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Science in the News: Archive of Astronomy Press Releases

This archive of news releases begins in early 2002 and is updated approximately weekly. The most recent press releases are available on the News page.

Last updated: Monday, 30-Jul-2007 11:35:46 MDT

Jump to news and science results about:

Nine Planets - Solar System Planets (except Mars and Earth)
Sun Song - The Sun
Habitable Zone - Venus/Earth/Mars comparisons & Earth science
Lunar Love - The Moon
HST Bop - Hubble Space Telescope
Come and Visit Mars - Mars
A Little Bit of Rock - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors
Dance of the Planets - Extrasolar Planets
Doppler Shifting - Results using the Doppler Shift / Spectroscopy
Wolf 359 - Stars (in general)
Cosmic Radio Show - Radio Astronomy, Cosmology and the Early Universe
High Energy Groove - X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy (except for Gamma-ray Bursts)
Swift Song - Gamma-ray Bursts

Nine Planets

(Solar system planets, except Mars and Earth)

Farewell, Io; Galileo Paying Last Visit to a Restless Moon also: Video (Jan 15, 2002)
NEW IMAGES OF SATURN & IO FROM VLT (Jan 31, 2002)
Pluto mission team dedicates Science Operations Center to discoverer of Pluto (Feb 5, 2002)
Moon to Cover Saturn on February 20th (Feb 19, 2002)
New Horizons Team Plots a Faster Path to Pluto - Spacecraft Could Reach Distant Planet by 2015 (Feb 21, 2002)
NASA TO TRY TO CONTACT PIONEER 10 SPACECRAFT ONCE AGAIN (Feb 27, 2002)
Solar Wind Buffets Vast Jupiter Region, Team Approach Reveals (Feb 27, 2002)
Jupiter Hot Spot Makes Trouble For Theory (Feb 27, 2002)
Churning Whirlpool Stars in Ultraviolet Jupiter Movie (Mar 13, 2002)
NASA's Mercury Orbiter Mission Passes Major Milestone (Mar 29, 2002)
RARE PLANET ALIGNMENT IN APRIL AND MAY (Apr 2, 2002)
Voyager Maintenance from 7 Billion Miles Away (Apr 8, 2002)
PREPARING FOR THE VENUS EXPRESS (Apr 10, 2002)
Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System (Apr 17, 2002)
Where On Earth Can You See Planetary Spacecraft? (Apr 25, 2002)
Dance of the Planets Reaches Crescendo (May 2, 2002)
NASA: A Good Celestial Show Gets Better (May 10, 2002)
NASA Images to Accompany Youth Symphony's 'The Planets' (May 13, 2002)
New Satellites of Jupiter (May 16, 2002)
NEW MEASUREMENTS OF IMPACT CRATER TOPOGRAPHY SHOW THAT EUROPA HAS A THICK ICE SHELL (May 23, 2002)
Final Looks at Jupiter's Moon Io Aid Big-Picture View (May 28, 2002)
Venus and Jupiter Form a Dazzling Duo (May 31, 2002)
Pluto's Atmosphere Changing (Aug 14, 2002)
25 Years Later, Voyager Mission Keeps Pushing the Space Envelope (Aug 16, 2002)
NASA RESEARCHERS FIND WIND BLOWS IN TITAN'S ORGANIC HAZE (Aug 23, 2002)
Double Planet Meets Triple Star (Aug 28, 2002)
SwRI research reveals new Kuiper Belt satellite mystery (Sep 10, 2002)
CU-BOULDER STUDENT-LED TEAM HOPES TO FLY EQUIPMENT ABOARD NASA'S PLUTO MISSION (Sep 23, 2002)
Titan's Bizarre Landscape Shaped More by Internal Heat Than Erosion, UA Scientist Predicts (Oct 9, 2002)
CU-BOULDER SPACE TEAM STUDYING WATER, ICE AND POTENTIAL LIFE ON JUPITER MOON, EUROPA (Oct 24, 2002)
Scientists Boost Tally at Uranus (Oct 25, 2002)
Cassini Spacecraft Camera Sights Saturn (Nov 1, 2002)
An exceptionally bright eruption on Io observed with the Keck telescope (Nov 13, 2002)
Jupiter-like planets formed in hundreds - not millions - of years, study shows (Nov 28, 2002)
Saturn's Moon Titan May Hold Clues to the Origin of Life (Dec 7, 2002)
Jupiter's Amalthea Surprisingly Jumbled (Dec 9, 2002)
Student Science Instrument Selected for Ride to Pluto (Dec 16, 2002)
CREEPY CRAWLERS MAY UNRAVEL WEB OF PLANETARY MYSTERIES (Dec 18, 2002)
Methane clouds discovered at south pole of Saturn's moon Titan (Dec 18, 2002)
New Moons Found Around Neptune (Jan 13, 2003)
Close encounters of a Jovian kind (Jan 23, 2003)
Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Sends Last Signal (Feb 25, 2003)
Researchers Discover Massive Gas Cloud Around Jupiter (Feb 27, 2003)
Rising Storms Revise Story of Jupiter's Stripes (Mar 6, 2003)
Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission Moves Ahead (Apr 9, 2003)
Space Observatory Tracking Rare Solar Event (Mercury Transit May 7) (May 2, 2003)
Modern solar telescope network's view of Mercury passage will help students use web to recall historical era (May 5, 2003)
Brighter Neptune suggests a planetary change of seasons (May 15, 2003)
Snapshot of Mother Earth from Mars (May 22, 2003)
Irregular Satellites of Jupiter (Jun 3, 2003)
Pluto's atmosphere is expanding, researchers say (Jul 9, 2003)
The Slant on Saturn's Rings (Sep 9, 2003)
Galileo To Taste Jupiter Before Taking Final Plunge (Sep 17, 2003)
Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus (Sep 25, 2003)
The Greatest Jupiter Portrait (Nov 13, 2003)
New Horizons mission team plans Jupiter encounter (Nov 21, 2003)
Saturn Details Become Visible to Cassini Spacecraft (also, see images) (Dec 5, 2003)
Rings Around The Planets: Recycling Of Material May Extend Ring Lifetimes (Dec 8, 2003)
MESSENGER Shipped to Goddard for Prelaunch Testing (Dec 19, 2003)
UA Scientist Sheds New Light on Outer Planets With Hubble Space Telescope (Jan 22, 2004)
Cassini Captures Stunning View of Saturn (Feb 27, 2004)
X-rays from Saturn Pose Puzzles (Mar 8, 2004)
MESSENGER Ships to the Cape: NASA's First Mercury Orbiter Mission Preparing for May 11 Launch (Mar 9, 2004)
Five Planets Put On a Twilight Sky Show (Mar 18, 2004)
Titan Casts Revealing Shadow (Apr 5, 2004)
Two Storms Caught in the Act on Saturn (Apr 8, 2004)
A "Dragon" on the Surface of Titan (Apr 14, 2004)
Keck Telescope images yield movie of Titan's hydrocarbon haze (Apr 15, 2004)
The Moon and four planets in the evening sky (Apr 21, 2004)
The last full view - as Cassini-Huygens moves closer to Saturn and Titan (Apr 29, 2004)
A Bit of Titan on Earth Helps in the Search for Life's Origins (May 18, 2004)
Cassini-Huygens Will Unlock Saturn's Secrets (Jun 3, 2004)
Cassini Spacecraft Near First Stop in Historic Saturn Tour (Jun 9, 2004)
Cassini's Flyby of Phoebe Shows a Moon With a Battered Past (Jun 12, 2004)
Phoebe's Surface Reveals Clues to its Origin (Jun 14, 2004)
CU-Boulder Instruments Approach Saturn Aboard International Cassini Spacecraft (Jun 22, 2004)
Cassini Opens a Cosmic Time Capsule (Images) (Jun 23, 2004)
Cassini VIMS Team Finds That Phoebe May Be Kin to Comets (Jun 23, 2004)
Winds Measured on Saturn's Moon Titan to Help Robot Lander (Jun 29, 2004)
Saturn Welcomes Cassini Spacecraft As Exploration Begins (Jun 29, 2004)
"Over the Moon" at Saturn (Jul 1, 2004)
UM-Built Sensor on Cassini Begins to Shed Light on Saturn's Magnetosphere (Jul 1, 2004)
Best Ever UV Images Of Saturn's Rings Hint At Their Origin, Evolution, Says CU-Boulder Team (Jul 7, 2004)
Saturn's Two-Face Moon (Jul 15, 2004)
NASA Sending a MESSENGER to Mercury (Jul 15, 2004)
Ringscape in Color (Jul 22, 2004)
Titan's Purple Haze Points to a Fuzzy Past (Jul 29, 2004)
Saturn's Shadow and Titan's Glow Shed Light on a Complex System (Aug 5, 2004)
Out from the Shadows: Two New Saturnian Moons (Aug 16, 2004)
Cassini Discovers Ring and One, Possibly Two, Objects at Saturn (Sep 9, 2004)
Cassini-Huygens makes first close approach to Titan (Oct 26, 2004)
Hubble Spots Rare Triple Eclipse on Jupiter (Nov 4, 2004)
Cassini Radar Sees Bright Flow-Like Feature Across Titan Surface (Nov 8, 2004)
Cassini Spacecraft Images Objects, Density Waves In Saturn's Rings (Nov 9, 2004)
Keck Zooms in on the Weird Weather of Uranus (Nov 10, 2004)
Keck Telescope images of Uranus reveal ring, atmospheric fireworks (Nov 10, 2004)
New Clouds Add to Titan's Mystery (Dec 15, 2004)
More Stormy Weather on Titan (Dec 21, 2004)
