From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Jun 1 08:14:05 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i51FE4Un004286; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA12956 for public-list; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:59:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav75.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.105]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA12952 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:59:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:58:33 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.63 by bay4-dav75.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 14:58:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.63] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Subject: SETI public: Europan Life as Artwork Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:58:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0165_01C447C7.5F82AD00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:58:29 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jun 2004 14:58:33.0382 (UTC) FILETIME=[E89D3C60:01C447E8] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C447C7.5F82AD00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The owner and creator of this Web site is both an artist and an = astronomer. He has done a very interesting series on imagined Europan = life: http://www.bettinaforget.com/galaxy-choices.html Larry ------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C447C7.5F82AD00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
The owner and creator of this Web site is both an artist and an=20 astronomer.  He has done a very interesting series on imagined = Europan=20 life:
 
 
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------=_NextPart_000_0165_01C447C7.5F82AD00-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Jun 1 10:28:12 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i51HS8Un013004; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA16208 for public-list; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:03:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav37.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.67]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA16204; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:02:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:02:30 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.63 by bay4-dav37.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:02:30 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.63] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: American UFOs over Russia Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:02:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02B1_01C447D8.AD58C300" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:02:22 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jun 2004 17:02:30.0682 (UTC) FILETIME=[399727A0:01C447FA] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02B1_01C447D8.AD58C300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 22:49:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: DwayneDay = > Subject: [FPSPACE] American UFOs over Russia To: FPSPACE = > There is an interesting article in the current issue of Skeptical = Inquirer magazine about American Cold War high altitude balloon programs = that were mistaken for UFOs. The article is by B.D. Gildenberg, who was a low-level worker on various = high-altitude balloon programs for over three decades, starting in the = 1950s. (He was a cryptographer during World War II.) Gildenberg talks = about how various highly classified balloon projects were mistaken for = UFOs and compares several of these with specific UFO sightings. For = instance, one balloon program was designed to descend to about 3000 feet = and drop its payload by parachute. When it did this, the balloon would = go rocketing skyward at high speed. The payload was then retrieved by = military police in helicopters. This kind of project resulted in very = detailed sightings of flying saucers deploying small vehicles from = motherships before heading straight up, and also led to reports of = classified military operations to retrieve crashed saucers. There is a lot of new detail in the article, such as comments about = extremely large (6,000 to 8,000 pound) reconnaissance camera payloads = flown in the late 1960s, as well as complex air sampling devices (they = were looking for Russian plutonium carried in the upper atmosphere). I = have heard about some camera companies working on very large balloon = cameras in the late 1960s, but have no details. =20 (An aside: My colleague Chris Pocock, the foremost authority on the = history of the U-2 spyplane, once asked me about Soviet concern about = shooting down American high-altitude balloons in the late 1960s. We = both knew of no American balloon programs at this time. But it is = entirely possible that the US intelligence community was actually up to = something in the late 1960s or early 1970s that remains classified to = this day, although my suspicion is that China was the more probable = target.) A few of Gildenberg's facts are wrong, but he seems highly credible. One thing that I found quite interesting was his comment that although = these balloons were often reported as UFOs over the United States, the = CIA ultimately decided that this was a good thing. They figured that = once the balloons were deployed over the Soviet Union there would be UFO = stories in Russia and this would provide a useful cover story. It would = give the United States a certain degree of deniability. He has no = documentation on this, but it sounds plausible. And soon UFOs did start = showing up over Russia. The Soviets shot down all the ones that they = could. Gildenberg also was involved in the mid/late 1990s reports on Roswell = that were produced by the Air Force at congressional request. These = explained how many UFO sightings were actually balloon sightings. He = said that the group faced a lot of opposition from the Air Force and = Pentagon. They viewed this declassification effort as a waste of time = and a distraction from more important business. This is nothing new and = is something that Cold War scholars encounter daily--it is far easier = for a government agency to simply keep the door to their past locked = than it is for them to open that door, look inside, and decide what = secrets no longer need to stay secret. http://www.csicop.org/si/ DDAY ------=_NextPart_000_02B1_01C447D8.AD58C300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 22:49:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: = DwayneDay <zirconic1@earthlink.net>Subject:=20 [FPSPACE] American UFOs over Russia
To: FPSPACE <fpspace@friends-partners.org= >

There=20 is an interesting article in the current issue of Skeptical Inquirer = magazine=20 about American Cold War high altitude balloon programs that were = mistaken for=20 UFOs.

The article is by B.D. Gildenberg, who was a low-level = worker on=20 various high-altitude balloon programs for over three decades, starting = in the=20 1950s.  (He was a cryptographer during World War II.)  = Gildenberg=20 talks about how various highly classified balloon projects were mistaken = for=20 UFOs and compares several of these with specific UFO sightings.  = For=20 instance, one balloon program was designed to descend to about 3000 feet = and=20 drop its payload by parachute.  When it did this, the balloon would = go=20 rocketing skyward at high speed.  The payload was then retrieved by = military police in helicopters.  This kind of project resulted in = very=20 detailed sightings of flying saucers deploying small vehicles from = motherships=20 before heading straight up, and also led to reports of classified = military=20 operations to retrieve crashed saucers.

There is a lot of new = detail in=20 the article, such as comments about extremely large (6,000 to 8,000 = pound)=20 reconnaissance camera payloads flown in the late 1960s, as well as = complex air=20 sampling devices (they were looking for Russian plutonium carried in the = upper=20 atmosphere).  I have heard about some camera companies working on = very=20 large balloon cameras in the late 1960s, but have no details.  =

(An=20 aside: My colleague Chris Pocock, the foremost authority on the history = of the=20 U-2 spyplane, once asked me about Soviet concern about shooting down = American=20 high-altitude balloons in the late 1960s.  We both knew of no = American=20 balloon programs at this time.  But it is entirely possible that = the US=20 intelligence community was actually up to something in the late 1960s or = early=20 1970s that remains classified to this day, although my suspicion is that = China=20 was the more probable target.)

