[JHU] "Color of the universe" corrected: not turquoise but beige

[JHU] A new guidance system brings FUSE back to scientific observations

[NASA] International Space Station: Crew completes first spacewalk without Space Shuttle

[JHU] A shorter path to Pluto

[JPL] Mars Odyssey has begun its science mapping mission

[STScI] A new instrument package will improve Hubble's vision

[NASA] STS-109: After two years of maintenance Space Shuttle Columbia will return into orbit

[UMD] Deep Impact mission took next step toward a collision with comet Tempel 1

[NASA] International Space Station: Science experiments and preparation for spacewalk

[ESO] New home for staff and visitors at the VLT Observatory

[JPL] Mars Odyssey deployed its high-gain communications antenna.

[NASA] HESSI spacecraft safely reaches orbit

[RAS] HESSI will be launched next week

[NASA] The end of the ultraviolet astronomy satellite EUVE.

[NASA] STS-109: Shuttle Columbia on launch pad for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

[NASA] International Space Station: Expedition Four Crew completes second spacewalk.

[JPL] Stardust completed a critical maneuver on its path to comet Wild-2.

[NASA] Galileo is back from standy mode but missed closest approach to Io.

[NSF] Dedication and First Light of the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

[UW] Hydrothermal vent plumes may influence the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

[NASA] During approach of Jupiter's moon Io Galileo went into standby mode causeb by the high-radiation environment.

[NAOJ] First spectroscopic observations with Subaru's adaptive optics.

[NOAO] Detailed new images of the nearby galaxy NGC 6822.

[NRAO] Vastly improved radio image of the Orion Nebula.

[NASA] Advanced space telescopes might soon probe far-off worlds for the chemical signatures of alien life.

[ESA] New superconducting camera (S-cam) shall revolutionise the way astronomers observe the Universe

[CfA] The "SubMillimeter Array" (SMA)now operational with 4 out of 8 antennas.

[Harvard] Relics of an ancient eruption found in galaxy cluster A 2597.

[UMass] Spiral galaxies in large galaxy clusters change.

[NASA] Newly discovered subclass of Gamma Ray Bursts concentrate in the Supergalactic Plane.

[STScI] Star birth was most rapid in the early universe.

[NASA] Gas jets from young stars are more common than previously thought.

[JHU] Ancient supernova may have triggered eco-catastrophe on earth millions of years ago.

[CfA] First planet detected orbiting a giant star.

[CfA] Structure in dust around Vega may be signature of a planet.

[RAS] The "Eddington" mission shall discover starquakes and Earth-like planets.

[NASA] Cosmic infrared background brighter as expected.

[UCLA] The "Hercules Deep Field".

[Rice] New method measures cooling time to measure distance of Gamma-Ray Bursts.

[Cornell] Densitiy of the Galactic Halo was derived from radio observations of the Magellanic Stream.

[NASA] Neutrons move as frictionless superfluid in the interior of pulsars.

[UTexas] Radioactive decay of elements gives age of stars.

[UTexas] Transmission of cosmic radiation through planetary atmospheres and its influence on biological evolution..

[NRAO] Star formation is a longer process than previously thought.

[CfA] Dust can form in hot binary systems within regions where stellar winds collide.

[CfA] Discovery of an edge-on protoplanetary disk in a quadruple star system.

[IfA] Direct imaging of a brown dwarf around nearby sun-like star.

[PSU] Unstable old solar systems could cause dusty white dwarfs and born-again planets.

[JB] Upgrade of the Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank

[Hawaii] Keck Observatory: A virtual star increases the ability of adaptive optics.

[NASA] International Space Station: Tests with the robotic arm.

[NASA] Balloon-borne experiment TIGER searching for cosmic ray origin.