Huygens Probe Lands with a 'Splat'; Mission Gets Off to a Bang (Jan 18, 2005)
Seeing, Touching and Smelling Titan: An Extraordinarily Earth-Like World (Jan 21, 2005)
Discovery of Pluto Reaches 75th Anniversary (Feb 3, 2005)
Cassini Spacecraft Witnesses Saturn's Blues (Feb 8, 2005)
Scientists Release Audio Huygens Sent During Titan Descent (Feb 14, 2005)
NASA Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras (Feb 16, 2005)
Titan's Atmosphere Comes from Ammonia, Huygens Data Say (Feb 18, 2005)
Saturn's A Ring has oxygen, but not life (Feb 23, 2005)
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New Saturn Discoveries (Feb 24, 2005)
Another Look at an Enigmatic New World (Feb 24, 2005)
Cassini Pieces Together Long Standing Saturnian Puzzle (Feb 24, 2005)
Cassini Finds Saturn's Winds Change with Altitude and Small Storms Emerging Out of Large Ones (Feb 24, 2005)
Cassini Captures Greatest Saturn Portrait Yet Made (Feb 24, 2005)
Cassini Finds Treasures Among the Rings and Small Satellites of Saturn (Feb 24, 2005)
Saturn's Uniquely Complex Magnetosphere (Feb 24, 2005)
Features on Saturn's Moon Phoebe Named (Feb 24, 2005)
Cassini Captures First-Ever Photographs of Saturn's Radiation Belts (Feb 25, 2005)
Chandra Probes High-Voltage Auroras on Jupiter (Mar 2, 2005)
Cassini Images Reveal an Active, Earth-like World (Mar 9, 2005)
Cassini Images Discover a Windy, Wavy Titan Atmosphere (Mar 9, 2005)
Cassini Captures Swiss-Cheese Look of Saturn Moon (Apr 27, 2005)
Cassini's Radar and VIMS Instruments Eye Impact Crater on Titan (Apr 27, 2005)
Scientists Discover Pluto Kin Is a Member of Saturn Family (May 6, 2005)
Discovery of the Wavemaker (May 10, 2005)
Cassini Radio Signals Decipher Saturn Ring Structure (May 23, 2005)
Voyager Enters Solar System's Final Frontier (May 24, 2005)
Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final Frontier (May 24, 2005)
Odd Spot on Titan Baffles Scientists (May 25, 2005)
NASA's Chandra Finds That Saturn Reflects X-rays From Sun (May 25, 2005)
NASA's Cassini Reveals Lake-Like Feature on Titan (Jun 28, 2005)
MIT-Williams team catches rare light show (Jul 20, 2005)
Cassini Reveals Saturn's Eerie-Sounding Radio Emissions (Jul 25, 2005)
Cassini Finds Recent and Unusual Geology on Enceladus (Jul 26, 2005)
Cassini Finds an Active, Watery World at Saturn's Enceladus (Jul 29, 2005)
NASA-Funded Scientists Discover Tenth Planet (Jul 29, 2005)
MESSENGER Completes Successful Earth Swingby (Aug 2, 2005)
Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes Are Really Cubs (Aug 30, 2005)
Study suggests Titan may hold keys for exotic brand of life (Sep 8, 2005)
APL-Built Pluto Spacecraft Begins Launch Preparations (Sep 26, 2005)
Tenth Planet Has a Moon (Oct 1, 2005)
Moon Discovered Orbiting 10th Planet: New Class of Satellites Discovered (Oct 3, 2005)
NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto (Oct 31, 2005)
NASA's Cassini Images Reveal Spectacular Evidence of an Active Moon (Dec 6, 2005)
Discovery of a Large Kuiper belt object with an Unusual Orbit (Dec 12, 2005)
NASA's Hubble Discovers New Rings and Moons Around Uranus (Dec 22, 2005)
A Planet Colder Than It Should Be (Jan 3, 2006)
NASA's Pluto Mission Launched Toward New Horizons (Jan 19, 2006)
New "planet" is larger than Pluto (scroll down!) (Feb 2, 2006)
Amateur astronomers make first sighting of '10th planet' through McDonald Observatory telescope (Feb 20, 2006)
Pluto's New Moons Likely Born with Charon; Pluto May Even Have Rings (Feb 22, 2006)
Scientists Solve the Mystery of Methane in Titan's Atmosphere (Mar 1, 2006)
Jupiter's New Red Spot (Mar 3, 2006)
NASA's Cassini Discovers Potential Liquid Water on Enceladus (Mar 9, 2006)
New Hubble Images Show Similar Colors for Pluto's Moons (Mar 10, 2006)
Weird Saturn Ring Spokes May Reappear In July, According To CU-Boulder Study (Mar 16, 2006)
Cassini spacecraft finds evidence of football-field sized moonlets in Saturn's A ring (Mar 29, 2006)
Hubble Finds "Tenth Planet" is Slightly Larger Than Pluto (Apr 11, 2006)
Hubble Snaps Baby Pictures of Jupiter's "Red Spot Jr." (May 4, 2006)
NASA and Partners Release New Movies Of Titan (May 4, 2006)
Titan's Seas Are Sand (May 4, 2006)
Cassini Offers New Hints on Length of Saturn Day (May 4, 2006)
NASA-funded Study Says Saturn's moon Enceladus Rolled Over (May 31, 2006)
SwRI researchers offer first explanation for the near constant scale of the gas planet satellite systems (Jun 14, 2006)
Pluto's two small moons christened Nix and Hydra (Jun 22, 2006)
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Marks Mission Halfway Point (Jun 27, 2006)
Cassini Reveals Titan's Xanadu Region to Be an Earth-Like Land (Jul 19, 2006)
Cassini Finds Lakes on Titan's Arctic Region (Jul 27, 2006)
NASA Reports That Methane Drizzles on Saturn's Moon, Titan (Jul 27, 2006)
Keck telescope captures Jupiter's Red Spot Jr. as it zips past planet's Great Red Spot (Jul 31, 2006)
The IAU draft definition of "planet" and "plutons" (Aug 16, 2006)
Voyager 1: 'The Spacecraft That Could' Hits New Milestone (Aug 16, 2006)
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes (Pluto demoted to "dwarf planet") (Aug 24, 2006)
Xena Awarded "Dwarf Planet" Status, IAU Rules; Solar System Now Has Eight Planets (Aug 24, 2006)
Hubble Captures a Rare Eclipse on Uranus (Aug 31, 2006)
Petition protesting IAU planet definition ruling (Aug 31, 2006)
Pluto-Bound Camera Sees 'First Light' (Sep 1, 2006)
The Dwarf Planet Formerly Known as Xena Has Officially Been Named Eris, IAU Announces (Sep 14, 2006)
Cassini's VIMS Detects Vast Polar Ethane Cloud on Titan (Sep 14, 2006)
Scientists Discover New Ring and Other Features at Saturn (Sep 19, 2006)
Does Pluto's atmosphere go through the fast-freeze? (Sep 21, 2006)
Jupiter Ahoy! (Sep 26, 2006)
'Chinese Lantern' Technique Helps Track Clouds at Saturn (Oct 5, 2006)
Jupiter's Little Red Spot Growing Stronger (Oct 10, 2006)
Cassini Image Shows Saturn Draped in a String of Pearls (Oct 11, 2006)
NASA Finds Saturn's Moons May be Creating New Rings (Oct 11, 2006)
Saturn's Rings Show Evidence of a Modern-Day Collision (Oct 11, 2006)
NASA Study Shows Titan and Early Earth Atmospheres Similar (Nov 6, 2006)
Transit of Mercury (Nov 8, 2006) (exploratorium site, not a press release)
NASA Sees into the Eye of a Monster Storm on Saturn (Nov 9, 2006)
Hot stuff on Venus! Venus Express sees right down to the hell-hot surface (Dec 14, 2006)
Scientists propose alternate model for plume on Enceladus (Dec 14, 2006)
The jet stream of Titan (Jan 24, 2007)
Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole (Feb 1, 2007)
Jupiter: Chandra Examines Jupiter During New Horizons Approach (Mar 1, 2007)
Cassini Returns Never Before Seen Views of the Ringed Planet (Mar 1, 2007)
A Hot Start Might Explain Geysers on Enceladus (Mar 12, 2007)
Cassini Spacecraft Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan (Mar 13, 2007)
Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn (Mar 27, 2007)
Tracking alien turbulences with Venus Express (Apr 3, 2007)
One year at Venus, and going strong (Apr 11, 2007)
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Provides New Look at Jupiter System (May 1, 2007)
Mercury's Core Molten, Radar Study Shows (May 3, 2007)
Cracks on Enceladus Open and Close under Saturn's Pull (May 16, 2007)
Astronomers Measure Mass of Largest Dwarf Planet (Jun 14, 2007)
Cassini Finds Saturn Moons Are Active (Jun 14, 2007)
Hubble Catches Jupiter Changing Its Stripes (Jun 28, 2007)
NASA Finds Hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Hyperion (Jul 4, 2007)
Odd World (Hyperion) (Jul 5, 2007)
Saturn's Old Moon Iapetus Retains Its Youthful Figure (Jul 17, 2007)
Charon: An Ice Machine in the Ultimate Deep Freeze (Jul 17, 2007)
MESSENGER Bids Farewell to Venus (Jul 19, 2007)