A few of Gildenberg's facts are = wrong, but=20 he seems highly credible.

One thing that I found quite = interesting was=20 his comment that although these balloons were often reported as UFOs = over the=20 United States, the CIA ultimately decided that this was a good = thing.  They=20 figured that once the balloons were deployed over the Soviet Union there = would=20 be UFO stories in Russia and this would provide a useful cover = story.  It=20 would give the United States a certain degree of deniability.  He = has no=20 documentation on this, but it sounds plausible.  And soon UFOs did = start=20 showing up over Russia.  The Soviets shot down all the ones that = they=20 could.

Gildenberg also was involved in the mid/late 1990s reports = on=20 Roswell that were produced by the Air Force at congressional = request. =20 These explained how many UFO sightings were actually balloon = sightings.  He=20 said that the group faced a lot of opposition from the Air Force and=20 Pentagon.  They viewed this declassification effort as a waste of = time and=20 a distraction from more important business.  This is nothing new = and is=20 something that Cold War scholars encounter daily--it is far easier for a = government agency to simply keep the door to their past locked than it = is for=20 them to open that door, look inside, and decide what secrets no longer = need to=20 stay secret.

http://www.csicop.org/si/

D= DAY


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Science/Astronomy:

* Dark Energy Tied to Human Origins

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040531.html
=
Among=20 the most elusive and important questions in science are whether we're = alone and=20 what the heck that strange stuff is that's pushing the universe apart. = Neither=20 is likely to be answered anytime soon, yet each occupies many great = minds and=20 together they drive billions of dollars in research spending every=20 year.

* Spitzer Dissects True Nature Of Galaxies
h= ttp://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aas_galaxies_040531.html

= NASA's=20 Spitzer telescope is being used by astronomers to classify galaxies in a = new=20 light -- infrared. The eventual goal of the infrared observations is to = replace=20 the Hubble classification method -- the standard visual approach -- in=20 cataloging galaxies as elliptical, lenticular, spiral, and=20 irregular.

------=_NextPart_000_02C3_01C447DE.CAE65120-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Jun 1 15:51:49 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i51MpkUn026331; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:51:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id SAA24700 for public-list; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:39:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav110.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.140]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA24695; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:39:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:39:11 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.36 by bay4-dav110.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:39:11 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.36] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Marsbugs Vol. 11, No. 23 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:39:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0051_01C44807.B9AF4960" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:39:09 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jun 2004 22:39:11.0998 (UTC) FILETIME=[428359E0:01C44829] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C44807.B9AF4960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dr. David J. Thomas=20 To: dthomas@lyon.edu=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:42 PM Subject: Marsbugs Vol. 11, No. 23 The 1 June 2004 issue of Marsbugs: The Electronic Astrobiology Newsletter is now online. Text: = http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.txt PDF: http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.pdf Word: = http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.doc Articles and News Page 1 WHAT TO WEAR ON MARS By Ryan Smith Page 2 DINOSAURS DIED WITHIN HOURS AFTER ASTEROID HIT EARTH 65 MILLION YEARS AGO=20 University of Colorado release Page 2 PEBBLES FROM AN OVERHEATED EARTH? By Geoff Koch Page 3 SURVIVAL OF THE SMALLEST: MINI-MICROBES REDEFINE EXTREME LIVING By Robert Roy Britt Page 3 NASA'S NEW MISSION: MOON, MARS TO BE FIRST STOPS ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH SOLAR SYSTEM By David A. King Page 4 ATOM: CONVERSATION WITH LAWRENCE KRAUSS >From Astrobiology Magazine=20 Page 5 NASA RELEASES MISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED JUPITER MISSION=20 NASA release 2004-130 Page 6 RAW INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE DETECTED IN PLANETARY CONSTRUCTION ZONES NASA release 2004-167 Page 7 YOUNG PLANET CHALLENGES OLD THEORIES By Leslie Mullen=20 Announcements Page 8 NEW ADDITIONS TO THE ASTROBIOLOGY INDEX By David J. Thomas =20 Mission Reports Page 8 LESSONS LEARNT FROM BEAGLE 2 AND PLANS TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ESA release Page 10 CASSINI SIGNIFICANT EVENTS NASA/JPL release Page 11 CASSINI/HUYGENS APPROACHING SATURN AND TITAN ESA release 28-2004 Page 11 SATURN SEEN FROM FAR AND NEAR=20 NASA release 2004-131 Page 12 CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION STATUS REPORT NASA/JPL release 2004-134 Page 13 MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSION STATUS NASA/JPL release 2004-132 Page 14 MARS EXPRESS: ARSIA MONS VOLCANO IN 3D ESA release Page 15 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES NASA/JPL/MSSS release Page 15 MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES NASA/JPL/ASU release Page 15 ROSETTA'S SCIENTIFIC "FIRST"-OBSERVATION OF COMET LINEAR ESA release 29-2004 David J. Thomas, PhD Asst. Professor of Biology Lyon College, Science Division 2300 Highland Road Batesville, AR 72501 USA Phone: 870-698-4269 Fax: 870-698-4692 http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/users/dthomas NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador Editor of Marsbugs: The Electronic Astrobiology Newsletter http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C44807.B9AF4960 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original = Message -----=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:42 PM
Subject: Marsbugs Vol. 11, No. 23

The 1 June 2004 issue of Marsbugs: The Electronic=20 Astrobiology
Newsletter is now online.

