ASTRONOMY NEWS & LINKS
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HIGHLIGHTS 2003
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September 2003
Sep 28 [ESA] SMART-1 leaves Earth on a long journey to the Moon
Sep 25 [STScI] Hubble Uncovers Smallest Moons Yet Seen Around Uranus
Sep 24 [RAS] A smart way to study the Moon
Sep 22 [ESA] SMART-1: the first spacecraft of the future
Sep 21 [JPL] Galileo End of Mission Status
Sep 21 [JPL] The Final Day on Galileo
Sep 18 [CfA] First Supernovae Quickly Seeded Universe With Stuff Of Life
Sep 17 [JPL] Galileo To Taste Jupiter Before Taking Final Plunge
Sep 17 [Harvard] "Iron-Clad" Evidence For Spinning Black Hole
Sep 16 [LBL] Homing in on Dark Energy with Supernova Studies from Space
Sep 16 [Harvard] Lunar Prospecting With Chandra
Sep 16 [NOAO] New Galaxy Orbiting Andromeda
Sep 16 [RAS] UK SCIENTISTS BID FAREWELL TO GALLANT GALILEO
Sep 12 [ESO] Optical Detection of Anomalous Nitrogen in Comets - VLT Opens New Window towards Our Origins.
Sep 11 [Harvard] Cosmic X-ray Flashes Reveal Their Distance
Sep 10 [SwRI] Sunlight makes asteroids spin in strange ways
Sep 10 [STScI] NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture
Sep 10 [JPL] NASA Releases Near-Earth Object Search Report
Sep 09 [Harvard] Chandra "Hears" A Black Hole For The First Time
Sep 09 [STScI] The Slant on Saturn's Rings
Sep 06 [STScI] Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune
Sep 05 [MIT] MIT researchers reassess asteroid hazards
Sep 04 [Keck] High-Resolution Images of Asteroid (511) Davida
Sep 03 [Keck] Stormy Conditions in Hot Plasma Being Consumed by Massive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way
Sep 03 [JPL] Asteroid 2003 QQ47's Potential Earth Impact in 2014 Ruled Out
Sep 02 [NASA] ANTIMATTER FACTORY ON SUN YIELDS CLUES TO SOLAR EXPLOSIONS
Sep 01 [ESO] New Image of Comet Halley in the Cold - VLT Observes Famous Traveller at Record Distance
August 2003
Aug 28 [MPA] Glowing in the Cold - New Theory for Mysterious Shining in Clusters of Galaxies
Aug 26 [AAO] Astronomers hunt Martian water from Earth
Aug 25 [JPL] Space Infrared Telescope Facility Lifts Off
Aug 21 [JPL] New Findings Could Dash Hopes for Past Oceans on Mars
Aug 21 [ESO] New Insight into the Cosmic Renaissance Epoch - VLT Discovers a Group of Early Inhabitants and Find Signs of Many More.
Aug 13 [NASA] Biggest Cosmic Explosions May Also Propel Fastest Objects in the Universe
Aug 13 [ESA] SMART-1 Launch Delayed
Aug 12 [NRAO] Distance Measurement Solves Astrophysical Mysteries
Aug 12 [NASA] Many gamma-ray bursts go undetected, MIT mathematician estimates
Aug 07 [RAS] Dim future for the universe as stellar lights go out
Aug 07 [CfA] Eclipse of a winking star by a protoplanetary disk started only recently.
Aug 06 [NOAO] Giant star as part of the progenitor system of a Type Ia supernova identified.
Aug 06 [ESO] Observations show for the first time an asymmetry of the initial phase of a Type Ia supernova.
Aug 06 [SwRI] View of comets as pristine relics of solar system formation evolves
Aug 06 [CfA] First direct images of asteroid Juno show a fresh impact crater.
Aug 05 [RAS] New classification scheme for comets, asteroids and other minor bodies.
