NEWS

ASTRONOMY

MOON

• Welcome to the Moon Hotel!
• Living and working on the Moon
• Lunar Explorers Society
• Far larger amounts of polar water ice on the Moon
• Lunar Prospector measurements show how meteor impacts have shaped the Moon's magnetic field
• Space colonization strategies based on nuclear fusion propulsion
• Nozomi Mars imaging camera captures new image of Earth and its Moon
• Launch of Japan's Lunar-A delayed until summer 1999
• HGS-1 arrived in Earth orbit
• Lost lunar landing sites: the CLLC inititative
• ESA drops plans for EuroMoon 2000
• Lunar ice: private company's mission-in-progress could lead to return of samples
• New lunar meteorite discovered
• MOON: virtual reality interpretation of the first Moon landing
• Searching for the Moon's core
• Lunar Prospector: water on the Moon?
• Lunar Prospector in circular orbit around the Moon
• How far is the Moon?
• Next phase of lunar-Mars life support test project
• Earth's Moon may have formed in a year or less
• How NOT to make the Moon
• Water ice discovered at the south pole of the Moon

MERCURY

• Mercury's enigmatic magnetosphere mimicked and modeled

VENUS

• New model explains Venusian land forms

MARS

• Unanimous support for Mars Express
• Latest Mars Global Surveyeor images
• Newly processed Mars Pathfinder images
• Mars Polar Lander arrives at Kennedy Space Center
• Martian moon Phobis hip-deep in powder
• Mars Climate Orbiter arrives at Kennedy Space Center to begin launch preparations
• No life in Martian meteorite, University of Hawaii scientists reaffirm
• Microbes beneath ocean floor could signify life on Mars
• New Mars meteorite found in the Sahara desert
• Researcher presents case for liquid water on Mars
• NASA instruments on Japanese Planet-B spacecraft will aid studies of Martian atmosphere
• Water history, rock compostion among latest findings a year after Mars Pathfinder
• Arctic crater expedition to seek Mars science insights and test future exploration technologies
• NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft captures winter on Mars
• Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter observes north polar cap, clouds on Mars
• Life's "signature" not found in Martian meteorite according to new research
• Surveyor data reveal more evidence of abundant water, thermal activity in Mars' past
• Mars Society
• The Mars Microphone: ready to go
• Science team chosen for Mars Microprobe Project (DS-2)
• First Mars Global Surveyor images of the so-called 'Face on Mars'
• Dust devils on the surface of Mars
• New Global Surveyor sata reveals deeply layered terrain, magnetic features and genesis of a Martian dust storm
• Dust and soil experiment chosen for Mars 2001 mission
• CD-ROM to carry names to Mars
• Logo for Mars Surveyor '98 mission
• Mars more Earth-like than previously thought
• Mars Pathfinder on U.S. postage stamp
• Farewell to Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner
• Mars Global Surveyor's orbit raised while solar panel is analyzed
• Mars Pathfinder rover Sojourner exits rock garden to begin long trek
• Geologist sends Martian meteorite back to home planet
• Mars Global Surveyor in orbit around Mars
• Hubble's sharpest view of Mars
• New data and status of 'past life on Mars' scheduled for March 19
• Michael Carr and Thomas Gold: mounting evidence for past life on Mars
• Pieces of MARS '96 crashed into Pacific Ocean
• More evidence for Martians?
• Possible source craters for Martian meteorite found
• Discovery of possible early Martian life