Text: http://w= ww.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.txt
PDF:
http://w= ww.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.pdf
Word:=20 http://w= ww.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040601.doc

Articles=20 and News

Page 1 WHAT TO WEAR ON MARS
By Ryan Smith

Page = 2=20 DINOSAURS DIED WITHIN HOURS AFTER ASTEROID HIT EARTH 65
MILLION YEARS = AGO=20
University of Colorado release

Page 2 PEBBLES FROM AN = OVERHEATED=20 EARTH?
By Geoff Koch

Page 3 SURVIVAL OF THE SMALLEST: = MINI-MICROBES=20 REDEFINE EXTREME
LIVING
By Robert Roy Britt

Page 3 NASA'S = NEW=20 MISSION: MOON, MARS TO BE FIRST STOPS ON OUR
JOURNEY THROUGH SOLAR=20 SYSTEM
By David A. King

Page 4 ATOM: CONVERSATION WITH = LAWRENCE=20 KRAUSS
From Astrobiology Magazine

Page 5 NASA RELEASES = MISSION=20 REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED JUPITER
MISSION
NASA release=20 2004-130

Page 6 RAW INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE DETECTED IN PLANETARY=20 CONSTRUCTION
ZONES
NASA release 2004-167

Page 7 YOUNG = PLANET=20 CHALLENGES OLD THEORIES
By Leslie Mullen =

Announcements

Page 8=20 NEW ADDITIONS TO THE ASTROBIOLOGY INDEX
By David J.=20 Thomas
 
Mission Reports

Page 8 LESSONS LEARNT FROM = BEAGLE 2=20 AND PLANS TO IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION OF = INQUIRY
ESA=20 release

Page 10 CASSINI SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
NASA/JPL=20 release

Page 11 CASSINI/HUYGENS APPROACHING SATURN AND = TITAN
ESA=20 release 28-2004

Page 11 SATURN SEEN FROM FAR AND NEAR
NASA = release=20 2004-131

Page 12 CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION STATUS = REPORT
NASA/JPL=20 release 2004-134

Page 13 MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSION=20 STATUS
NASA/JPL release 2004-132

Page 14 MARS EXPRESS: ARSIA = MONS=20 VOLCANO IN 3D
ESA release

Page 15 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR=20 IMAGES
NASA/JPL/MSSS release

Page 15 MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS=20 IMAGES
NASA/JPL/ASU release

Page 15 ROSETTA'S SCIENTIFIC=20 "FIRST"-OBSERVATION OF COMET LINEAR
ESA release = 29-2004


David J.=20 Thomas, PhD
Asst. Professor of Biology
Lyon College, Science=20 Division
2300 Highland Road
Batesville, AR 72501 USA
Phone:=20 870-698-4269
Fax: 870-698-4692
http://www.lyon.edu/we= bdata/users/dthomas

NASA/JPL=20 Solar System Ambassador
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/amb= assador
Editor=20 of Marsbugs: The Electronic Astrobiology Newsletter
http://www.lyon.edu/projec= ts/marsbugs
 