Sun Song

(The Sun)

U. NEW HAMPSHIRE TO STUDY SOLAR FLARES WITH HESSI SATELLITE (Jan 30, 2002)
SUN CRANKS OUT RARE COOKIE CUTTER FLARES (Feb 5, 2002)
HESSI SPACECRAFT SAFELY REACHES ORBIT (Feb 5, 2002)
Solar Radio Bursts Can Disrupt Wireless Cell Communications Several Times per Year (Mar 6, 2002)
Scientists Predict Calmer Weather Ahead (Mar 19, 2002)
NASA CELEBRATES SUN-EARTH DAY WITH SOLAR X-RAY FIREWORKS (Mar 22, 2002)
Sensitive measurement by SNO observes solar neutrinos in a new way (Apr 20, 2002)
MIT researchers use earth-based tools to image weather in space (May 6, 2002)
HYPERVELOCITY WINDS RAGE IN THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE (May 15, 2002)
TIMED Observes Atmosphere's Response to Recent Solar Storms (May 28, 2002)
� Solar Weather Probed in Depth (June 4, 2002)
RHESSI CAPTURES NEW LIGHT FROM SUN, REVEALS SURPRISES IN SOLAR FLARES (June 5, 2002)
The Sun Gets a "Moon Bite" on June 10th (June 6, 2002)
STORMY SOLAR WEATHER PLAYS THE SUN LIKE A GUITAR (Jun 13, 2002)
SOLAR GRAND SLAM (Jul 24, 2002)
SPACE WEATHER BOUTS GROWING CONCERN TO SPACE, COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES (Aug 27, 2002)
First direct evidence that magnetic processes in space can accelerate electrons to near light speed (Nov 7, 2002)
Dark Edge of Sunspots Reveal Magnetic Melee (Dec 3, 2002)
The Sun Does the Wave (Jan 3, 2003)
Environmental Satellite Readied To Detect Solar Storms (Jan 30, 2003)
Violent truth behind Sun's 'Gentle Giants' uncovered (Feb 10, 2003)
Swimming to the Sun - Solar Tadpoles Might Shed Light On Sun's Activity (Apr 9, 2003)
SOHO's solar wind of change (May 21, 2003)
New research uses "solar tsunamis" to study the solar corona (Jun 16, 2003)
Scientists Image the Three-dimensional Surface of the Sun (Jun 17, 2003)
Spacecraft Trio Peeks at Secret Recipe for Stormy Solar Weather (Jun 18, 2003)
Powerful 'conveyor belts' drive Sun's 11-year cycle, new evidence suggests (Jun 19, 2003)
New satellite's data shows solar flares 20 million degrees hotter than expected (Jun 19, 2003)
Antenna anomaly may affect SOHO scientific data transmission (Jun 24, 2003)
Rocket Telescope Gets Closest Look at the Sun (Jul 8, 2003)
RHESSI satellite finds tiny microflares on sun are smaller versions of normal flares; could heat corona (Jul 21, 2003)
Antimatter Factory on Sun Yields Clues to Solar Explosions (Sep 3, 2003)
NASA Scientists Dives Into Perfect Space Storm (Oct 23, 2003)
Wildfires On The Sun: Giant Solar Eruption Predicted To Cause Major Geomagnetic Storm (Oct 28, 2003)
We're Going to Get Hit Again! (Oct 30, 2003)
UI's Don Gurnett Captures Sound Of Solar Storm (Oct 30, 2003)
Voyager Spacecraft Approaching Solar System's Final Frontier (Nov 5, 2003) �
November 23 total solar eclipse to be visible only from Antarctica (Nov 13, 2003)
Scientists Report First-Ever 3-D Observations Of Solar Storms Using Ulysses Spacecraft (Nov 14, 2003)
Sun Sheds Skin and Flips (Nov 19, 2003)
SOHO Tracks Recent Stormy Regions on Sun's Far Side as They Turn for Second Shot at Earth (Nov 21, 2003)
Extensive Destruction Powers Solar Explosions (Dec 8, 2003)
Sun's Power & Violence Revealed At AGU (Dec 8, 2003)
UI's Don Gurnett Says Voyager 1 Is Approaching Edge Of Solar System (Dec 8, 2003)
Peering into the heart of a storm (Dec 18, 2003)
Getting to the SORCE of Climate Change: The SOlar Radiation & Climate Experiment to Launch (Jan 27, 2004)
Theory Proposes New View of Sun and Earth's Creation (May 21, 2004)
First 3D View of Solar Eruptions (Jul 2, 2004)
Spacecraft Fleet Tracks Blast Wave Through Solar System (Jul 8, 2004)
NASA Goes to the "SORCE" of Earth Sun-Blockers (Jul 22, 2004)
Scientists Explain Mysterious Plasma Jets On The Sun (Jul 28, 2004)
Cluster finds giant gas vortices at the edge of Earth's magnetic bubble (Aug 13, 2004)
NASA Mission Returns With a Piece of the Sun (Aug 19, 2004)
Genesis Mission Status Report (Sep 8, 2004)
Genesis Samples 'Looking Very, Very Good' (Sep 30, 2004)
Solar Cycle Update (Oct 18, 2004)
"Solar ultrasound" waves provide clues about decades-old mysteries (Dec 10, 2004)
Virtual Solar Observatory now available for "one-stop data shopping" (Dec 14, 2004)
Get in Touch with the Sun's Wild Side (Dec 15, 2004)
Earth's Safe Zone Became Hot Zone During Legendary Solar Storms (Dec 15, 2004)
NASA Sends First Genesis Early-Science Sample to Researchers (Jan 27, 2005)
Jupiter: A cloudy mirror for the Sun? (Mar 7, 2005)
Solving the Mystery of Solar Flares (Apr 7, 2005)
NASA Announces Key Genesis Science Collectors In Excellent Shape (Apr 20, 2005)
Solar 'Fireworks' Signal New Space Weather Mystery (May 24, 2005)
NCAR Research Sheds Light on Solar Storms (May 26, 2005)
Neon study resolves sun dilemma (Jul 29, 2005)
Scientists One Step Closer to Forecasting 'Clear Skies' for Astronauts (Aug 16, 2005)
SOHO�s ten-year triumph in unmasking the Sun (Dec 1, 2005)
How to make the Sun transparent (Dec 1, 2005)
Looking into the eye of the solar tiger (Dec 1, 2005)
Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle (Mar 6, 2006)
Solar Storms: Nowhere to Hide from SOHO's Improved 'X-Ray Vision' (Mar 9, 2006)
An Eclipse of the Sun for Europe, Africa, and Asia (Mar 20, 2006)
Total Solar Eclipse! (Mar 29, 2006)
ESA's SOHO will lead a fleet of solar observatories (May 24, 2006)
Backward Sunspot (Aug 15, 2006)
Onset of Next Solar Activity Cycle Observed (Aug 16, 2006)
NASA Satellites Will Improve Understanding of the Sun (Aug 17, 2006)
NASA Teams Up with Japan, United Kingdom and Europe to Study the Sun (Sep 18, 2006)
Solar flares cause GPS failures, possibly devastating for jets and distress calls, Cornell researchers warn (Sep 26, 2006)
Twin APL-Built, Solar-Studying Spacecraft Successfully Launched (Oct 25, 2006)
The Spooky Sun (Oct 31, 2006)
First Light for Hinode (Nov 2, 2006)
Telescope Spots Solar Tsunami (Dec 7, 2006)
Scientists Predict Big Solar Cycle (Dec 21, 2006)
First Images From Hinode Offer New Clues About Our Violent Sun (Dec 22, 2006)
NASA-European Spacecraft Swoops Under Sun's Pole (Feb 7, 2007)
STEREO Panorama Previews Improved Solar Storm Tracking (Mar 1, 2007)
International Spacecraft Reveals Detailed Processes on the Sun (Mar 21, 2007)
NASA Spacecraft Make First 3-D Images of Sun (Apr 23, 2007)
Has SOHO ended a 30-year quest for solar ripples? (May 3, 2007)

