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January 10, 2001

Astronomers Find New Supercluster of Galaxies

Chandra Takes a Look at the Cat's Eye Nebula

New planetary systems Discovered

China Makes Another Test Flight of Its Unmanned Capsule

ASTRONOMERS FIND NEW SUPERCLUSTER OF GALAXIES

An international team of Astronomers believe they have identified a supercluster of Galaxies that could be one of the largest structures in the observable Universe. Located 6.5 billion light years away, in the constellation of Leo, the grouping is thought to be 500 million light years across. Because of its distance, the supercluster looks as it did when the universe was one third of its current age - this gives Astronomers additional insights into the formation of the early Universe.

Internet Coverage:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1107000/1107690.stm

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010109/sp_ap_cluster.html

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/010901/quasars.sml

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NEW planetary systems DISCOVERED

Planet hunters announced yesterday that they have located two new extrasolar planetary systems - neither like our own solar system. One system has two planets locked in harmonic orbits, while the second system has giant planets; planets so large they challenge the definition of "planet" (17-40 times the mass of Jupiter). Although many single planets have been discovered orbiting other stars, only one system of multiple planets has been discovered previously.

Internet Coverage:

http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/267pufbw.asp

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/10/planet.systems.reut/index.html

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010110/sp_reu_planets.html

http://www.msnbc.com/news/513746.asp

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CHINA MAKES ANOTHER TEST FLIGHT OF ITS UNMANNED CAPSULE

An Chinese Long March rocket launched from the Gobi desert launch center yesterday, carrying an unmanned Shenzhou II space capsule. The launch was the second test of the Chinese manned spaceflight program. The Shenzhou II will orbit the Earth for "a few days", perform a series of experiments, and then land safely. With the success of this second mission, experts believe China is 18-24 months away from launching humans into space; however, the Chinese government is extremely secretive about the schedule of its manned spaceflight program.

Original Source:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/

Internet Coverage:

http://www.cnn.com/2001/ASIANOW/east/01/10/china.space.ap/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/011001/china_rocket.sml

http://www.msnbc.com/news/510455.asp

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-01e.html

Chandra Takes a Look at the Cat's Eye Nebula.