------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C44807.B9AF4960-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Jun 1 15:52:09 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i51Mq7Un015994; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:52:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id SAA24475 for public-list; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:35:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav46.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.76]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA24471; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:35:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:34:44 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.36 by bay4-dav46.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:34:43 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.36] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories to Uncover Black Holes, Other Hidden Objects Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:34:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000A_01C44807.17F85C60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:34:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jun 2004 22:34:44.0285 (UTC) FILETIME=[A2F196D0:01C44828] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C44807.17F85C60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories to Uncover Black = Holes, Other Hidden Objects MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://jpl.convio.net/site/R?i=3Dqw93meneerdO-3BCLCXxIg.. = http://jpl.convio.net/site/R?i=3DSF8JLDYd8DJO-3BCLCXxIg.. Whitney Clavin (818) 648-9743 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Ray Villard (410) 338-4514 Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. Megan Watzke (617) 496-7998 Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, Cambridge, Mass. News Release: 2004-138 June 1, 2004 Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories to Uncover Black Holes, Other Hidden Objects Astronomers unveiled the deepest images from NASA's new Spitzer Space Telescope today and announced the detection of distant objects -- including several supermassive black holes -- that are nearly invisible in even the deepest images from telescopes operating at other wavelengths. Dr. Mark Dickinson, of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Ariz., principal investigator for the new observations, said, "With these ultra-deep Spitzer images, we are easily seeing objects throughout time and space, where the most distant known galaxies lie. Moreover, we see some objects that are completely invisible, but whose existence was hinted at by previous observations from the Chandra and Hubble Observatories." Seven of the objects detected by Spitzer may be part of the long-sought population of "missing" supermassive black holes that powered the bright cores of the earliest active galaxies. The discovery completes a full accounting of all the X-ray sources seen in one of the deepest surveys of the universe ever taken. This detective story required the combined power of NASA's three Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. Each observatory studies different wavelengths, from high-energy X-rays with Chandra, through visible light with Hubble, and into the infrared with Spitzer. Together, these telescopes yield far more information than any single instrument. All three telescopes looked as far as 13 billion light-years away, toward a small patch of the southern sky containing more than 10,000 galaxies, in a coordinated project called the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS). Chandra images detected more than 200 X-ray sources believed to be supermassive black holes in the centers of young galaxies. Extremely hot interstellar gases falling into the black holes produce the X-rays. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys revealed optical galaxies around almost all the X-ray black holes. However, seven mysterious X-ray sources remained for which there was no optical galaxy. Dr. Anton Koekemoer of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., discovered these sources and has three intriguing possibilities for their origin: "The galaxies around these black holes may be completely hidden by thick clouds of dust absorbing all their light, or may contain very old, red stars. Or some could be the most distant black holes ever observed -- perhaps as far as 13 billion light-years." If so, all their optical light would be shifted to very long infrared wavelengths by expansion of the universe. Scientists eagerly awaited the Spitzer images to solve this puzzle. Because Spitzer observes at infrared wavelengths up to 100 times longer than those probed by Hubble, Spitzer might be able to see the otherwise invisible objects. Indeed, the very first Spitzer images of these objects, obtained earlier this year, immediately revealed the telltale infrared glow from the host galaxies around all the missing X-ray black holes. Three of Koekemoer's galaxies are extremely "red," or bright, in infrared. The Spitzer data, together with new images at shorter infrared wavelengths from the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory, indicate that the galaxies around these black holes could be heavily obscured by dust, and perhaps more distant than other known dust-obscured galaxies. Some of the other objects, however, have quite different colors, and are even more intriguing. "Their colors may be consistent with objects more distant than any now known," said Dickinson, who cautioned that additional Spitzer observations later this year will help confirm what kind of objects these might be. Old Galaxies Shine in Infrared: In another study using the same Spitzer data, Dr. Haojing Yan of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., studied 17 unusual galaxies near the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This small patch of sky within the GOODS area was recently the target for the deepest optical images ever taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera. The Deep Field optical images, released in March 2004, reach more than five times fainter than the GOODS Hubble data. But even with that phenomenal sensitivity, two of the 17 Spitzer-selected objects remain completely invisible in optical light, while the others are only faintly detected. Yan finds that these galaxies get steadily brighter at longer wavelengths, and seem to be more distant cousins of the so-called "Extremely Red Objects," known from previous deep surveys. Most are distant galaxies that are red because they are either old or dusty. These new Spitzer-identified objects, however, appear to lie farther away to a time when the universe was only two billion years old. "These objects could be the remnants of the first stars -- the very first galaxies formed in the earliest stages of the universe," said Yan. Most galaxies that we see today formed their stars gradually over a long period of time. But these 17 objects seem to be "old before their time," perhaps almost as old as the universe itself at that early epoch. "If we indeed are seeing the direct, 'pure' descendants of the first stars, this would make a thrilling story," says Yan. Further Spitzer observations at longer wavelengths, planned for later this year, should help decide whether these objects are red because they are old, or because they are young and actively forming stars enveloped in dust. Black Holes In Hiding: Using Hubble and Chandra data, Dr. Meg Urry, a GOODS astronomer at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., and her team suggest that most accreting black holes are hidden at visible wavelengths, even in the early universe. Few such hidden black holes had previously been found at such large distances, despite theoretical arguments for their existence. They were missed because their visible radiation is so dim they look like faint, ordinary galaxies. "With the new Spitzer data these very luminous, distant objects are easily visible," said Urry. "The great sensitivity of the new Spitzer infrared cameras, combined with the superb spatial resolution of Chandra, means that finding all of the black holes that are powered by infalling gas is now possible." Urry's team is using data from the three space observatories to take a census of the supermassive black holes that formed two to five billion years after the big bang. Most of these active galactic nuclei are hidden by dust, which absorbs visible and some X-ray light but emits strongly at infrared wavelengths. "The Spitzer GOODS observations verify that large numbers - perhaps three-quarters - of the obscured active galactic nuclei were indeed present in the early universe. The longer-wavelength Spitzer data still to come will reveal even more shrouded active galactic nuclei," said Urry, "including some, missed by X-ray observations, which look like ultraluminous infrared galaxies." NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope, with science operations conducted at Caltech. The Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. for NASA, under contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington. Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., formerly TRW, Inc., was the prime development contractor for the observatory. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Mass. Electronic images and additional information are available at: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/index.shtml http://hubblesite.org/news/2004/19 http://www.chandra.harvard.edu =20 -end- ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C44807.17F85C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original = Message -----=20
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Subject: Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories to Uncover = Black=20 Holes, Other Hidden Objects

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION = LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA=20 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE=20 ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) = 354-5011
http://j= pl.convio.net/site/R?i=3Dqw93meneerdO-3BCLCXxIg..
 http://j= pl.convio.net/site/R?i=3DSF8JLDYd8DJO-3BCLCXxIg..

Whitney=20 Clavin (818) 648-9743
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, = Calif.

Ray=20 Villard  (410) 338-4514
Space Telescope Science Institute, = Baltimore,=20 Md.

Megan Watzke  (617) 496-7998
Chandra X-Ray = Observatory=20 Center, Cambridge, Mass.

News Release: =20 2004-138           = ;            =             &= nbsp;     =20 June
1, 2004

Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories to = Uncover Black=20 Holes, Other
Hidden Objects

Astronomers unveiled the deepest = images=20 from NASA's new Spitzer Space
Telescope today and announced the = detection of=20 distant objects --
including several supermassive black holes -- that = are=20 nearly
invisible in even the deepest images from telescopes operating = at
other wavelengths.

Dr. Mark Dickinson, of the National = Optical=20 Astronomy Observatory,
Tucson, Ariz., principal investigator for the = new=20 observations, said,
"With these ultra-deep Spitzer images, we are = easily=20 seeing objects
throughout time and space, where the most distant = known=20 galaxies lie.
Moreover, we see some objects that are completely = invisible,=20 but whose
existence was hinted at by previous observations from the = Chandra=20 and
Hubble Observatories."

Seven of the objects detected by = Spitzer=20 may be part of the
long-sought population of "missing" supermassive = black=20 holes that
powered the bright cores of the earliest active galaxies.=20 The
discovery completes a full accounting of all the X-ray sources = seen=20 in
one of the deepest surveys of the universe ever taken.

This = detective story required the combined power of NASA's three=20 Great
Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray=20 Observatory
and Spitzer Space Telescope. Each observatory studies=20 different
wavelengths, from high-energy X-rays with Chandra, through=20 visible
light with Hubble, and into the infrared with Spitzer. = Together,=20 these
telescopes yield far more information than any single=20 instrument.

All three telescopes looked as far as 13 billion = light-years=20 away,
toward a small patch of the southern sky containing more than=20 10,000
galaxies, in a coordinated project called the Great=20 Observatories
Origins Deep Survey (GOODS).  Chandra images = detected more=20 than 200
X-ray sources believed to be supermassive black holes in the = centers
of young galaxies. Extremely hot interstellar gases falling = into=20 the
black holes produce the X-rays.