Habitable Zone

(Searching for habitable planets or comparative planetology or Earth Science done from space)

THE SUN'S CHILLY IMPACT ON EARTH (Dec 7, 2001)
STUDENTS CAN 'SEARCH' FOR A HABITABLE PLANET ON NEW NASA WEBSITE (Feb 1, 2002)
Global Study Underway of Atmospheric Frontier (Feb 11, 2002)
Common microbes survive pressures equal to those found at 50 kilometers inside the Earth's crust (Feb 22, 2002)
Purdue to help NASA create life-supporting ecosystem in space (Mar 12, 2002)
Amino Acids From Interstellar Space (Mar 27, 2002)
NASA's Aqua Spacecraft to Study Earth's Water Cycle (Apr 23, 2002)
EARTH'S SPACE STORM SHIELD OFFERS PROTECTION AT A PRICE (May 9, 2002)
Satellites Reveal a Mystery of Large Change in Earth's Gravity Field (Aug 1, 2004)
ESA studies the Sun-Earth climate link (Aug 23, 2002)
ESA to search for life, but not as we know it (Sep 19, 2002)
NASA SATELLITE FLIES HIGH TO MONITOR SUN'S INFLUENCE ON OZONE (Nov 14, 2002)
'The end of the world' has already begun, UW scientists say (Jan 13, 2003)
NASA Mission Will Look At Clouds From Both Sides (Jan 16, 2003)
Vital signs of life on distant worlds (Jan 16, 2003)
NASA's Sorce Satellite Soars Into Space To Catch Some Rays (Jan 27, 2003)
NASA Study Finds Increasing Solar Trend that can Change Climate (Mar 20, 2003)
20th Century Climate Not So Hot (Mar 31, 2003)
NASA Keeps Watch on a Potential Disaster in the Icy Andes (Apr 11, 2003)
Scientists Dust Off Desert Sands from the French Alps (May 15, 2003)
Coastal Cities Turn Up the Heat on Rainfall (May 27, 2003)
South America Shines in NASA's Latest Space Radar Map Release (Jun 19, 2003)
NASA's Astro-Venture Helps Students Explore Habitable Planets (Jul 3, 2003)
NASA Observations Confirm Expected Ozone Layer Recovery (Jul 29, 2003)
Planetary Tilt Not A Spoiler For Habitation (Aug 25, 2003)
Solar Wind Makes Waves; Killer Electrons Go Surfing? (Sep 9, 2003)
NASA Satellites Sample Hurricane "Ingredients" To Help Forecasters (Sep 10, 2003)
Ocean Plant Life Slows Down and Absorbs Less Carbon (Sep 16, 2003)
2003 Ozone "Hole" Approaches, But Falls Short of Record (Sep 25, 2003)
ICESat's Lasers Measure Ice, Clouds, and Land Elevations (Oct 6, 2003)
Martian Creatures "Come To Life" During Student Challenge (Oct 10, 2003)
Recent Warming of Arctic May Affect Worldwide Climate (Oct 23, 2003)
Progress, Promise in Space-based Earthquake Research (Dec 4, 2003)
NASA Devising Method to Remotely Monitor Ocean Environment (Dec 6, 2003)
Earth Radiation Belts Spectacular Following Halloween Solar Storm ICESAT Captures Earth in spectacular 3-D Images (Dec 9, 2003)
NASA Scientists Discover Spring Thaw Makes a Difference (Dec 10, 2003)
Planet-formation model indicates Earthlike planets might be common (Dec 10, 2003)
UCSD Physicists See Solar Electrons, Auroras Associated with Recent Geomagnetic Storms (Dec 10, 2003)
Are Cities Changing Local and Global Climates? (Dec 11, 2003)
Black Soot and Snow: A Warmer Combination (Dec 22, 2003)
East Meets West to Study Space Storms (Dec 22, 2003)
New NASA Data-Release Invites You To Explore Two Vast Continents (Jan 22, 2004)
Pacific Dictates Droughts and Drenchings (Jan 28, 2004)
NASA Satellites Help Improve Ocean Weather Forecasts (Jan 29, 2004)
Scientists Find Ozone-Destroying Molecule (Feb 9, 2004)
NASA Predicts More Tropical Rain in a Warmer World (Feb 10, 2004)
NASA Research Shows Heavy Smoke "Chokes" Clouds (Mar 4, 2004)
Satellite Finds Warming "Relative" to Humidity (Mar 15, 2004)
NASA Explains "Dust Bowl" Drought (Mar 18, 2004)
Land Cover Changes Affect U.S. Summer Climate (Mar 24, 2004)
NASA Uses a "Sleuth" to Predict Urban Land Use (Mar 25, 2004)
Experiment harnesses state-of-the-art sequencing technology to detect life on Mars (Apr 12, 2004)
Satellites Record Weakening North Atlantic Current (Apr 15, 2004)
Satellites Act As Thermometers in Space, Show Earth Has a Fever (Apr 21, 2004)
NASA Arctic Sea Ice Study May Stir Up Climate Models (Apr 22, 2004)
Arctic Ozone Loss More Sensitive to Climate Change Than Thought (Apr23, 2004)
Clouds Caused by Aircraft Exhaust May Warm the U.S. Climate (Apr 27, 2004)
NASA Satellites and Balloons Spot Airborne Pollution "Train" (May 3, 2004)
NASA Plans to Put an Aura Around the Earth (May 17, 2004)
NASA's Terra Satellite Tracks Global Pollution (May 18, 2004)
Scientists Look at Moon to Shed Light on Earth's Climate (May 27, 2004)
NASA Data Shows Deforestation Affects Climate in the Amazon (Jun 9, 2004)
Researchers Seeing Double on African Monsoons (Jun 10, 2004)
Earth has "Blueberries" like Mars (Jun 16, 2004)
NASA Data Shows Hurricanes Help Plant Bloom in "Ocean Deserts" (Jun 17, 2004)
CU-Boulder Satellite Instrument To Provide New Details On Ozone (Jun 21, 2004)
NASA Scientists Get Global Fix on Food, Wood, and Fiber use (Jun 23, 2004)
Satellite experiment snaps photos of sprites, jets and elves (Jul 16, 2004)
NASA Plays Key Role in Largest Environmental Experiment in History (Jul 27, 2004)
Urban Heat Islands Make Cities Greener (Jul 29, 2004)
Scientists' Showdown with Soil Moisture at the O.K. Corral (Jul 30, 2004)
Retreating Glaciers Spur Alaskan Earthquakes (Aug 2, 2004)
NASA Extends TRMM Operations Through 2004 Hurricane Season (Aug 6, 2004)
Carnegie Mellon Researchers To Demonstrate Autonomous Robot That Soon Will Soon Be Sent To Seek Life in Chile's Atacama Desert (Aug 9, 2004)
TRMM Sees Rain from Hurricanes Fall Around the World (Aug 17, 2004)
Scientists Studying Desert Air to Understand Weather and Climate (Aug 18, 2004)
Moist Soil "Hot Spots" May Affect Rainfall (Aug 19, 2004)
Meteorites Supplied Earth Life with Phosphorus, Scientists Say (Aug 24, 2004)
NASA Satellites Allow USDA to See World's Lakes Rise and Fall (Aug 27, 2004)
NASA Satellites Detect "Glow" of Plankton in Black Waters (Aug 31, 2004)
Glaciers Surge When Ice Shelf Breaks Up (Sep 21, 2004)
Scientists Report Increased Thinning of West Antarctic Glaciers (Sep 23, 2004)
Atacama Rover Helps NASA Learn to Search for Life on Mars (Sep 24, 2004)
NASA Infrared Images May Provide Volcano Clues (Oct 4, 2004)
Study Shows Potential for Antarctic Climate Change (Oct 6, 2004)
Laser Technology Helps Track Changes in Mt. St. Helens (Oct 25, 2004)
TRMM Satellite Proves El Nino Holds the Reins on Global Rains (Nov 4, 2004)
Wetland Changes Affect South Florida Freezes (Nov 16, 2004)
Fastest Glacier in Greenland Doubles Speed (Dec 1, 2004)
NASA Finds Trees and Insect Outbreaks Affect Carbon Dioxide Levels (Dec 13, 2004)
NASA's Aura: New Eye for Clean Air (Dec 14, 2004)
NASA Eyes Effects of a Giant 'Brown Cloud' Worldwide (Dec 15, 2004)
Tiny Air Particles Change How Much Carbon Plants Absorb (Dec 16, 2004)
NASA Finds Polluted Clouds Hold Less Moisture and Cool Earth Less (Dec 23, 2004)
NASA Goes 'Down Under' for Shuttle Mapping Mission Finale (Jan 6, 2005)
NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth (Jan 10, 2005)
Saharan Dust Affects Thunderstorm Behavior in Florida (Jan 10, 2005)
Educational Global Climate Model (EdGCM) available for classrooms (Jan 11, 2005)
Columbia crew catches a mysterious TIGER in the Indian Ocean (Jan 17, 2005)
New evidence indicates biggest extinction wasn't caused by asteroid or comet (Jan 20, 2005)
International Science Team Measures Arctic's Atmosphere (Jan 27, 2005)
Using global warming to create conditions for life on Mars (Feb 3, 2005)
The Mathematical Ocean: Deriving Planetary Health from Tiny Ocean Plants (Feb 9, 2005)
NASA Study Suggests Giant Space Clouds Iced Earth (Mar 3, 2005)
Flashes in the Sky: Lightning Zaps Space Radiation Surrounding Earth (Mar 8, 2005)
NASA Researchers Use Imaging Radar to Detect Coastal Pollution (Mar 17, 2005)
Black and White: Soot on Ice (Mar 23, 2005)
Earth's Auroras Don't Mirror (Apr 4, 2005)
When Snow Melts, Ocean Plants Bloom (Apr 21, 2005)
Scientists Confirm Earth's Energy Is Out of Balance (April 28, 2005)
Clues to planet formation revealed (May 23, 2005)
NASA Launches New Hurricane Web Page (May 31, 2005)
SETI Institute to Ponder Habitability of M Stars (Jun 14, 2005)
NASA Researchers Studying Tropical Cyclones (Jun 23, 2005)
Scientists Get a Real "Rise" Out of Breakthroughs in How We Understand Changes in Sea Level (Jul 7, 2005)
NASA Scientists Confirm Toxic Seas During Earth's Evolution (Oct 6, 2005)
Frozen microbes reveal how to test for Martian life (Oct 4, 2005)
NASA's Aura Satellite Peers Into Earth's Ozone Hole (Dec 7, 2005)
Chandra Looks Back At The Earth (Dec 28, 2005)
SwRI-French scientists discover potential link between iron meteorites and the original �building blocks� that formed the Earth (Feb 10, 2006)
Greenland Ice Loss Doubles in Past Decade, Raising Sea Level Faster (Feb 16, 2006)
SwRI-French scientists discover potential link between iron meteorites and the original ?building blocks? that formed the Earth (Feb 10, 2006)
Greenland Ice Loss Doubles in Past Decade, Raising Sea Level Faster (Feb 16, 2006)
NASA Mission Detects Significant Antarctic Ice Mass Loss (Mar 2, 2006)
Impact of Climate Warming on Polar Ice Sheets Confirmed (Mar 8, 2006)
Atmospheric Study Shows Similarities in Sun's Effects on Earth and Mars (May 24, 2006)
First Images From NASA'S Cloudsat Have Scientists Sky-High (Jun 6, 2006)
NASA Explains Puzzling Impact of Polluted Skies on Climate (Jul 13, 2006)
CALIPSO's First Images Offer New Dimension to Air Quality and Climate Research (Jul 24, 2006)
NASA Africa Mission Investigates Origin, Development of Hurricanes (Jul 26, 2006)
NASA, NOAA Data Indicate Ozone Layer is Recovering (Aug 30, 2006)
NASA Study Solves Ocean Plant Mystery (Aug 31, 2006)
Durable Spacecract Marks 10 Years Exploring Processes That Create the Aurora (Sep 12, 2006)
Earth-Like Planets May Be More Common Than Once Thought, Says CU-Boulder-Penn State Study (Sep 7, 2006)
First Global Connection Between Earth And Space Weather Found (Sep 12, 2006)
Durable Spacecraft Marks 10 Years Exploring Processes That Create the Aurora (Sep 12, 2006)
NASA Sees Rapid Changes in Arctic Sea Ice (Sep 13, 2006)
Astronomers Reveal First Alien I.D. Chart (Sep 14, 2006)
Short-Term Ocean Cooling Suggests Global Warming 'Speed Bump' (Sep 21, 2006)
CU-Boulder Study Shows Strong Winds Trigger Increase In Ozone-Destroying Gases In Upper Stratosphere In 2006 (Sep 28, 2006)
NASA and NOAA Announce Ozone Hole is a Double Record Breaker (Oct 19, 2006)
Early Earth Haze May Have Spurred Life (Nov 6, 2006)
Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life (Nov 9, 2006)
Magnetic whirlpools feed Earth's magnetosphere (Dec 6, 2006)
Climate Warming Reduces Ocean Food Supply (Dec 6, 2006)
Researchers Identify Driver for Near-Earth Space Weather (Dec 8, 2006)
Climate Change Affecting Earth's Outermost Atmosphere (Dec 11, 2006)
NASA Outlines Recent Changes in Earth's Freshwater Distribution (Dec 12, 2006)
NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts (Feb 12, 2007)
Joint NASA Study Reveals Leaks In Antarctic 'Plumbing System' (Feb 15, 2007)
Global 'Sunscreen' Has Likely Thinned, Report NASA Scientists (Mar 15, 2007)
NASA Finds Arctic Replenished Very Little Thick Sea Ice in 2005 (Apr 3, 2007)
NASA Aims to Clear Up Mystery of Elusive Clouds at Edge Of Space (Apr 11, 2007)
Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone (Apr 25, 2007)
NASA's AIM Mission Soars to the Edge of Space (Apr 25, 2007)
Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone (Apr 25, 2007)
NASA Finds Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past (May 15, 2007)
NASA Satellites Bolster Research on Barren Mid-Ocean Regions (May 22, 2007)
Research Finds That Earth's Climate is Approaching 'Dangerous' Point (May 30, 2007)
NASA Satellite Captures First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds' (Jun 28, 2007)
Scientists find that Earth and Mars are different to the core (Jun 29, 2007)