JUPITER AND HIS MOONS

• This week on Galileo
• Jupiter's moon Callisto may hide salty ocean
• Jupiter's "white ovals" take scientists by storm
• New Galileo pictures of Jupiter's lightning, Io's aurora
• 12 new images by Galileo
• Galileo finds Jupiter's rings formed by dust blasted off small moons
• Ice penetrating radar: testing critical instrument components for possible use on future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa
• New Galileo pictures of jupiter's moon, Ganymede available
• Galileo spacecraft sees volcanic fireworks on Jupiter's moon Io
• Possible new Mars meteorite found in the Sahara desert
• A Day on Europa: hightlighting a possible water world in space
• New class of dust ring discovered around Jupiter
• Strange workings of Jupiter's Great Red Spot - and other secrets of the Jovian atmosphere
• March 29: Countdown to Europa
• High wire act may be the best way to explore Europa
• Clues to possible life on Europa may lie buried in Antarctic ice / Closest-ever pictures of Jupiter moon Europa point to slush or even liquid water beneath surface
• Hubble provides complete view of Jupiter's auroras
• One more oddity on already strange moon Io
• Oxygen at Callisto's surface, sulfur dioxyde sources at Io
• Hubble privides infrared view of Jupiter's ring, clouds and moon Metis
• Galileo solid state imaging full data releases
• Jupiter's hurricane-force winds increase in depths of the planet's atmosphere
• Ice, water and fire: the two years extended Galileo Europa Mission
• Galileo returns new insights into Callisto and Europa

SATURN

• Cassini/Huygens successfully launched to Saturn and Titan
• Interweaving Strands Braid Saturn's Strange F-Ring

URANUS

• Uranus now swarming with distant moons
• New infrared view of Uranus that details many bright clouds
• Hubble tracks clouds on Uranus

NEPTUNE

• Hubble provides a moving look at Neptune's stormy disposition
• Hubble Space Telescope helps find evidence that Neptune's largest moon Triton is warming up
• Peculiar ring-arcs around Neptune explained
• No diamonds on Neptune -- can De Beers rest easy?

PLUTO AND ICEDWARFS

• First rotation period of a Kuiper belt object
• UK astronomers find faint objects beyond Pluto
• Comet-like bodies known as Kuiper Belt Objects have two distinct surfaces
• 1996 TL66: a 500 km big "Plutino" in the Kuiper belt

METEORS AND METEORITES

• Possible new Mars meteorite found in the Sahara desert
• Arctic crater expedition to seek Mars science insights and test future exploration technologies
• Search for small meteorite fragments after exploding fireball above Arizona
• Meteorite fall in Texas
• More evidence points to impact as dinosaur killer
• Danes plan meteorite recovery expedition in Greenland
• New lunar meteorite discovered / Martian meteorite to be distributed
• Scientists discover possible impact crater in Yemen
• October 9, 1997: daylight fireball above Texas and Southern New Mexico
• $2,000 reward for first 4 ounces Texas meteorite sample
• Environmental damage caused by Meteor Crater impact

MINOR PLANETS

• Deep Space 1 successfully launched
• Asteroid named for journalist John Holliman
• Pathfinder leaders take their place among the stars
• Asteroid search nets two new impressive finds
• Near-Earth Object Program Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• A new class of asteroid
• Asteroids: perils and opportunities
• Asteroid impact study finds effects of collisions or explosions on small asteroids may be hard to predict
• Team of experts to design alternative mission & spacecraft for Spacedev's Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP)
• Deep impact and Armageddon
• Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP)
• Spaceguard revisited - by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
• Policies needed for reporting potential hazards of asteroid collissions with Earth
• Don Yeomans: Why study comets? Why study asteroids?
• Planetary Society to award second round of asteroid-discovery grants
• UA Catalina Sky Survey to make speedy searches for faint near-Earth asteroids and comets
• 1997 XF₁₁: world all clear after asteroid scare
• Astronomers track down small asteroids in Hubble archive
• Donald Yeomans to lead U.S. science team on joint Japanese/U.S. asteroid sample return mission
• Earth swingby puts NEAR spacecraft on final approach to asteroid 433 Eros
• Impact crater in Finland/Quadrantids/Kuiper objects/fate of a comet/planetairy impact defense/cosmic insurance
• First close-up mug shots of asteroid 253 Mathilde
• Enormous damage after an asteroid strike
• Comet or asteroid?
• Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants
• Hubble reveals huge crater on the surface of the asteroid Vesta
• Images of asteroid Mathilde
• $ 5,000 Benson Prize for amateur discovery of asteroids
• 3671 Dionysus: asteroid with a moonlet?
• The Earth has another companion: asteroid 3753
• 1997 AC11: 24th Aten-asteroid discovered