Hubble's Advanced Camera = for=20 Surveys revealed optical galaxies around
almost all the X-ray black = holes.=20 However, seven mysterious X-ray
sources remained for which there was = no=20 optical galaxy. Dr. Anton
Koekemoer of the Space Telescope Science = Institute,=20 Baltimore, Md.,
discovered these sources and has three intriguing=20 possibilities for
their origin: "The galaxies around these black = holes may be=20 completely
hidden by thick clouds of dust absorbing all their light, = or=20 may
contain very old, red stars. Or some could be the most distant=20 black
holes ever observed -- perhaps as far as 13 billion = light-years."=20 If
so, all their optical light would be shifted to very long=20 infrared
wavelengths by expansion of the universe.

Scientists = eagerly=20 awaited the Spitzer images to solve this puzzle.
Because Spitzer = observes at=20 infrared wavelengths up to 100 times
longer than those probed by = Hubble,=20 Spitzer might be able to see the
otherwise invisible objects. Indeed, = the=20 very first Spitzer images of
these objects, obtained earlier this = year,=20 immediately revealed the
telltale infrared glow from the host = galaxies around=20 all the missing
X-ray black holes.

Three of Koekemoer's = galaxies are=20 extremely "red," or bright, in
infrared. The Spitzer data, together = with new=20 images at shorter
infrared wavelengths from the Very Large Telescope = at the=20 European
Southern Observatory, indicate that the galaxies around = these=20 black
holes could be heavily obscured by dust, and perhaps more = distant=20 than
other known dust-obscured galaxies. Some of the other=20 objects,
however, have quite different colors, and are even more=20 intriguing.
"Their colors may be consistent with objects more distant = than=20 any now
known," said Dickinson, who cautioned that additional=20 Spitzer
observations later this year will help confirm what kind of=20 objects
these might be.

Old Galaxies Shine in Infrared: In = another=20 study using the same
Spitzer data, Dr. Haojing Yan of the California=20 Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, Calif., studied 17 unusual = galaxies near=20 the
Hubble Ultra Deep Field.  This small patch of sky within the = GOODS
area was recently the target for the deepest optical images = ever=20 taken
with Hubble's Advanced Camera. The Deep Field optical images,=20 released
in March 2004, reach more than five times fainter than the=20 GOODS
Hubble data.  But even with that phenomenal sensitivity, = two of=20 the 17
Spitzer-selected objects remain completely invisible in = optical=20 light,
while the others are only faintly detected. Yan finds that=20 these
galaxies get steadily brighter at longer wavelengths, and seem = to=20 be
more distant cousins of the so-called "Extremely Red Objects,"=20 known
from previous deep surveys. Most are distant galaxies that are=20 red
because they are either old or dusty.  These new=20 Spitzer-identified
objects, however, appear to lie farther away to a = time=20 when the
universe was only two billion years old.

 "These = objects=20 could be the remnants of the first stars -- the very
first galaxies = formed in=20 the earliest stages of the universe," said
Yan. Most galaxies that we = see=20 today formed their stars gradually over
a long period of time. But = these 17=20 objects seem to be "old before
their time," perhaps almost as old as = the=20 universe itself at that
early epoch. "If we indeed are seeing the = direct,=20 'pure' descendants
of the first stars, this would make a thrilling = story,"=20 says Yan.
Further Spitzer observations at longer wavelengths, planned = for=20 later
this year, should help decide whether these objects are red=20 because
they are old, or because they are young and actively forming=20 stars
enveloped in dust.
Black Holes In Hiding: Using Hubble and = Chandra=20 data, Dr. Meg Urry, a
GOODS astronomer at Yale University, New Haven, = Conn.,=20 and her team
suggest that most accreting black holes are hidden at=20 visible
wavelengths, even in the early universe. Few such hidden = black=20 holes
had previously been found at such large distances, despite=20 theoretical
arguments for their existence. They were missed because = their=20 visible
radiation is so dim they look like faint, ordinary galaxies. = "With=20 the
new Spitzer data these very luminous, distant objects are=20 easily
visible," said Urry. "The great sensitivity of the new=20 Spitzer
infrared cameras, combined with the superb spatial resolution = of
Chandra, means that finding all of the black holes that are = powered=20 by
infalling gas is now possible."

Urry's team is using data = from the=20 three space observatories to take a
census of the supermassive black = holes=20 that formed two to five billion
years after the big bang. Most of = these=20 active galactic nuclei are
hidden by dust, which absorbs visible and = some=20 X-ray light but emits
strongly at infrared wavelengths. "The Spitzer = GOODS=20 observations
verify that large numbers - perhaps three-quarters - of = the=20 obscured
active galactic nuclei were indeed present in the early = universe.=20 The
longer-wavelength Spitzer data still to come will reveal even=20 more
shrouded active galactic nuclei," said Urry, "including some,=20 missed
by X-ray observations, which look like ultraluminous=20 infrared
galaxies."

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, = Pasadena,=20 Calif., manages the
Spitzer Space Telescope, with science operations=20 conducted at Caltech.
The Space Telescope Science Institute, = Baltimore, Md.=20 is operated by
the Association of Universities for Research in = Astronomy,=20 Inc. for
NASA, under contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center,=20 Greenbelt,
Md. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of=20 international
cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. = NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages the=20 Chandra
program for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington.=20 Northrop
Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., formerly TRW, Inc., was = the=20 prime
development contractor for the observatory. The=20 Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory controls science and flight = operations=20 from
the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Mass.

Electronic = images=20 and additional information are available at:

http://www.spit= zer.caltech.edu/Media/index.shtml
http://hubblesite.org/news/20= 04/19
http://www.chandra.harvard.edu      =20

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As NASA prepares to launch Aura, an Earth-observing satellite = that=20 will study the health of our atmosphere, you can test your knowledge of = Earth's=20 ozone. Take our interactive quiz, learn about ozone and find out what = scientists=20 hope to discover with Aura.