Aug 04 [NRAO] ALMA Partners Granted Site to Build and Operate Telescope in Chile
Aug 04 [MPA] A Jet is a Jet, Big or Small: Scale Invariance of Black Hole Jets
Aug 01 [ESA] Ulysses sees Galactic Dust on the rise
July 2003
Jul 30 [Harvard] Close encounters between stars in globular clusters form x-ray binaries
Jul 29 [IU] World's largest astronomical CCD camera installed on Palomar Observatory telescope
Jul 29 [CalTech] New Sky Survey Begins at Palomar Observatory
Jul 23 [NRAO] Giant molecular gas cloud in an extremly distant and young galaxy
Jul 22 [ESO] Revealing the Beast Within - Deeply Embedded Massive Stellar Clusters Discovered in Milky Way Powerhouse
Jul 22 [CfA] A Pancake, Not A Doughnut, Shapes Distant Galactic Center
Jul 21 [Keck] Astronomers reveal the first detailed maps of galaxy distribution in the early universe
Jul 21 [JHU] FUSE "Brain Transplant" Secures Future of Orbiting Observatory
Jul 16 [ESA] ESA's XMM-Newton gains deep insights into the distant universe
Jul 16 [ESO] Nearest Cosmic Mirage Discovery of quadruply lensed quasar with Einstein ring
Jul 16 [IC] Fewer Earthbound asteroids will hit home
Jul 15 [JPL] Discovery of a Near-Earth asteroid with the newly installed Quest camera.
Jul 15 [UW] Icebound Antarctic telescope delivers first neutrino sky map
Jul 14 [ESO] New Fast Lane towards Discoveries of Clusters of Galaxies Inaugurated - Space and Ground-Based Telescopes Cooperate to Gain Deep Cosmological Insights
Jul 10 [NASA] Grigg-Skjellerup: collection of comet dust particles in the Earth's upper atmosphere
Jul 10 [STScI] Oldest known extrasolar planet has an age of 13 billion years.
Jul 09 [NOAO] Owl Nebula (NGC 3587): new model explains not only the shape but also the evolution of the planetary nebula
Jul 07 [MPA] Number and brightness of X-ray binaries measure the star formation rate in galaxies.
Jul 07 [JPL] Newly Launched 'Opportunity' Follows Mars-Bound 'Spirit'
Jul 03 [AAO] Jupiter-like extrasolar planet found around nearby star
Jul 02 [NASA] EINSTEIN'S GRAVITATIONAL WAVES MAY SET SPEED LIMIT FOR PULSAR SPIN
Jul 01 [Keck] HAWAIIAN TELESCOPE TEAM MAKES DEBUT DISCOVERY
June 2003
Jun 30 [Harvard] X-ray observation of an unusually variable jet of the Vela pulsar
Jun 26 [CfA] State-Of-The-Art Solar Model Fits Massive 2002 Eruption
Jun 19 [CfA] Historic GRB Discovery
Jun 19 [ESO] A First Look at the Doughnut Around a Giant Black Hole First detection by infrared interferometry of an extragalactic object
Jun 19 [STScI] The secret lives of galaxies unveiled in deep survey
Jun 19 [JPL] Stardust Successfully Completes Deep Space Maneuver
Jun 18 [ESO] Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts and Hypernovae Conclusively Linked. Clearest-Ever Evidence from VLT Spectra of Powerful Event
Jun 16 [ESO] Curtain-Lifting Winds Allow Rare Glimpse into Massive Star Factory. Formation of Exceedingly Luminous and Hot Stars in Young Stellar Cluster Observed
Jun 13 [NAOJ] Gamma-Ray Bursts = Hypernovae ?!