COMETS

• "Snowball comets" are just camera noise; Berkeley researchers say
• Comet Williams
• Cometary impact with Earth unlikely in the 500,000 years
• February launch planned for Stardust
• The Edgar Wilson award for amateur astronomers
• Stardust: more than 200,000 names collected for a space trip to a comet
• Comets around nearby stars HD85905 and HR10
• SOHO spacecraft sees two comets plunge into the Sun
• Comets pummeled Earth 36 million years ago
• Deep Impact: Sandia scientists predict what an asteroid strike would really look like
• Don Yeomans: Why study comets? Why study asteroids?
• Deep Impact: Surf's up!
• UA Catalina Sky Survey to make speedy searches for faint near-Earth asteroids and comets
• Hubble picture from study of comet Hyakutake released
• Tiny teeth shed light on ancient comet
• Crater chain on two continents point to impact from fragmented comet
• Comet Hale-Bopp holds clues to creation of comet ices
• Comet struck Southern Nevada 370 million years ago
• Missions to gather solar wind samples and tour three comets selected as next discovery program flights
• ESO observations show persistent dust jets at comet Hale-Bopp
• Comet crash: teraflops computer simulates colossal comet impact into ocean
• Rosetta to land on comet Wirtanen

OUR SUN

• SOHO is nearly back in business
• The solar maximum is coming
• High resolution images from TRACE spacecraft capture an extremely rapid high temperature solar explosion
• Taking the Sun's temperature
• ACE first science puzzles solar researchers
• Solar flare leaves Sun quaking
• Tornadoes on the Sun
• Ulysses comes to full circle, before revisiting the Sun's poles
• Into the fire: scheme for orbiting spacecraft to skim the Sun
• Magnetism the key to mysteries of the Sun
• Coronal Mass Ejections: watchinbg the Sun cough
• Two studies will refine and expand solar monitoring task
• Scientists seek first glimpse of solar features during February 26 solar eclipse
• Student satellite to study the Sun and Earth's atmosphere (SNOE) begins returning science data
• New type of solar activity discovered by UK astronomers
• Twenty-eight day cycle found in solar neutrino's
• Astrophysicists solve mystery of gas flow from sunspots
• Solar mystery nears solution with data from SOHO spacecraft
• Swiftly running plasma rivers inside the Sun
• Future Solar X-Ray Imager will take full-disk images of the Sun every minute
• SOHO films the Sun

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS

• NGC 2071: possible analog for early solar system disk found
• 55 Cancri: debris disk around a star orbited by a planet
• Another two extrasolar planets found
• VLA reveals a close pair of potential planetary systems
• Nulling interferometry: astronomers develop a new way to test stars for planets
• Epsilon Eridani: a solar system very similar to our own
• New extra-solar planet, at only 15 light years distance from earth
• First circumstellar disk around a massive star
• A new instrument for detecting Earth-mass planets
• Comets around nearby stars HD85905 and HR10
• Hubble takes first image of a possible planet around another star and finds a runaway world
• Do giant planets form quickly or slowly?
• Possible new solar systems in formation around the nearby stars Vega and Fomalhaut and the more distant star HR 4796 Centauri
• Hunt is on for more extrasolar planets
• European astronomers discover planet formation around dying star 'Red Rectangle'
• Object - giant planet or brown dwarf - orbiting around nearest star Proxima Centauri
• Beta Pictoris: a new twist in a suspected protoplanetary disk
• 51 Pegasi: planet, not pulsation
• Does solar radiation simulate a planet around the pulsar PSR 1257+12?
• Astronomers design terrestrial planet finder
• Possible protoplanetary disk imaged by Caltech radioastronomers
• A planet around pulsar Geminga?
• Darwin to Hunt for Life on Extrasolar Planets
• Discovery of a circumstellar disk in the Lagoon Nebula
• Plenitude of new worlds challenges skills of planetary modelers
• In search of habitable moons