Lunar Love

(The Moon)

UW RESEARCHER PLANS PROJECT TO PIN DOWN MOON'S DISTANCE FROM EARTH (Jan 14, 2002)
Moon's Heart Melted, Say Lunar Love Numbers (Feb 13, 2002)
Late Afternoon at Taruntius: Amazingly Sharp VLT Image of Lunar Landscape (Aug 9, 2002)
Moon's early history may have been interrupted by big burp (Jan 8, 2003)
NASA Solves Half-Century Old Moon Mystery (Feb 20, 2003)
Red Moon Rising: May 15th's Total Lunar Eclipse (May 7, 2003) �
Celestial Sleuths Reveal Exact Date van Gogh Painted Moonrise (Jun 2, 2003)
SMART-1 - All Set to Fly to the Moon -- Europe embarks upon its first lunar mission (Aug 18, 2003)
Arecibo radar shows no evidence of thick ice at lunar poles, despite data from previous spacecraft probes, researchers say (Nov 12, 2003)
NASA Researchers Consider Mobile Lunar Base Concepts (Jun 29, 2004)
Astronomers Unravel Marathon Mystery (Jul 19, 2004)
"Blue Moon" Rises on July 31st (Or Does It?) (Jul 27, 2004)
Total Lunar Eclipse to Occur on the Night of Oct. 27th (Oct 22, 2004)
Europe reaches the Moon (Nov 16, 2004)
March 3: Moon to Uncover a Bright Star (Feb 25, 2005)
Lunar "dark spots" point to an upheaval in planetary orbits long after the formation of the solar system (May 25, 2005)
NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources (Oct 19, 2005)
KABOOM! Ancient Impacts Scarred Moon to its Core, May Have Created "Man in the Moon" (Feb 9, 2006)
NASA'S Lunar Orbiter Team Passes Preliminary Design Review (Feb 17, 2006)
NASA Set to Launch Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2008 (May 18, 2006)
Europe rediscovers the Moon with SMART-1 (Aug 16, 2006)
Impact landing ends SMART-1 mission to the Moon (Sep 3, 2006)
Rare Lunar Meteorite Found in Antarctica (Sep 13, 2006)
Leave the skates on Earth -- Cornell researchers find no evidence of ice reserves on the moon (Oct 18, 2006)
Lunar Leonid Strikes (Dec 1, 2006)
Fly Wishes to the Moon with Japan's SELENE Mission (Dec 1, 2006)
NASA Unveils Global Exploration Strategy and Lunar Architecture (Dec 4, 2006)
NASA Moon-Impactor Mission Passes Major Review (Feb 2, 2007)
Earth's Magnetic Field - A Hazard for Lunar Astronauts? (Apr 16, 2007)
NASA Robots Practice Moon Survey in the Arctic Circle (Jul 20, 2007)

