SPACE.com Today 1 June 2000 http://www.space.com
Check out the Phases of the Earth, SPACE.com's 3-D animated voyage to the moon!
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T1&date=000601&go=/scienceastronomy/astronomy/space_clip_000531.html
When Stars Collide: Researchers have found proof of stellar collisions.
Watch the video animation.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T2&date=000601&go=/scienceastronomy/stellar_collisions_000601.html
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TOP STORIES
Scientists Say Earthly - Not Solar - Particles Create Auroras
IMAGE Telescope Shows Glow Around the Earth
Compton Moves to Point of No Return
Titans and Technologies -- The Legacy of Space Art
Missile Defense to Be Shared with Allies, Says Clinton
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Scientists Say Earthly - Not Solar - Particles Create Auroras
* The northern and southern lights may be caused by electromagnetic particles.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T3&date=000601&go=/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/aurora_cause_000531.html
IMAGE Telescope Shows Glow Around the Earth
* IMAGE has captured the first-ever global images of the Earth's
electrically charged upper atmosphere.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T4&date=000601&go=/scienceastronomy/planetearth/earth_glow_000531.html
Compton Moves to Point of No Return
* NASA ground controllers pushed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory one step
closer to death-by-fiery-reentry Wendesday night, May 31.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T5&date=000601&go=/scienceastronomy/astronomy/compton_even_lower_000531.html
Titans and Technologies -- The Legacy of Space Art
Gregory Benford takes a look at how space art bridges the school between
science and creativity to celebrate nature on the broadest canvas.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T6&date=000601&go=/sciencefiction/benford_space_art_000601.html
Missile Defense to Be Shared with Allies, Says Clinton
Trying to calm fears of a nuclear arms race that would leave Europe
vulnerable, U.S. President Bill Clinton has promised to share any new
missile defense technology with U.S. allies.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T7&date=000601&go=/news/spaceagencies/clinton_missile_defense_000601_wg.html
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spaceKids!
Exclusive interview. SpaceKids student reporter, Anna interviewed John
Glenn -- astronaut, Senator and action figure.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=TSK&date=000601&go=http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/glenn_000531.html
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