Jun 11 [ESA] XMM-Newton makes the first measurement of a dead star's magnetism
Jun 11 [NRAO] Scientists Celebrate VLBA's First Decade As Astronomy's Sharpest "Eye" on the Universe
Jun 11 [LSU] Evidence for meteor in early mass extinction found
Jun 11 [ESO] Flattest Star Ever Seen. VLT Interferometer Measurements of Achernar Challenge Stellar Theory
Jun 11 [Harvard] Hot News for Cold Dark Matter
Jun 10 [NASA] Headless Comets Survive Plunge Through Sun's Atmosphere
Jun 10 [JPL] NASA's 'Spirit' Rises on Its Way to Mars
Jun 10 [ESO] One Thousand "Wonderful" Stars Discovered in Centaurus A - First-Ever Census of Variable Mira-Type Stars in Galaxy Outside the Local Group.
Jun 05 [LLNL] Astrophysicists Simulate Comet X-Ray Emissions In Laboratory
Jun 05 [STScI] Supernova shock wave paints cosmic portrait (Hubble Heritage)
Jun 05 [MPA] Most advanced computer simulations of the gravitational collapse cannot explain supernova explosions.
Jun 04 [JPL] NASA Will Send Two Robotic Geologists to Roam on Mars
Jun 03 [ESA] Mars Express en route for the Red Planet
Jun 02 [JPL] U.S. Partners Share in Excitement of Europe's Mars Mission
May 2003
May 29 [NAOJ] Subaru Discovers Many Distant Supernovae
May 28 [ESA] New Destination For Rosetta, Europe's Comet Chaser
May 28 [CfA] Harvard Continues Legacy of Cepheid Discoveries
May 28 [ESO] CFHT and VLT Identify Extremely Remote Galaxy - Top Telescopes Peer into the Distant Past.
May 28 [NRAO] Closest Gamma Ray Burst Providing Scientists With Crucial Test for Burst Physics
May 28 [PPARC] WASP prepares to search for a thousand new planets
May 27 [UCSC] Massive tsunami sweeps Atlantic Coast in asteroid impact scenario for March 16, 2880
May 27 [Harvard] Major Survey Suggests Finding Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Will Be a Challenge
May 27 [NRAO] VLBA Reveals Dust-Enshrouded "Supernova Factory"
May 26 [Harvard] Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring
May 26 [CfA] Do We Live In A "Stop And Go" Universe?
May 26 [Harvard] Chandra Adds to Story of the Way We Were
May 26 [NOAO] Astronomers Find Extremely Large Planet-Forming Disks Around Seven Young Stars
May 23 [JHU] Hot Gas Around Cold Dust Cloud Surprises Astronomers
May 22 [NRAO] GBT Reveals Satellite of Milky Way in Retrograde Orbit
May 21 [Harvard] Chandra Provides New View of Biggest Construction Sites in Universe
May 20 [JPL] Newly Discovered Star May Be Third-Closest
May 20 [ESA] ESA sets ambitious goals for the first European mission to Mars
May 15 [STScI] Brighter Neptune Suggests a Planetary Change of Seasons
May 13 [ESO] Sharper and Deeper Views with MACAO-VLTI - First Light" with Powerful Adaptive Optics System for the VLT Interferometer.
May 08 [Rice] Meteorites Rained On Earth After Massive Asteroid Breakup
May 07 [STScI] Deepest View of Space Yields Young Stars in Andromeda Halo
May 06 [CSIRO] 'Cosmic dandruff' mystery solved
May 05 [MPA] Intergalactic Medium Reionization after WMAP Observations
April 2003
Apr 28 [JPL] Galaxy Evolution Explorer On Its Way
Apr 22 [JPL] Galaxy Evolution Explorer Looks Back in Time
Apr 22 [ESO] Glowing Hot Transiting Exoplanet Discovered - VLT Spectra Indicate Shortest-Known-Period Planet Orbiting OGLE-TR-3.
