SPACE.com Newsletter for Thursday 08 June 2000, http://SPACE.com
Check out: The Solar Forecast: Geomagnetic Solar Storm Alert in Effect
* SPACE.com's new weekly weather update in our solar sytem. This week, huge
gas eruptions from the sun may produce intense auroral displays and impact
power grids.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T1&date=000608&go=/scienceast
ronomy/astronomy/solar_forecast_000607.html
Play Astronorama, the ultimate space and science fiction trivia game!
* Win a DVD player and 10 DVDs or Starry Night software! New questions!
Greater challenges! It's you against the Universe!
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There May Be Friction Among Europa's Ice Slabs
Massive Map of Cosmos Released
NASA Budget Passes House Panel Uncontested
Party With The Stars Til Dawn
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TOP STORIES
There May Be Friction Among Europa's Ice Slabs
* With its icy surface crisscrossed by myriad cracks and ridges, Europa
looks more like a giant ball of string than a planetary moon.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T3&date=000608&go=/scienceast
ronomy/solarsystem/europa_bloom_000608.html
Massive Map of Cosmos Released
* An ambitious sky survey that aims to eventually map about 10 percent of
the galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood is off to a remarkable start.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T4&date=000608&go=/scienceast
ronomy/astronomy/galaxy_survey_000607.html
NASA Budget Passes House Panel Uncontested
* NASA's budget breezed through a House spending committee Wednesday as
legislators grappled over funding for veterans and housing programs.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T5&date=000608&go=/news/space
agencies/nasa_budget_000607.html
Party With The Stars Til Dawn
* From Pennsylvania to Pakistan, Stargazing parties bring astronomy out of
the observatory and into the lives of backyard stargazers.
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T6&date=000608&go=/scienceast
ronomy/astronomy/stargazing_feature_000607.html
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Sci-Fi Saturday
Coming: Starship Troopers: Heinlein's Vision?
* Paul Verhoeven's film Starship Troopers is on target for bringing Robert
Heinlein's novel to life as a "fascist utopia." Did that get your attention,
Heinlein fans?
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spaceKids!
* Win a trip to work with the big boys and choose a landing site on Mars.
Enter by June 15.
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.spacekids.com/yourspace/marsessay_000601.html
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Looking for something to do this summer with the kids?
Try some rocket science at home!
http://www.space.com/cgi-bin/email/gate.cgi?lk=T7&date=000608&go=http://stor
e.astronauts.org/outtolaunsci.html
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