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+ = Take=20 the quiz
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+=20 Aura home page
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-= ------------------------------------------------=20

Hello Ring World


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------=_NextPart_000_00A6_01C44896.3EA34C00-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Jun 2 11:22:33 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i52IMVUn000452; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id OAA23050 for public-list; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:09:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav121.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.151]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA23046; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:09:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:09:21 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.34 by bay4-dav121.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:09:21 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.34] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Primal Scream: The Infant Universe Speaks Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:09:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0181_01C448AB.322E2930" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:09:19 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jun 2004 18:09:21.0271 (UTC) FILETIME=[BA803870:01C448CC] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0181_01C448AB.322E2930 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Science/Astronomy: * Primal Scream: The Infant Universe Speaks http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/big_bang_sound_040601.html An astronomer has turned observations of the early universe into a sound = clip that represents a primal scream from the first million years after = the Big Bang. * Dark Energy Tied to Human Origins http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040531.html Among the most elusive and important questions in science are whether = we're alone and what the heck that strange stuff is that's pushing the = universe apart. Neither is likely to be answered anytime soon, yet each = occupies many great minds and together they drive billions of dollars in = research spending every year. ------=_NextPart_000_0181_01C448AB.322E2930 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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* Primal Scream: The Infant Universe = Speaks

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=
An=20 astronomer has turned observations of the early universe into a sound = clip that=20 represents a primal scream from the first million years after the Big=20 Bang.

* Dark Energy Tied to Human Origins
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=
Among=20 the most elusive and important questions in science are whether we're = alone and=20 what the heck that strange stuff is that's pushing the universe apart. = Neither=20 is likely to be answered anytime soon, yet each occupies many great = minds and=20 together they drive billions of dollars in research spending every=20 year.

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http://www.= spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D14328=20

"On June 8 Earth-based solar telescopes will follow a tiny black = orb as=20 it appears to travel effortlessly across a
wrinkled, brilliant = sea. =20 Peering through a specialized solar telescope in the Canary Islands, = Timothy=20 Brown will
study the chemical composition and winds of Venus's upper = atmosphere, a region poorly observed until now."


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http://www.= spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D14333=20

"Astronomers have peered into the fog of the early universe and=20 discovered  a young and extremely distant
galaxy at a time when = the=20 Universe was  only about six percent of its present age. When = compared with=20 other 
recent findings about the "dark ages" of the early = universe,=20 this discovery  suggests that this murky era could
have lasted = the=20 better part of a billion  years."

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If you would prefer to receive an HTML version of this newsletter,=20 please visit:=20 http://www.prq0.com/quickstart/survey.asp?e=3DXbcajfijDE-RaA&oid=3DUcjjbC= B EDITOR'S CHOICE:=20 It's not often that the audience at a scientific meeting gasps in=20 amazement during a talk. But that's what happened when researchers=20 revealed the result of deleting huge chunks of seemingly vital DNA=20 from lab mice. Instead of the serious problems they were expecting,=20 the mice could still run around, ate and slept normally, and overall=20 appeared to have nothing at all wrong with them. The discovery=20 leaves researchers wondering why the DNA targeted has been so=20 carefully conserved during evolution. MORE http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995063 TOP STORIES: Risk of radioactive 'dirty bomb' growing Such an attack looks increasingly likely, as the world struggles to=20 control the trafficking of raw materials for such a weapon http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995061 Passwords can sit on hard disks for years Supposedly ephemeral data can hang around, warn researchers who have=20 found a way to track data through computer memory=20 http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995064 Baby food could trigger meningitis An extensive survey of baby foods finds they contain worrying levels=20 of disease-causing microbes http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995062 =20 Dancing lasers levitate carbon nanotubes The trick may offer engineers who want to build microchips from=20 nanotube components a way to move the tiny devices into place http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995065 =20 Massive black holes common in early Universe Astronomers reveal hundreds of hidden giants - most are buried in=20 dust and were only found by combining data from several telescopes http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995060 Cows immune to BSE near reality A major advance towards producing prion-free cows is made by=20 researchers aiming to produce human antibodies in milk http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995059 Pumped-up dummy does the ironing A human-shaped dummy that fills itself with hot air is the first=20 machine designed for the home that can press shirts http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995058 =20 7-million digit prime number discovered The prime is the largest yet found, and was revealed by a=20 mathematics enthusiast using his desktop computer http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995057=20 Genetically-modified virus explodes cancer cells The GM virus selectively sweeps through cancer cells and kills them,=20 while leaving normal tissue unharmed http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995056 =20 Bug-laden foam destroys stink of manure It would be sprayed onto the dung heaps or lagoons at intensive=20 farms, to freshen the air for local communities http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995055 =20 'Smart bullet' reports back wirelessly The projectile can be fired at a target and then transmit=20 information collected by a tiny inbuilt sensor http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995054 AND FINALLY... Have you ever wondered what life would be like if the Earth was=20 hollow below the crust? Frying, starving, freezing and drowning=20 would be just some of the problems. Find out more in this week's=20 Last Word section...MORE http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=3Dlw1094 THIS WEEK'S PRINT EDITION: To subscribe to New Scientist magazine go to:=20 http://www.qssa.co.uk/new_scientist/default.asp?promcode=3D1854&stu=3Dno&= rb=3Dng FEATURES=20 VENUS SPECIAL SECOND ROCK FROM THE SUN Just in time for Venus' first transit of the sun in 120 years, New=20 Scientist brings you a complete guide to the planet, including where=20 and when to watch the transit FELLED BY FUNGUS The multibillion dollar trade in exotic plans is bringing a=20 mysterious killer to native trees around the globe WHEN NERVES BREAK DOWN Multiple sclerosis is usually blamed on an immune attack on the=20 body's nerves, but neurologist Howard Weiner says there are hints of=20 a hidden side to MS TECHNOLOGY: COOL FLAME, HOT PROSPECTS Peculiar low-temperature flames are promising to cut pollution and=20 change our approach to combustion NEWS Antibiotics in brids nests Speeding up light Tidal-wave warnings To subscribe to New Scientist magazine go to:=20 http://www.qssa.co.uk/new_scientist/default.asp?promcode=3D1854&stu=3Dno&= rb=3Dng ------=_NextPart_000_0230_01C44961.E2D34B10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 

