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Maturity of Farthest Galaxy Cluster Surprises Astronomers
SPACE.com / LiveScience.com   Thursday, 08 June 2006
SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - CALGARY, ALBERTA--A ghostly blue blob amid a swarm of red dots in a new cosmic image is the superhot intergalactic gas permeating the space within the most distant cluster of galaxies found to date.
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Quake jolts Indonesia's Sumatra
Reuters   Thursday, 08 June 2006
Reuters - A 5.1 magnitude undersea earthquake struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, but the state meteorology and geophysics agency said it would not generate a tsunami nor cause damage.
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Japanese businessman to be space tourist
AP   Thursday, 08 June 2006
AP - A Japanese businessman set to be the world's fourth space tourist will fly to the international space station in September, according to the company arranging the trip.
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Medium quake jolts Indonesia's Sumatra
AFP   Wednesday, 07 June 2006

A drum seismograph. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 has struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the meteorological office said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 has struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the meteorological office said.


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NASA Glenn taking lead role in project
AP   Wednesday, 07 June 2006

NASA Glenn Research Center Director  Woodrow Whitlow Jr. answers questions at a news conference at the Cleveland Center Monday, June 5, 2006. NASA Glenn, which has lost hundreds of jobs in recent years, will have a lead role in developing the spacecraft that will fulfill President Bush's goal of returning to the moon. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - After years of job losses, budget cuts and uncertainty, NASA Glenn Research Center is taking a leading role in developing the new space vehicle officials hope will carry people back to the moon and lead the way to Mars.


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