HST Bop

(Hubble press releases that don't fit nicely into another category)

Stellar 'Fireworks Finale' Came First in the Young Universe (Jan 8, 2002)
Hubble Reveals "Backwards" Spiral Galaxy (Feb 7, 2002) �
First View of a Newborn Millisecond Pulsar? (Feb 13, 2002)
New Instrument Package to Expand Space Telescope's Vision (Feb 15, 2002)
UA Astronomers' Hopes Ride with Astronauts on 5th Spacewalk (Mar 4, 2002)
A Bow Shock Near A Young Star (Mar 6, 2002)
NEW GAME: 'Galaxy Hunter' for grades 9-12 (Mar 21, 2002)
NEW GAME: 'Be the Mastermind Behind the Mission' for grades 6-8 (Mar 21, 2002)
Hyperactive galaxy NGC 7673 (Mar 25, 2002)
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE: ON ITS WAY TO FULL SCIENCE OPERATIONS (Apr 5, 2002)
QUASARS HELP TRACE ANCESTORS OF GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES (Apr 10, 2002)
Hubble Pinpoints White Dwarfs, Helps Read Age of Universe (Apr 24, 2002)
Hubble's Advanced Camera Unveils a Panoramic New View of the Universe (Apr 30, 2002)
The Mice at Play (May 1, 2002)
Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze (May 9, 2002)
Hubble's Infrared Camera Back in Business (June 5, 2002)
A Wheel within a Wheel (Sep 5, 2002)
Hubble Discovers Black Holes in Unexpected Places (Sep 17, 2002)
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe" (Nov 19, 2002)
More Sun-like stars may have planetary systems than currently thought (Dec 2, 2002)
Hubble Watches Galaxies Engage in Dance of Destruction (Dec 12, 2002)
A Tiny Galaxy is Born (Dec 19, 2002)
Biggest 'Zoom Lens' in Space Takes Hubble Deeper into the Universe (Jan 7, 2003)
Scientists Find Faint Objects with Hubble that May Have Ended the Universe's 'Dark Ages' (Jan 9, 2003)
Rainbow Image of a Dusty Star (Apr 3, 2003)
Astronomers Stretch Celestial 'Yardstick' to New Lengths (Apr 10, 2003)
Hubble Captures a Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases (Apr 24, 2003)
Freewheeling Galaxies Collide in a Blaze of Star Birth (May 1, 2003)
Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo (May 7, 2003)
Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula Showcased on Astronomy Day (May 9, 2003)
The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey also see the associated Chandra result (Jun 19, 2003)
Celestial Fireworks (Jul 3, 2003)
Hubble tracks down a galaxy cluster's dark matter (Jul 17, 2003)
Too Close for Comfort (Aug 7, 2003)
Homing in on Dark Energy with Supernova Studies from Space (Sep 16, 2003)
Hubble Photographs Turbulent Neighborhood Near Eruptive Star (Nov 6, 2003)
Firestorm of Star Birth Seen in a Local Galaxy (Dec 4, 2003)
Images from Hubble's ACS Tell a Tale of Two Record-Breaking Galaxy Clusters (Jan 1, 2004)
Supernova Blast Bonanza in Nearby Galaxy (Feb 3, 2004)
An Abrasive Collision Gives One Galaxy a "Black Eye" (Feb 5, 2004)
Hubble and Keck team up to find farthest known galaxy in the Universe (Feb 15, 2004)
New Clues About the Nature of Dark Energy: Einstein May Have Been Right After All (Feb 20, 2004)
Hubble's Deepest View Ever of the Universe Unveils Earliest Galaxies (Mar 9, 2004)
Hubble Sees Stars as Numerous as Grains of Sand in Nearby Galaxy (Apr 8, 2004)
The Lure of the Rings (Apr 22, 2004)
Demise in ice and fire (Apr 29, 2004)
Starburst Galaxy Showers the Universe (May 24, 2004)
Hubble studies generations of star formation in neighbouring galaxy (Jul 1, 2004)
A Day in the Lives of Galaxies (Jul 22, 2004)
Instrument Aboard Hubble Space Telescope Suspends Operation (Aug 6, 2004)
Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of Gas and Dust (Sep 9, 2004)
Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies (Sep 23, 2004)
Hubble Uncovers a Baby Galaxy in a Grown-Up Universe (Dec 1, 2004)
Light Continues to Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst (Feb 1, 2005)
Image: The Impending Destruction of NGC 1427A (Mar 3, 2005)
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images (Apr 25, 2005)
Supernova Remnant Menagerie (Jun 7, 2005)
Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations (Aug 31, 2005)
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up to Find "Big Baby" Galaxies in the Newborn Universe (Sep 27, 2005)
NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources (Oct 19, 2005)
Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula (Dec 1, 2005)
NASA's Hubble Reveals Thousands of Orion Nebula Stars (Jan 11, 2006)
Largest ever Hubble galaxy portrait - stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy (Feb 28, 2006)
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble! (Apr 24, 2006)
Hubble Captures a "Five-Star" Rated Gravitational Lens (May 23, 2006)
Hubble Reveals Two Dust Disks Around Nearby Star (Jun 27, 2006)
Hubble Identifies Stellar Companion to Distant Planet (Aug 8, 2006)
Wispy Dust and Gas Paint Portrait of Starbirth (Aug 23, 2006)
Cassiopeia A - The Colorful Aftermath of a Violent Stellar Death (Aug 29, 2006)
Hubble Captures a Rare Eclipse on Uranus (Aug 31, 2006)
Astronomers trace the evolution of the first galaxies in the universe (Sep 13, 2006)
Hubble finds hundreds of young galaxies in the early Universe (Sep 21, 2006)
Flies in a spider's web: Galaxy caught in the making (Oct 12, 2006)
Super Star Clusters in the Antennae Galaxies (Oct 16, 2006)
Hubble yields direct proof of stellar sorting in a globular cluster (Oct 24, 2006)
NASA Approves Mission and Names Crew for Return to Hubble (Oct 31, 2006)
New Hubble Servicing Mission to upgrade instruments (Oct 31, 2006)
Hubble Finds Evidence for Dark Energy in the Young Universe (Nov 16, 2006)
Hubble Maps the Cosmic Web of "Clumpy" Dark Matter in 3-D (Jan 7, 2007)
Engineers Investigate Issue on One of Hubble's Science Instruments (Jan 29, 2007)
Hubble Pans Across Heavens to Harvest 50,000 Evolving Galaxies (Mar 6, 2007)
Hubble finds multiple stellar "baby booms" in a globular cluster (May 2, 2007)
Hubble Finds Ghostly Ring of Dark Matter (May 15, 2007)
Stellar fireworks are ablaze in galaxy NGC 4449 (Jul 3, 2007)

Come and Visit Mars

(Mars)