STARS

• Great balls of fire! Hubble sees bright knots ejected from brilliant star
• Planetary nebula NGC 3132: a glowing pool of light
• The Blob: a "firestorm" accompanying the birth of extremely massive stars
• First circumstellar disk around a massive star
• "Oh Be A Fine Girl/Guy, Kiss My Lips" -- cool L-dwarfs as a new class of "star"
• Zeta Orionis: "new" star found in an "old" location
• Astronomers will monitor a 'diamond' in the sky
• CI Camelopardalis: astronomers discover unusual star system with possible black hole
• VLA radiotelescope shows "boiling" in atmosphere of Betelgeuse
• Stingray nebula: Hubble reveals details of a newly born planetary nebula
• Hubble captures the heart of star birth
• Hubble captures the shrouds of dying stars
• Hipparcos makes an accurate 3-D chart of the Hyades cluster
• A new class of X-ray star?
• Evidence for gamma-ray flares on an unusual white dwarf star
• Star cluster R136: most massive stars yet discovered
• White dwarfs: Nobel-prize wining theory on the structure of stars finally confirmed
• HL Tauri: star's birth pains revealed
• Astronomers take pulse of doomed star Eta Carinae / Giant star Eta Carinae may be double or even triple
• Hubble witnesses the final blaze of glory of sun-like stars
• Millenium Star Atlas
• Hubble captures brief moment in life of close double-star system Phi Persei
• Astronomers find new type of star
• Hubble catches up with a 'blue straggler' star
• Pistol Star: Hubble identifies what may be the most luminous star known
• Hubble separates stars in the Mira binary system
• Brown dwarfs

(SUPER)NOVAE, NEUTRON STARS, PULSARS AND BLACK HOLES

• Thousandth pulsar found
• NGC 6210: "turtle" in space describes new Hubble image
• A strange supernova with a gamma-ray burst
• Astronomers may have got it wrong about neutron stars
• Magnetar SGR 1900+14: tremendous gamma-ray flare blasted Earth
• Monstrous black hole at the center of our galaxy
• X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658: newly dicovered stellar cannibal provides missing link
• Hubble uncovers dust disk around a massive black hole
• Hubble Space Telescope sees expanding nova shells
• Explanation of gamma ray burst formation from colliding neutron star binaries
• "Big Bang 2" linked to the birth of a supermassive black hole
• Why neutron stars and white dwarfs rotate: kicks at birth, not inheritance
• Hubble provides multiple views of how to feed a black hole
• Stingray in the sky sparks new theory
• Discovery of 'cosmic chords' may support prediction of eintsein's theory
• New lower mass limit for exploding stars
• Sign of black hole
• Supernova 1987A blast wave lights up its ring
• Fast-spinning pulsar discovery provides evolutionary link
• Nest of massive supernovae found in "starburst galaxy"
• Hot on the track of a new 'strange' star
• Events that led to supernova 1987A
• Position of neutron star Geminga accurately pinpointed
• The black hole at the centre of our Milky Way
• "Old Faithful" black hole ejects mass equal to an asteroid
• GRS1915: explosions from a black hole in our galaxy
• First observation of space-time distortion by black holes
• Lone neutron star in space
• Blobs in space: the legacy of a nova
• Hubble finds a bare black hole pouring out light
• Hubble is first to spot colliding supernovas
• Hubble's upgrades show birth and death of stars; discover massive black hole
• Nearby supernova swept out cavity of Local Bubble
• Solved: The Mystery of the Star That Blew Up as Supernova 1987A

THE MILKY WAY

• Monstrous black hole at the center of our galaxy
• Caught red-handed: our galaxy is destroying its neighbours
• New cosmic ray theory sheds light on galactic evolution mystery
• Cosmic cloud could burst Earth's 'breathing bubble'
• Interplanetary dust may cause climatic change, gradual extinction
• ISO finds a very steamy cloud in interstellar space
• Astronomers discover fluoride-molecules in interstellar space
• Boomerang nebula boasts the coolest spot in the universe
• Hipparcos reveals that the Milky Way is changing shape
• Milky Way galaxy may be smaller than we thought
• Invasion of our Milky Way
• The black hole at the centre of our Milky Way
• Antimatter clouds and fountain discovered in the Milky Way
• Giant "twisters", star wisps and hats in the Lagoon Nebula