Apr 16 [Keck] Astronomers find new evidence about universe's heaviest phase of star formation
Apr 14 [Harvard] X-Rays Found From a Lightweight Brown Dwarf
Apr 11 [JPL] NASA Rovers Slated to Examine Two Intriguing Sites on Mars
Apr 10 [CfA] CSI Astronomers Link Gamma-Ray Bursts And Supernovae
Apr 10 [JHU] Astronomers Stretch Celestial 'Yardstick' to New Lengths
Apr 10 [STScI] Two distant supernovae should help to better understand dark energy und the acceleration of the universe
Apr 09 [ESO] Really Hot Stars - Spectacular VLT Photos Unveil Mysterious Nebulae.
Apr 09 [CSIRO] Gas clouds make new 'telescope'
Apr 09 [JPL] Galileo Discovers Objects Near Jupiter's Inner Moon Amalthea
Apr 04 [RAS] Magnetism of Colliding Neutron Stars Can Power Gamma-Ray Bursts
Apr 03 [STScI] False color image of many dust shells in the Egg Nebula (Hubble Heritage)
Apr 03 [NRAO] Giant Cosmic Lens Reveals Secrets of Distant Galaxy
Apr 02 [RAS] Astronomers Find "Naked" Galaxies, Devoid of Dark Matter
Apr 01 [MPA] Strong X-ray variability of black holes - a puzzle or natural phenomenon?
Apr 01 [ESA] Splashing down on Titan's oceans
March 2003
Mar 31 [RAS] Spinning Black Hole Clue in Gamma-Ray Burst Signatures
Mar 31 [RAS] The Most Powerful Quasar in the Local Universe Blows its Top
Mar 27 [RAS] Star transforms into coolest known supergiant
Mar 27 [ESO] "First Light" for HARPS at La Silla - Advanced Planet-Hunting Spectrograph Passes First Tests With Flying Colours.
Mar 27 [ING] Spectacular Views of an Exploding Star.
Mar 27 [JPL] The Sky's the Limit: Grand Finale for Twin-Telescope Survey
Mar 26 [STScI] V838 Monocerotis: Light echos after an outburst illuminate the dust shells surrounding an aging star
Mar 25 [Harvard] Doomed Matter Near Black Hole Gets Second Lease On Life
Mar 25 [JPL] Space Observatory to Study the Old, the Cold and the Dusty
Mar 25 [Harvard] Chandra Sees Shape of universe During Formative, Adolescent Years
Mar 24 [Harvard] Cosmic Forensics Confirms Gamma-Ray Burst And Supernova Connection
Mar 24 [CfA] Cool X-Ray Disk Points to New Type of Black Hole
Mar 19 [NAOJ] Subaru Telescope Detects the Most Distant Galaxy Yet and Expects Many More
Mar 15 [ESO] A Family Portrait of the Alpha Centauri System - VLT Interferometer Studies the Nearest Stars.
Mar 12 [NRAO] Pulsar Bursts Coming From Beachball-Sized Structures
Mar 12 [JHU] Virtual Observatory Prototype Produces Surprise Discovery Early demo project identifies new brown dwarf
Mar 12 [STScI] HD 209458b - an extrasolar planet with evaporating atmosphere
Mar 10 [RAS] Pushing Back the Frontiers of the Universe to the Era of the First Stars
Mar 10 [CfA] Twin Bursts Provide Several Firsts
Mar 06 [STScI] Image of the central region of dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 (Hubble Heritage)
Mar 06 [JPL] Scientists Say Mars Has a Liquid Iron Core
Mar 06 [JPL] Rising Storms Revise Story of Jupiter's Stripes
Mar 05 [NOAO] Astronomers Peg Brightness of History's Brightest Star
February 2003
Feb 28 [CfA] Molecular Cloud Has A Heartbeat
Feb 27 [JPL] Massive Jupiter gas cloud shares orbit with moon Europa.