Mars Odyssey Makes Final Orbit Adjustments (Jan 31, 2002)
FORMER ASTRONAUT ALDRIN, PURDUE ENGINEERS PLANNING MARS HOTELS (Feb 5, 2002)
NASA'S Mars Global Surveyor Shows Off Images From Extended Mission (Feb 11, 2002)
Floods at Mars' Equator Are Recent, UA Scientists Say (Feb 19, 2002)
Mars Odyssey Mission Status (Feb 19, 2002)
Vast Ice Fields Suggest Life on Mars Possible (Mar 4, 2002)
Martian Surface Features Were Eroded by Liquid Carbon Dioxide, not Running Water, Researchers Say (Mar 12, 2002)
NASA's Mars Odyssey Spacecraft Begins Gathering Data for Red Planet Radiation Experiment (Mar 13, 2002)
"LIVE FROM MARS" TO CLASSROOMS ACROSS AMERICA! (Mar 14, 2002)
STUDENTS BEGIN EXPLORING MARS WITH NASA'S MARS ODYSSEY SPACECRAFT (Mar 20, 2002)
MARS VIKING LEADER, JAMES S. MARTIN, JR., DIES (Apr 18, 2002)
UA-Led Scientists Begin Unprecedented Dust-Devil Experiment (May 20, 2002)
Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface (May 28, 2002)
Mars Odyssey's Temperature Maps Expose Rock Layer History (May 29, 2002)
UCB: SOUTH POLE MAY PROVIDE TEST FOR MARS DRILLING (Jun 28, 2002)
SCIENTISTS SAY ANCIENT ASTEROIDS, COMETS MAY HAVE CAUSED MARS RAIN (Dec 3, 2002)
NASA's Revealing Odyssey (Dec 7, 2002)
NASA TWINS PLAN MARTIAN RAMBLE (Dec 9, 2002)
Dark Streaks on Martian Slopes May Signal Active Water (Dec 9, 2002)
NASA study shows how water may have flowed on ancient Mars (Feb 12, 2003)
NASA's Mars Odyssey Points to Melting Snow as Cause of Gullies (Feb 19, 2003)
Scientists Say Mars Has a Liquid Iron Core (Mar 6, 2003)
NASA Scientists to Drill for New, Exotic Life Near Acidic Spanish River (Apr 8, 2003)
NASA Rovers Slated To Examine Two Intriguing Sites On Mars (Apr 11, 2003)
MARS-1 Humvee Rover Reaches Devon Island After Successful Crossing of Frozen Arctic Sea (May 20, 2003)
U.S.-built instrument to fly aboard ESA Mars Express (May 28, 2003)
Odyssey Thermal Data Reveals a Changing Mars (Jun 5, 2003)
Mars Odyssey Orbiter Watches a Frosty Mars (Jun 26, 2003)
NASA's First Scout Mission Selected for 2007 Mars Launch (Aug 4, 2003)
Mars Looms Big & Bright as It Nears Record-Breaking Close Approach (Aug 5, 2003)
Mars Nears Closest Approach to Earth in Human History (Aug 11, 2003)
Astronomers hunt Martian water from Earth (Aug 26, 2003)
The Two Faces of Mars (Aug 27, 2003)
Green Mineral Indicates Red Planet is Dry (Oct 28, 2003)
Delta-Like Fan On Mars Suggests Ancient Rivers Were Persistent (Nov 13, 2003)
Mars Rovers Head For Exciting Landings In January (Dec 2, 2003)
Mars Missions Have International Flavor (Dec 3, 2003)
Mars May Be Emerging From an Ice Age (Dec 17, 2003)
Next Stop Mars! (Dec 19, 2003)
Spinning spokes: Cornell scientists develop method for using rover wheels to study Martian soil by digging holes (Dec 19, 2003)
Beagle 2 Teams Continue Efforts To Communicate With The Lander (Dec 27, 2003)
Healthy Rover Shows Its New Neighborhood on Mars (Jan 4, 2004)
Spirit's Surroundings Beckon in Color Panorama (Jan 12, 2004)
Go To That Crater And Turn Right: Spirit Gets A Travel Itinerary (Jan 13, 2004)
Opportunity Sits In A Small Crater, Near A Bigger One (Jan 25, 2004)
Disappointment in Beagle 2 Search (Jan 26, 2004)
Opportunity Rover Begins Standing Up (Jan 28, 2004)
Healthier Spirit Gets Back to Work While Opportunity Prepares to Roll (Jan 29, 2004)
Opportunity Rover Finds Strong Evidence Meridiani Planum Was Wet (Mar 2, 2004)
Standing Body of Water Left Its Mark in Mars Rocks (Mar 23, 2004)
Martian Mystery Explained (Mar 24, 2004)
NASA Extends Mars Rovers' Mission (Apr 8, 2004)
Mars Rover Finds Rock Resembling Meteorites That Fell to Earth (Apr 15, 2004)
The Case of the Electric Martian Dust Devils (Apr 20, 2004)
Mars Rovers Finish Primary Mission and Roll Onward (Apr 28, 2004)
Mars Rover Opportunity Gets Green Light To Enter Crater (Jun 4, 2004)
Mars Rovers Continue Unique Exploration of Mars (Jun 8, 2004)
Mars Rovers Going the Extra Mile (Jun 16, 2004)
NASA's Mars Rovers Roll Into Martian Winter (Jul 16, 2004)
NASA Invites Public to Explore "Red Planet" Via Internet (Jul 29, 2004)
Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime After Successful Mission (Aug 25, 2004)
CU Study: Mars May Have Had Large Sea Near NASA Rover Landing Site (Sep 7, 2004)
Rover Missions Renewed as Mars Emerges from Behind Sun (Sep 21, 2004)
Mars Rovers Probing Water History at Two Sites (Oct 7, 2004)
Reports Detail Rover Discoveries of Wet Martian History (Dec 2, 2004)
Conditions on vast plain on Mars could have been suitable for life, Cornell rover scientist Squyres states in special Science issue (Dec 2, 2004)
Mars Rovers Spot Water-Clue Mineral, Frost, Clouds (Dec 13, 2004)
NASA Rovers' Adventures on Mars Continue (Jan 3, 2005)
Rover Finds New Class of Rock on Mars (Feb 15, 2005)
Durable Mars Rovers Sent Into Third Overtime Period (Apr 5, 2005)
Five giant impact basins reveal the ancient equator of Mars (Apr 20, 2005)
NASA's Rovers Continue Martian Missions (May 24, 2005)
NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission Gets Thumbs Up for 2007 Launch (Jun 2, 2005)
NASA's Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on Mars (Jun 6, 2005)
NASA's New Mars Orbiter Will Sharpen Vision of Exploration (Jul 21, 2005)
NASA's Next Leap in Mars Exploration Ready for Launch (Aug 9, 2005)
NASA's Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully Launched (Aug 12, 2005)
NASA's Mars Orbiter Makes Successful Course Correction (Aug 30, 2005)
NASA's Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars (Sep 1, 2005)
Recent Changes on Mars Seen by Mars Global Surveyor (Sep 20, 2005)
New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth (Oct 12, 2005)
NASA Rover Helps Reveal Possible Secrets of Martian Life (Nov 29, 2005)
Buried craters and underground ice - Mars Express uncovers depths of Mars (Nov 30, 2005)
Mars Express evidence for large aquifers on early Mars (Nov 30, 2005)
NASA's Mars Rovers Continue to Explore and Amaze (Dec 5, 2005)
Hundreds of auroras detected on Mars (Dec 12, 2005)
Mars Region Probably Less Watery In Past Than Thought, Says Study (Dec 21, 2005)
Martian glaciers: did they originate from the atmosphere? (Jan 20, 2006)
"THOR" Mars mission to seek underground water (Feb 1, 2006)
Water May Not Have Formed Mars' Recent Gullies (Mar 16, 2006)
NASA's New Mars Orbiter Returns Test Images (Mar 24, 2006)
Mars Cameras Debut as NASA Craft Adjusts Orbit (Apr 13, 2006)
NASA's Marks 30th Anniversary of Mars Viking Mission (Jul 14, 2006)
Mars surface probably can't support life (Jul 31, 2006)
Don't Get Snookered by Internet Mars Malarkey (Aug 7, 2006)
Gas jet plumes unveil mystery of 'spiders' on Mars (Aug 16, 2006)
Rare high-altitude clouds found on Mars (Aug 28, 2006)
NASA Rover Nears Martian Bowl Goal (Sep 6, 2006)
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Planned Flight Path (Sep 12, 2006)
Ground-Piercing Radar on NASA Mars Orbiter Ready for Work (Sep 19, 2006)
Cydonia - the face on Mars (Sep 21, 2006)
NASA Mars Rover Arrives at Dramatic Vista on Red Planet (Sep 27, 2006)
APL-Built Mineral-Mapping Imager Begins Mission at Mars (Sep 27, 2006)
Opportunity's view at the rim of Victoria: 'just breathtaking' (Sep 29, 2006)
NASA's New Mars Camera Gives Dramatic View of Planet (Sep 29, 2006)
NASA'S Mars Rover and Orbiter Team Examines Victoria Crater (Oct 6, 2006)
HiRISE Camera on NASA Orbiter Gets Spectacular View of Rover at Victoria Crater (Oct 6, 2006)
Decoding Mars's Cryptic Region (Oct 19, 2006)
'McMurdo' Panorama from Spirit's 'Winter Haven' (Oct 25, 2006)
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor May Be at Mission's End (Nov 21, 2006)
Rosetta warms up for Mars swing-by (Nov 29, 2006)
NASA Mars Orbiter Photographs Spirit and Vikings on the Ground (Dec 4, 2006)
NASA Images Suggest Water Still Flows in Brief Spurts on Mars (Dec 6, 2006)
Geologists Finding a Different Mars Underneath (Dec 13, 2006)
NASA Mars Team Teaches Old Rovers New Tricks to Kick Off Year Four (Dec 28, 2006)
Spacecraft Set to Reach Milestone, Reports Technical Glitches (Feb 7, 2007)
NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effects of Ancient Underground Fluids (Feb 15, 2007)
CRISM Uncovering Clues of Martian Surface Composition (Feb 15, 2007)
NASA Mars Rover Churns Up Questions With Sulfur-Rich Soil (Mar 14, 2007)
Mars' South Pole Ice Deep and Wide (Mar 15, 2007)
NASA Scientists and Teachers to Study Mars in the Mojave Desert (Mar 20, 2007)
Sharp views show ground ice on Mars is patchy and variable (May 2, 2007)
NASA's Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Volcanic Explosion (May 3, 2007)
Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence of Wetter Past (May 21, 2007)
Dust Delays Mars Crater Entry (Jul 3, 2007)
NASA Readies Mars Lander for August Launch to Icy Site (Jul 9, 2007)
NASA Mars Rovers Braving Severe Dust Storms (Jul 20, 2007)