EXTRAGALACTIC RESEARCH

• Cepheus 1: astronomers discover galaxy in our cosmic back yard
• Hubble's deepest view of the Universe
• Far-flung galaxy clusters may reveal fate of the Universe
• The hidden universe revealed: the discovery of a new population of distant star forming galaxies obscured by dust
• First VLT colour photo of a strange galaxy
• Brightest object in the Universe discovered
• NGC 4314: a bright ring of star birth around a galaxy's core
• Tuning in on "The Antennae": the ultraluminous starburst potential
• "Big Bang 2" linked to the birth of a supermassive black hole
• "Nearby" galaxy clusters may still be birthing new stars
• Birth of a quasar
• A family of galaxies masquered as stars in our own back yard
• HR10: A distant galaxy hidden in dust
• "Big Bang 2" linked to the birth of a supermassive black hole
• Explanation of gamma ray burst formation from colliding neutron star binaries
• Most powerful explosion since the Big Bang challenges gamma ray burst theories
• New water and remote galaxies complete ISO's observations
• Quasar discovered with x-rays is long ago and far away
• HST reveals quasar 'host galaxies' to Edinburgh astronomers
• A bulls--eye for Merlin and the Hubble
• Gamma-ray bursts may come from the most distant objects in the Universe
• Seyfert galaxies: spiral dust lanes fueling black holes
• Cosmis silhouettes give rare glimpse of galaxies' dust
• Hugh galaxy may steal star clusters from neighboring galaxies
• Third optically recorded gamma ray burst
• Student discovery of completely new kind of quasar sparks worldwide attention
• Hubble reveals stellar fireworks accompanying galaxy collissions
• NEAR spacecraft gets unexpected view of mysterious gamma-ray burst
• Hubble tracks the fading optical counterpart of a gamma-ray burst
• World's most powerful telescopes team up with a lens in nature to discover farthest galaxy in the Universe
• ISO probes oldest galaxies
• Violence in the very-high-energy gamma ray universe
• New dwarf galaxies in Antlia and Argo
• Power source hidden in Seyfert galaxy backs theory on quasars
• Astronomers detect never before seen gamma-ray multi-bursts
• Hubble finds intergalactic stars

COSMOLOGY

• New research that uses gravitationally lensed quasars to measure universe is good news, bad news for cosmologists
• Hubble's deepest view of the Universe
• Far-flung galaxy clusters may reveal fate of the Universe
• Scientists hope FUSE satellite uncovers mysteries of Big Bang's immediate aftermath
• Robotic telescope sheds light on cosmic microwave background
• ISO sees the pattern in the cosmic infrared wallpaper
• Did the Big Bang come with strings attached?
• Evidence for massive neutrinos
• Andrei Linde and Stephen Hawking "battling" over the origin and fate of the Universe
• Planck: new space mission will look back to the Big Bang
• RD1: discovery of young galaxy pushes back boundaries of known universe
• Computer simulates the evolution of a large fraction of our universe
• Big Crunch the ultimate fate of the universe?
• Astronomers discover an infrared background glow in the universe
• Distant exploding stars foretell fate of the universe: it will expand forever

ASTRONOMERS

• David Schramm (1945-1997)
• Eugene Shoemaker (1928-1997)
• Martin Schwarzschild (1912-1997)
• Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997)
• Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