Feb 27 [NASA] NASA Finds Remnants Of Ancient Star In Earth's Upper Atmosphere
Feb 27 [Harvard] A Cocoon Found Inside the Black Widow's Web
Feb 27 [JPL] Status: This year on Galileo
Feb 26 [JPL] Galileo Team Disbanding as Long Jupiter Tour Winds Down
Feb 25 [NRAO] U.S. and European ALMA Partners Sign Agreement Green Light for World's Most Powerful Radio Observatory
Feb 25 [ESO] ESO and NSF Sign Agreement on ALMA - Green Light for World's Most Powerful Radio Observatory.
Feb 20 [JPL] NASA Solves Half-Century Old Moon Mystery
Feb 19 [CfA] Missing Mass Exists As Warm Intergalactic Fog
Feb 10 [STScI] Image of dense glowing knots of gas in the Dumbbell Nebula (Hubble Heritage)
Feb 04 [NOAO] NASA Should Lead More Focused Program to Reduce Threat from Hazardous Asteroids
Feb 02 [CNN] CNN coverage about the Columbia desaster
January 2003
Jan 31 [ING] THE WILLIAM HERSCHEL TELESCOPE FINDS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR A SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION
Jan 27 [NRAO] Sco X-1: Astronomers Trace Microquasar's Path Back in Time
Jan 22 [CfA] First Milky Ways Found At Edge of Universe
Jan 22 [ESO] Distant World in Peril Discovered from La Silla - Giant Exoplanet Orbits Giant Star.
Jan 20 [Jodrell] Astrophysical Virtual Observatory keeps its promises
Jan 16 [NAOJ] Isolated Star-Forming Cloud Discovered in Intracluster Space
Jan 16 [ESO] Virgo galaxy cluster - Isolated star-forming cloud discovered in intracluster space
Jan 13 [ESO] Discovery of nearest known Brown Dwarf - the bright star Epsilon Indi has a cool, substellar companion.
Jan 13 [CfA] Three new moons found around Neptune
Jan 10 [ESO] Deepest Wide-Field Colour Image in the Southern Sky - La Silla Camera Observes Chandra Deep Field South.
Jan 09 [STScI] Observation of young star-forming galaxies at the end of the cosmic 'dark ages' about 13 billion years ago
Jan 09 [STScI] 3C273: the quasar's host galaxy is significantly more complex than previously thought
Jan 08 [Keck] Zooming-In on star formation in the Orion Nebula using the Keck adaptive optics system.
Jan 08 [NRAO] Young star probably ejected from triple system
Jan 08 [NOAO] Dozens of potential proto-planetary systems within the hostile environment of the Carina Nebula
Jan 08 [NRAO] Young Star Probably Ejected From Triple System
Jan 08 [NOAO] Discovery of a small asteroid being the first member of the long-sought group of Neptune Trojans
Jan 08 [NRAO] First detection of a giant radio jet from a spiral galaxy
Jan 08 [LLNL] Astronomers Poised To Apply Novel Way To Look For Comets Beyond Neptune
Jan 08 [NRAO] Surprising Image Revises Understanding Of Dwarf Galaxies -- Building Blocks of the Universe
Jan 07 [NRAO] Clouds Dominate the Galactic Halo
Jan 07 [STScI] The massive galaxy cluster A 1689 acts as gravitational lens and may reveal distant galaxies with redshift 6 (13 billion light-years away)
Jan 07 [CfA] Huge eruption of the hypergiant Rho Cassiopeiae
Jan 06 [Harvard] Sagittarius A* - our galaxy's central black hole - causes numerous outbursts and occasional large explosions.
Jan 06 [RAS] ONE RING TO ENCOMPASS THEM ALL: A giant stellar structure surrounding the Milky Way
Jan 06 [STScI] Complex circumstellar dust disk around the young star HD 141569A
Jan 06 [CfA] Transit technique leads to the discovery of the most distant extrasolar planet (OGLE-TR-56b)
Jan 06 [Keck] Keck Observatory's Premier Planet-Hunting Machine is Getting Even Better
Jan 02 [JPL] Earth and Asteroid Play Orbital Cat and Mouse Game


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