of a galaxy has given astronomers a glimpse into the lives and deaths of spiral galaxies in a violent universe, and possibly a view of the ultimate fate of the Milky Way.
* Biggest, Brightest Star Puzzles Astronomers
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/brightest_star_040106-1.html
A team of researchers has found what appears to be the most luminous known star around, one so massive that it shouldn't have formed in the first place.
* Black Hole Gives Up Some Secrets
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/black_hole_040106.html
Three separate teams of researchers have unlocked some longstanding secrets of two stars that have puzzled astronomers for more than 20 years.
* Astronotes: Speeding Star Leaves Trail of Evidence
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
A star has been caught speeding away from its birthplace, racing along at some 40,000 mph (17.9 kps). Astronomers know this because the star left an exit wound in its natal cloud and has been leaving crumbs along its path.
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Spaceflight:
* First Color Images from the Mars Rover Spirit
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_color_040106.html
Scientists are having a "field day" on Mars, ogling a staggering new view of the Red Planet revealed through the camera eyes of NASA's Spirit rover.
* Mars Rovers Gallery: First Batch of Images
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=se
New images taken by the Mars Rover 'Spirit', including today's new color images!
* Mars Express: The Hunt for Beagle 2 Begins
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/express_update_040106.html
Europe's Mars Express satellite has settled into its operational orbit and will begin hunting in earnest for Beagle-2 on Jan. 7 from an altitude as low as 315 kilometers over the presumed landing area.
* Image of the Day: Elsewhere on Mars
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_040106.html
With NASA's Spirit rover safely on Mars and ready to poke around, secrets of the red planet are sure to unravel in coming months. But other places on Mars will likely remain mysterious until researchers can take closer looks at more and more of the planet.
* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
http://www.space.com/php/trivia/
One of Today's 5 New Questions: What was the first living creature to orbit the Earth in a man-made spacecraft?
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NEW! Entertainment:
http://www.space.com/entertainment/
* DVD Review: Deep Space Nine -- Season 6
http://www.space.com/entertainment/ds9_season6_review.html
If you've read my reviews of the earlier seasons of DEEP SPACE NINE then you'll already know I'm what they call a "Niner", that is, a fan of this incarnation of STAR TREK.
* FIREFLY's Master and Commander Speaks -- Part One
http://www.space.com/entertainment/whedon_part1.html
Joss Whedon owns the internet. Type his name into Google and do a search and see for yourself how many fansites there are for BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, its spinoff series ANGEL or even for FIREFLY, Whedon's short-lived science fiction series with a western twist from last season.
* Movie Review -- Big Fish
http://www.space.com/entertainment/big-fish_review.html
Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) has two problems. One is that his father, Edward (Albert Finney), is dying back home in Alabama while Will has made a life for himself and his pregnant wife (Marion Cotillard) in France. Will hurries to the old man's bedside, where he comes face to face with another problem: from Will's point of view, Edward has not told a single true story in his life, instead embellishing on the facts until they're unrecognizable.
* A Sleeker 'Battlestar Galactica' Returns
http://www.space.com/entertainment/galactica_new_031204.html
"Battlestar Galactica" is returning as a four-hour miniseries, backed by hype befitting a science fiction classic in the same galaxy as "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."
* DVD Review -- X2: X-Men United
http://www.space.com/entertainment/xmen2_dvd_review.html
When I was a kid, superhero movies sucked. No, not just in movies that were poorly made, but all of them. Comic-books presented the kinds of stories that just couldn't be made into movies, which is one of the reasons readers cherished them so much.
* Spotlight: ALIENS Egg Added to Smithsonian Collection
http://www.space.com/entertainment/spotlight.html
The next time you're visiting the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, don't pull a Kane and look into the alien egg.
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Recent Headlines:
* Galaxies in Young Cosmos More Massive and Mature than Expected
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/gemini_survey_040105.html
* Quarry in Tow, Stardust Begins Long Journey Home
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_update_040102.html
* NASA Releases 3-D Images of Mars Surface
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_3D_040105.html
* Recognizing Martians: If We Find ET, Will We Know?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040105.html
* Team Spirit Readies Robot for Mars Duties
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_readied_040105.html
* Spirit's First Images of the Red Planet
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_images_040104.html
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