(SPACE) TELESCOPES

• Astronomers in Arizona aim for shortest submillimeter wavelength
• UA planetary scientists plan non-stop, 9-day observing run with UVSTAR, STAR-LITE during shuttle mission
• NASA delays shipment of x-ray telescope AXAF to allow additional testing
• Kitt Peak National Observatory celebrates 40 years of discovery: 1958 - 1998
• Arecibo Obsearvtory survives hurricane Georges' sweep across Puerto Rico
• INTEGRAL: space observatory for gamma-ray astronomy
• New optical detector could revolutionize astronomy
• Subaru telescope's 8.3m primary mirror finished
• Multipe Mirror Telescope's mirror moved
• Guiding the giant:new ESO survey provides targets for VLT
• Europe discusses role in Next Generation Space Telescope
• First Light for Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) switched off
• New machine for making aspheric lenses
• Hubble space telescopes completes eighth year of exploration
• NASA starts work on new Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
• New pact protects Arecibo radio astronomy frequency from interference from commercial satellite system Iridium
• ESO's Very large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) will be able to see an astronaut on the Moon
• 'Doctoring' Hubble and Mir
• ESA unveils ts big XMM spacecraft
• FUSE shipped for October 1998 NASA launch
• Deep sky diving with the ESO new technology telescope
• DOD's largest telescope gets "first light"
• Hobby-Eberly telescope dedicated
• Twin telescopes with near-infrared "eyes" begin all-sky survey
• VSOP: first images from new telescope "bigger than earth"

EVOLUTION OF LIFE

• Life flourished when Earth was warmer
• Ammonia from the earth's deep oceans: a key step in the search for life's origins
• Iron-eating bacteria: understanding how life began on Earth
• Aquarium test helps scientists look for life in extreme environments
• How did life begin? Biochemical evolution on mineral surfaces
• Life in the Antarctic ice
• An alien diet
• Leading scientists meet to map out astrobiology strategy

SETI

• Alien signal from the EQ Pegasi star system?
• Jodrell Bank searches for extraterrestrial civilisations

MISCELLANEOUS

• Cosmic rays may help predict earthquakes
• New colorful Hubble photo gallery
• New theory for origin and make-up of extremely high-energy cosmic rays
• CHIPS and IMEX: NASA selects first university-class explorers
• Mystery force is traced to satellites' waste heat
• The Edgar Wilson award for amateur astronomers
• Cosmic cloud could burst Earth's 'breathing bubble'
• Oldest astronomical megalith alignment discovered in southern Egypt
• Earth dragging space and time as it rotates
• Using high energy lasers for laboratory experiments in astrophysics
• String Theory
• Astronomy and statistics
• Optical scientists polish quartz blocks for Gravity Probe B
• GRAIL project: resonant detection of gravitational waves is feasible
• Want to have a star named for someone? Buyer beware!
• Europe's space telescope ISO finds water in distant places
• NASA selects five proposals for planetary spacecraft

CELESTIAL EVENTS

• Leonid outburst came 16 hours earlier than expected
• The November Leonids: will they roar?
• October 18 - 25: Orionids meteor shower
• Japanese and Chinese meteor observers witnesses Draconids outburst event
• Comet Williams
• Weak Impact - the Perseid meteor shower
• U.S. Naval Observatory to celebrate year 2000 and start of the new millennium with washington time ball
• The Edgar Wilson award for amateur astronomers
• UA astronomer observed simultaneous occultation of Venus and Jupiter in Brazil
• 27 to 29th of March; Messier Marathon 1998
• February 26, 1998: total solar eclipse
• January 22-23, 1998: NEAR spacecraft to briefly shine as bright star
• Sky & Telescope's Highlights for 1998
• November 13, 1997: Jupiter occults star
• The Saturn occultation of November 11/12, 1997
• The total lunar eclipse of September 16, 1997
• Blue Moon
• The partial solar eclipse of October 12, 1996

