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Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, January 8, 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:
* Star Survivor: Companion Endures Explosion
* Mars: 'Beautiful, Simply Beautiful!'
* Theory: Mass Extinction by Our Own Sun
* Image of the Day: The Sun's New Spots
* Astronotes: Here's a Twist: Planet Heats Star

Spaceflight:
* Spirit on Mars Rekindles Speculation White House Will Send Humans
* Mars Rover's Trek Delayed Due to Airbag Interference
* Orbiter Photographs Viking 1 and Pathfinder Landers on Mars' Surface
* Mars Express Fails to Contact Beagle 2
* 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:
* Astronomers Find Sun's Twin
* Stardust Captures the Best Comet Image Ever
* Our Violent Universe: Galaxy Ripped to Shreds
* Biggest, Brightest Star Puzzles Astronomers
* Black Hole Gives Up Some Secrets
* Staying Warm with 'Frozen Smoke' of Aerogel
* Station Crew Hunts for Elusive Air Leak
* Space Shuttle Columbia and Crew Memorialized on Mars
* ZoomView: Zoom in on Mars!
* First Color Images from the Mars Rover Spirit
* Mars Rovers Gallery: First Batch of Images
* Mars Express: The Hunt for Beagle 2 Begins

Plus...

* Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky
* Starry Night, TeamSETI

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Science/Astronomy:

* Star Survivor: Companion Endures Explosion
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/supernova_companion_040108.html

Astronomers have found a bright blue companion star to an exploded supernova, a stellar survivor to one of the most violent eruptions in the universe.

* Mars: 'Beautiful, Simply Beautiful!'
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/mars_devore_seti_040108.html

Sixty-eight hours after Spirit landed on Mars, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol spoke with me about her experiences as a scientist working with the Spirit team

* Theory: Mass Extinction by Our Own Sun
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_extinction_040108.html

The second-largest extinction in the Earth's history, the killing of two-thirds of all species, may have been caused by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun after gamma rays destroyed the Earth's ozone layer.

* Image of the Day: The Sun's New Spots
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_040108.html

A sunspot has grown to six times the size of Earth and is at the center of the Sun, directly facing our planet. It has a chance of producing a major flare, scientists said.

* Astronotes: Here's a Twist: Planet Heats Star
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

An extrasolar planet has been found prodding its parent star with its magnetic field, the first ever detected around an alien world. The Jupiter-like gas giant planet's activity is actually heating up its parent star, if only a little, creating a hot spot that moves swiftly around the star.

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Spaceflight:

* Spirit on Mars Rekindles Speculation White House Will Send Humans
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bush_vision_040108.html

The landing of Spirit on Mars has rekindled speculation that U.S. President George Bush is on the verge of putting NASA on a new space policy trajectory, one that could lead to a human expedition to the red planet.

* Mars Rover's Trek Delayed Due to Airbag Interference
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_airbag_040107.html

NASA's Spirit rover mission on Mars faces a little robotic cosmetic surgery today, a "lift and tuck" of a balky airbag that might impede the robot from rolling onto the surface of Gusev Crater.

* Orbiter Photographs Viking 1 and Pathfinder Landers on Mars' Surface
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mgs_mpf_viking_040107.html

Scientists have used an orbiting Mars craft to photograph robotic landers that have been sitting dormant on the surface of the red planet since their missions ended.

* Mars Express Fails to Contact Beagle 2
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/express_update_040107.html

Europe's Mars Express orbiter failed to pick up a signal from the Beagle 2 probe on Wednesday, leaving a disappointed mission control without sign from the lander since it was spun off toward the Red Planet in mid-December.

* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
http://www.space.com/php/trivia/

One of Today's 5 New Questions: Who was the only astronaut to fly in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo 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:

* Astronomers Find Sun's Twin
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_twin_040107.html

* Stardust Captures the Best Comet Image Ever
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_image_040107.html

* Our Violent Universe: Galaxy Ripped to Shreds
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/galaxy_crash_040106.html

* Biggest, Brightest Star Puzzles Astronomers
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/brightest_star_040106-1.html

* Black Hole Gives Up Some Secrets
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/black_hole_040106.html

* Staying Warm with 'Frozen Smoke' of Aerogel
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/tech_wed_040107.html

* Station Crew Hunts for Elusive Air Leak
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp8_update_040106.html

* Space Shuttle Columbia and Crew Memorialized on Mars
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_columbia_040106.html

* ZoomView: Zoom in on Mars!
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/zoomviewer/

* First Color Images from the Mars Rover Spirit
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_color_040106.html

* Mars Rovers Gallery: First Batch of Images
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=se

* Mars Express: The Hunt for Beagle 2 Begins
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/express_update_040106.html

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