A Little Bit of Rock

(Comets, asteroids, meteors)

NASA SELECTS 'DAWN' DISCOVERY MISSION FOR 2006 LAUNCH (Dec 21, 2001)
UA SCIENTISTS BEGIN FIELD WORK ON CHICXULUB DRILLING PROJECT (Jan 14, 2002)
When did liquid water fill the planets? Maybe not as early as was thought... (Jan 17, 2002)
Stardust Spacecraft Sets Course for January 2004 Rendezvous With Comet Wild 2 (Jan 25, 2002)
NASA's comet tour challenges teachers and students to enter contest (Feb 5, 2002)
Geologists Weary, But Elated by Chicxulub Drilling Operations (Feb 20, 2002)
ESO's VLT Helps ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft Prepare to Ride on a Cosmic Bullet (Feb 26, 2002)
Cataclysm that Resurfaced Earth Produced by Asteroids, Not Comets, Researchers Say (Feb 28, 2002)
See a Comet Tonight (Mar 22, 2002)
METEORITES TELL OF SHOCKING EXPERIENCE IN PLANETARY FORMATION (Mar 25, 2002)
NASA DRYDEN, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SEARCH FOR VULCANOIDS (Apr 3, 2002)
Tweak Temperatures of Smaller Asteroids to Deflect Them From Earth, UA Scientist Suggests (Apr 4, 2002)
New study reveals twice as many asteroids as previously believed (Apr 5, 2002)
NASA Spacecraft Finds Comet Has Hot, Dry Surface (Apr 5, 2002)
Heart Attack Claims Life of Comet Finder Yuji Hyakutake, 51 (Apr 11, 2002)
Radar Reveals Five Double Asteroid Systems Orbiting Each Other Near Earth, Likely Formed in close Encounters with Planet (PDF file) (Apr 11, 2002)
NAKED EYE COMET SHINES ON UK NATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETING (Apr 12, 2002)
DISCOVER A COMET WHILE ON THE INTERNET WITH SOHO (Apr 18, 2002)
CONTOUR Ships to the Cape: NASA Comet-Chasing Spacecraft on Track for July 1 Launch (Apr 23, 2002)
CONTOUR Mission Gets to the 'Heart' of Comet Diversity:
Applied Physics Lab-Built Spacecraft on Schedule for July 1 Launch (June 12, 2002)
SwRI researchers identify asteroid breakup event in the main asteroid belt (Jun 12, 2002)
Where have all the comets gone? (Jun 20, 2002)
At 95, Comet Man Embarks On Out-Of-This-World Tour (Jun 28, 2002)
2002 COMET AWARDS ANNOUNCED (Jul 1, 2002)
CONTOUR Spacecraft Launches from Cape Canaveral NASA Mission on Course to Provide Unparalleled Look at Comets (Jul 3, 2002)
SPECTACULAR SPLIT COMET (57P/DU TOIT-NEUJMIN-DELPORTE) (Jul 24, 2002)
Perseid Meteors to Peak on August 12th (Aug 8, 2002)
SOHO RAISES THE ANTE WITH DISCOVERY OF 500TH COMET (Aug 14, 2002)
Digital Movie Shows Awesome Speed of Asteroid Close Approach (Aug 21, 2002)
Scientists confirm age of the oldest meteorite collision on Earth (Aug 22, 2002)
Earth Suffered Pulses of Misery in Global Wildfires of 65 Million Years Ago (Sep 3, 2002)
A SHARPER LOOK AT NEAR EARTH ASTEROID 2002 NY40 (Sep 4, 2002)
NASA SCIENTISTS DETERMINED TO UNEARTH ORIGIN OF THE ITURRALDE CRATER (Sep 4, 2002)
Comets Break Up Far and Near (Sep 5, 2002)
Science Workshop Reveals Evolving Perspective on Asteroid Threat (Sep 6, 2002)
MIT astronomers ID object as Apollo stage (Sep 19, 2002)
Caltech Astronomers Discover Quaoar, a Planet-Sized Object in the Solar System (Oct 7, 2002)
Leonid Meteor Spectacle Coming Back Soon (Nov 1, 2002)
NASA PREPARES FOR "LAST CHANCE" METEOR SHOWER (Nov 14, 2002)
December Showers: The Geminids (Dec 10, 2002)
Earth and Asteroid Play Orbital Cat and Mouse Game (Jan 2, 2003)
Shock Waves Through the Solar Nebula Could Explain Water-Rich Space Rocks (Jan 23, 2003)
Grab a Front-Row Seat for the Sun-Dancing Comet (Feb 13, 2003)
Meteorites shower Chicago's south suburbs (Mar 27, 2003)
Headless Comets Survive Plunge Through Sun's Atmosphere (Jun 10, 2003)
2003 Comet Awards Announced (Jul 7, 2003)
Asteroid Juno Has A Bite Out Of It (Aug 6, 2003)
Asteroids Dedicated to Space Shuttle Columbia Crew (Aug 6, 2003)
View of comets as pristine relics of solar system formation evolves (Aug 6, 2003)
New Image of Comet Halley in the Cold (Sep 1, 2003)
New Study Of Jupiter's Moon Europa May Explain Mysterious Ice Domes, Places To Search For Evidence Of Life (Sep 2, 2003)
High-Resolution Images of Asteroid (511) Davida (Sep 4, 2003)
Hubble assists Rosetta comet mission (Sep 5, 2003)
Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune (Sep 6, 2003)
Optical Detection of Anomalous Nitrogen in Comets (Sep 12, 2003)
Near-Earth Asteroid Hermes Re-spotted, 66 Years Later - Upon Close Observation Long-Lost Object is Bright Binary (Oct 21, 2003)
Asteroid Hermes, lost for 66 years, is found to be two objects orbiting each other (Oct 23, 2003)
NASA Scientists Use Radar to Detect Asteroid Force (Dec 5, 2003)
UK scientists all set for New Year encounter with a comet (Dec 16, 2003)
Comet encounter is key moment in UW astronomer's long scientific quest (Dec 19, 2003)
German Dust Analyzer Closes In On Comet (Dec 29, 2003)
NASA Spacecraft Makes Great Catch... Heads for Touchdown (Jan 2, 2004)
Online Spacewatch Volunteer Discovers Close-Approaching Asteroid (Jan 21, 2004)
Spacecraft To Launch, Designed To Harpoon Cosmic Moby Dick (Feb 19, 2004)
Planetary scientists find planetoid in Kuiper Belt; could be biggest yet discovered (Feb 19, 2004)
Two Naked-Eye Comets At Once! (Feb 25, 2004)
Most Distant Object in Solar System Discovered; could be part of never-before-seen Oort cloud (Mar 15, 2004)
Astronomers Take Search for Earth-Threatening Space Rocks To Southern Skies (Apr 6, 2004)
Scientists size-up, classify meteorite that nearly landed in their backyards (Apr 14, 2004)
Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens (Apr 14, 2004)
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Witnesses Vaporizing of a Cometlike Body by a Very Young Hot Star (Apr 16, 2004)
Impact at Bedout: 'Smoking Gun' of Giant Collision That Nearly Ended Life on Earth is Identified Near Australia (May 13, 2004)
LONEOS Discovers Asteroid with the Smallest Orbit (May 20, 2004)
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Anatomy Of A Comet (Jun 17, 2004)
New Martian Meteorite Found In Antarctica (Jul 20, 2004)
Meteorite from Oman Records Its Lunar Launch Site and Detailed History (Jul 29, 2004)
Catching a Falling Star: ESO's Very Large Telescope Obtains Unique Spectrum of a Meteor (Jul 30, 2004)
Perseid Meteors to Peak Late on the Night of August 11th (Aug 5, 2004)
Meteorites Supplied Earth Life with Phosphorus, Scientists Say (Aug 24, 2004)
Large Asteroid Will Zoom Safely Past Earth Wednesday (Sep 28, 2004)
ESO Views of Earth-Approaching Asteroid Toutatis (Sep 29, 2004)