NewScientist.com newsletter, 3 June 2004

welcome = to the=20 New Scientist newsletter, which this
week reveals how life = surprisingly=20 continued as normal for mice that
had huge chunks of DNA deleted, = how=20 supposedly ephemeral computer
data hangs around as easy pickings for = hackers=20 and how baby food
could trigger meningitis.

If you would = prefer to=20 receive an HTML version of this newsletter,
please visit:
http://www.prq0.com/quickstart/survey.asp?e=3DXbcajfijDE-R= aA&oid=3DUcjjbCB

EDITOR'S=20 CHOICE:
It's not often that the audience at a scientific meeting = gasps in=20
amazement during a talk. But that's what happened when researchers=20
revealed the result of deleting huge chunks of seemingly vital DNA =
from=20 lab mice. Instead of the serious problems they were expecting,
the = mice=20 could still run around, ate and slept normally, and overall
appeared = to have=20 nothing at all wrong with them. The discovery
leaves researchers = wondering=20 why the DNA targeted has been so
carefully conserved during = evolution.=20 MORE
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995063

TOP=20 STORIES:

Risk of radioactive 'dirty bomb' growing
Such an = attack looks=20 increasingly likely, as the world struggles to
control the = trafficking of=20 raw materials for such a weapon
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995061

Passwords = can sit on hard disks for years
Supposedly ephemeral data can hang = around,=20 warn researchers who have
found a way to track data through computer = memory=20
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995064

Baby=20 food could trigger meningitis
An extensive survey of baby foods finds = they=20 contain worrying levels
of disease-causing microbes
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995062
 
Danc= ing=20 lasers levitate carbon nanotubes
The trick may offer engineers who = want to=20 build microchips from
nanotube components a way to move the tiny = devices=20 into place
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995065
 =20
Massive black holes common in early Universe
Astronomers reveal = hundreds=20 of hidden giants - most are buried in
dust and were only found by = combining=20 data from several telescopes
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995060

Cows=20 immune to BSE near reality
A major advance towards producing = prion-free cows=20 is made by
researchers aiming to produce human antibodies in = milk
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995059

Pumped-up = dummy does the ironing
A human-shaped dummy that fills itself with = hot air is=20 the first
machine designed for the home that can press shirts
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995058
 
7-mi= llion=20 digit prime number discovered
The prime is the largest yet found, and = was=20 revealed by a
mathematics enthusiast using his desktop = computer
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995057=20

Genetically-modified virus explodes cancer cells
The GM virus = selectively sweeps through cancer cells and kills them,
while = leaving normal=20 tissue unharmed
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995056
 
Bug-= laden=20 foam destroys stink of manure
It would be sprayed onto the dung heaps = or=20 lagoons at intensive
farms, to freshen the air for local = communities
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995055
 
'Sma= rt=20 bullet' reports back wirelessly
The projectile can be fired at a = target and=20 then transmit
information collected by a tiny inbuilt sensor
http:/= /www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99995054

AND=20 FINALLY...
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if the = Earth was=20
hollow below the crust? Frying, starving, freezing and drowning =
would be=20 just some of the problems. Find out more in this week's
Last Word=20 section...MORE
htt= p://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=3Dlw1094

THIS= =20 WEEK'S PRINT EDITION:
To subscribe to New Scientist magazine go to: =
http://www.qssa.co.uk/new_scientist/default.asp?= promcode=3D1854&stu=3Dno&rb=3Dng

FEATURES=20

VENUS SPECIAL
SECOND ROCK FROM THE SUN
Just in time for = Venus'=20 first transit of the sun in 120 years, New
Scientist brings you a = complete=20 guide to the planet, including where
and when to watch the=20 transit

FELLED BY FUNGUS
The multibillion dollar trade in = exotic plans=20 is bringing a
mysterious killer to native trees around the = globe

WHEN=20 NERVES BREAK DOWN
Multiple sclerosis is usually blamed on an immune = attack on=20 the
body's nerves, but neurologist Howard Weiner says there are = hints of=20
a hidden side to MS

TECHNOLOGY:
COOL FLAME, HOT=20 PROSPECTS
Peculiar low-temperature flames are promising to cut = pollution and=20
change our approach to combustion

NEWS
Antibiotics in = brids=20 nests
Speeding up light
Tidal-wave warnings

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Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->=20 Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~->=20 THE BAD ASTRONOMY NEWSLETTER Issue #51 June 5, 2004 http://www.badastronomy.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/badastronomy * * * * * * * * * * * * Bad Astronomy Newsletter #51 Contents: 1) The Transit of Venus 2) Not astronomy, but weird anyway 3) Hubble Beauties 4) Did Hubble find a planet? 5) Binary star flunks out of weight watchers 6) One year anniversary of the not destruction of the Earth 7) Subscribe/Unsubscribe info * * * * * * * * * * * * 1) The Transit of Venus On Tuesday, June 8, Venus will pass directly in front of the Sun. This = kind of event, called a transit, is pretty rare. The last one was in 1882! = Rather than blather (and lather and slather) on about it here in this = newsletter, I'll just direct you to my new page about it: http://www.badastronomy.com/fun/venustransit2004.html There are links to many other sites there with lots of information. I'll add that I'll be in my media darling mode on Tuesday, doing lots of=20 brief interviews for TV stations across the US. There is a list of = stations and times on that page. Warning: I am not responsible for cracked TV = sets. * * * * * * * * * * * * 2) Not astronomy, but weird anyway I saw this and was amazed. It's about shear forces in thick, viscous = fluids. Yeah, sounds great, right? Well, take a look. It is truly weird and = very, very cool. http://chaos.ph.utexas.edu/research/vibrated_cornstarch.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * 3) Hubble Beauties Astronomy is much more than just pretty pictures, but then, it also *is* = a lot of pretty pictures. Here are a couple for you: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0407a.html http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0408a.html By the way, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe this week said that NASA = will investigate a robotic mission to service the ailing Hubble. Proposals = will be accepted in the coming months. Keep your ears open. Until then, read = here for more: http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/robotic_mission_hubble_considered= html?162004 * * * * * * * * * * * * 4) Did Hubble find a planet? A few years back, a scientist claimed that a new planet may have been = seen=20 in a Hubble image. It turned out to be a background star, and the claim = was retracted.=20 A new image may yet be the real thing. Or it might not. Without = confirming spectra and further images, no one can be sure whether this new image = shows a planet or not. It shows a white dwarf (a burned-out star) with a = point-source of light next to it. Like that other image, it might be a background = star, or it might be a planet orbiting the white dwarf. The only thing to do is wait: new images will be taken in the future, giving the star time to move against the background of other = stars. If the star and the other object appear to be moving together, then we may have a bona-fide planet. Personally, it seems to me like a = long shot, but it's worth looking into it.=20 Here's the scoop: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040510.html * * * * * * * * * * * * 5) Binary star flunks out of weight watchers People like to claim the Sun is an average star, but in reality it = isn't. Most stars are very low mass, about 10% of the Sun. The more massive a star, = the rarer it is. However, there are stars with more mass than the Sun, and a = few with a *lot* more.=20 Measuring the mass of a star is difficult, unless it orbits another = star. Then we can use math originally figured out by folks like Newton and Kepler, = and=20 figure out the mass that way. This was just done for a binary star, a system of two orbiting stars. = When the math was done, the stars weighed in at a whopping 82 and 83 times the = Sun's mass each. Yikes! This is the most massive binary ever seen, and may be = the most massive stars whose masses are measured with any certainty. Both of = these stars is a candidate for a supernova explosion, so this system should = prove to=20 be an interesting one to future astronomers... way int he future. It'll = be a million years or so before they blow.=20 Here is the scientific paper about the system: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0405/0405338.pdf And here's an article I wrote for Astronomy magazine last year about the Sun not being so average: http://www.astronomy.com/content/dynamic/articles/000/000/000/600aeypc.as= p * * * * * * * * * * * * 6) One year anniversary of the not destruction of the Earth Sigh, how time flies: it was just over a year ago when Earth was not = destroyed by Planet X. Nancy Lieder, the erstwhile cult leader and alien-telepathic-signal recipient, made loud claims that on May 15, = 2003, 90% of us would be killed due to the effects of a giant planet passing close by the Earth. Oddly, on May 16, most of us were still around. Amazingly, = Nancy is still out there making her claims (the aliens were testing her with a = "white lie" so she says), though not so amazingly, her followers have=20 dwindled to a handful of die-hard believers. Of course, vultures=20 were waiting in the wings, ready to pick the entrails off the corpse of Planet X. I'll deal with them the way I dealt with Nancy: using = patience, logic, reason, critical thinking, and, of course, the truth. Read all about it: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/index.html * * * * * * * * * * * * 7) Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information If, for some weird reason, you want to unsubscribe to this=20 newsletter, just send email to = badastronomy-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com with no body text. Make sure you send it from the address to which the newsletter is sent! Alternatively, you can unsubscribe from the=20 Yahoo!Groups website. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-32.html=20 for more info. Remember, the newsletters are archived on the website at http://www.badastronomy.com/newsletter/index.html so even if you unsubscribe you can still read them there. I suggest staying subscribed so you get them as soon as I send them. 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Contents:

   1) The Transit of = Venus
  =20 2) Not astronomy, but weird anyway
   3) Hubble=20 Beauties
   4) Did Hubble find a planet?
   5) = Binary=20 star flunks out of weight watchers
   6) One year = anniversary of=20 the not destruction of the Earth
   7) = Subscribe/Unsubscribe=20 info


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1) The Transit of Venus

On Tuesday, June 8, Venus = will pass=20 directly in front of the Sun. This kind
of event, called a transit, = is pretty=20 rare. The last one was in 1882! Rather
than blather (and lather and = slather)=20 on about it here in this newsletter,
I'll just direct you to my new = page=20 about it:

http://www= badastronomy.com/fun/venustransit2004.html

There=20 are links to many other sites there with lots of information. = I'll
add that=20 I'll be in my media darling mode on Tuesday, doing lots of
brief = interviews=20 for TV stations across the US. There is a list of stations
and times = on that=20 page. Warning: I am not responsible for cracked TV=20 sets.


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2) Not astronomy, but weird anyway

I saw this and = was=20 amazed. It's about shear forces in thick, viscous fluids.
Yeah, = sounds great,=20 right? Well, take a look. It is truly weird and very,
very = cool.

http= ://chaos.ph.utexas.edu/research/vibrated_cornstarch.htm


*&= nbsp;   =20 *     *     = *    =20 *     *     = *    =20 *     *     = *    =20 *     *


3) Hubble = Beauties

Astronomy is=20 much more than just pretty pictures, but then, it also *is*
a lot of = pretty=20 pictures. Here are a couple for you:

http://= www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0407a.html

http://= www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0408a.html

By=20 the way, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe this week said that NASA=20 will
investigate a robotic mission to service the ailing Hubble. = Proposals=20 will
be accepted in the coming months. Keep your ears open. Until = then, read=20 here
for more:

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/robotic_mis= sion_hubble_considered.html?162004


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