SPACE FLIGHT

• STS-95: space shuttle Discovery has landed
• Satellites "sandblasted" by Leonid meteor storm
• Ariane 503 successfully launched
• Frank De Winne: new Belgian ESA-astronaut
• European Space Agency recruits new Dutch astronaut
• NASA turns 40
• Atlantis back to KSC
• As space missions become longer, effects on body and mind need study
• Hypersoar: skipping over the atmosphere
• Four European astronauts begin training in Houston
• Hyper-X program: first hypersonic propulsion hardware delivered
• New NASA facility completes worldwide communications network
• Alan Shepard, first American astronaut, dies at 74
• ESA: Towards new horizons
• Innovative British-made microsatellites
• Space Group hopes to lauch first amateur rocket into space
• Go-ahead for a European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
• Space grown insulin crystals provide new data on diabetes
• Space shuttle Discovery landing on June 12
• International Space Station partners adjust target dates for first launches, revise other station assembly launches
• Sea Launch
• May 21, 1998: Space Day
• Spinoff successes of manned space flight
• Washington reins in NASA's budget: search for extraterrestrial life and human exploration of Mars may be in jeopardy
• Russia bars reporters from listening to communications with Mir
• Europe to set up a single astronaut corps
• Russians, U.S. cooperating on environment-friendly space launches
• Encounter 2001: spacecraft with human hair and DNA planned for interstellar flight
• X-38: Future International Space Station eemergency crew return lifeboat
• SOTV: Solar-thermal propulsion system to transfer payloads from low earth orbit to geostationary orbit
• 'Doctoring' Hubble and Mir
• Ask the astronauts
• New batteries now possible for space power
• Atomic clock in space to reach nerw heights of accuracy
• Orbital debris threatens space shuttle
• First tissue-engineering experiment in space a success
• NASA looks toward visionary interstellar travel
• NASA completes X-33 ("Venture Star") environmental impact statement process
• $ 250,000 Space Prize to be announced November 7th at "Space Frontier Conference VI"
• How about hotels in outer space?
• Diet in space
• Lewis satellite burned up in atmosphere
• Stiffening the spines of large space structures
• Shuttle-Mir program readies for next phase
• NASA launch manifest

SPACE RESEARCH

• Deep Space 1 successfully launched
• Northern lights hugging Earth's coastlines
• Sighting of NEAR spacecraft sets distance record
• Voyager-1 now most distant human-made object in space
• Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) now in place between Earth and sun
• NASA studying space weather in Puerto Rico
• STARDUST: send your name on a journey to a comet!
• Missions to gather solar wind samples and tour three comets selected as next discovery program flights
• NASA selects two Small Explorer missions and one mission of opportunity for development
• Advanced research and global observation satellite (ARGOS) nears final testing
• Two Voyager spacecraft still going strong after 20 years
• March 31, 1997: final signal acquisition for Pioneer 10 spacecraft

METEOROLOGY

• Triana missionn selected
• New image shows Pacific still battling between hot and cold (El Niņo and La Niņa phenomena)
• Life flourished when Earth was warmer
• Arecibo Obsearvtory survives hurricane Georges' sweep across Puerto Rico
• High-altitude hurricane study could save lifes and money
• Radar system aboard NASA DC-8 aims to unveil the mysteries of cloud structures
• All systems "go" on backup wether satellite GOES-10
• New discovery in stratosphere
• Fire and ice: Arctic expedition probes role of clouds in climatic change
• Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data exceeding expectations
• NOAA-K weather satellite successfully launched
• Increasing greenhouse gases may be worsening arctic ozone depletion and may delay ozone recovery
• Meteosat second generation
• Solar cycle may be driving force behind periodic changes of Earth's lower stratosphere
• Ball Aeropsace to provide ICESAT spacecraft
• Earth's climate influenced by other planets
• Global precipitation increases in 20th century
• Shuttle-based laser to test technology for measuring astmospheric winds
• Solar activity may contribute to global warming
• Mysterious glowing ball related to elves and sprites?

EARTH SCIENCES

• Spectrometer measures aurora's impact on ionosphere
• Cosmic rays may help predict earthquakes
• Earthquakes not influenced by tides
• Antarctica is not shrinking
• New iceberg breaks off Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica
• Antartctic ozone depletion sets new size record
• SeaWiFS completes a year of remarkable Earth observations
• Earth was completely covered by ice, geologists say
• Educational web pages bring earthquake research to students
• Magma's makeup yields new clues to catastrophic eruptions
• Surprising discovery about auroras
• Northern lights hugging Earth's coastlines
• Automatic observatories watch upper atmosphere from Antarctica
• High-pressure scientists 'journey' to the center of the Earth, but can't find elusive metallic hydrogen
• NASA finds problems in EOSDIS flight operations software development
• How did life begin? Biochemical evolution on mineral surfaces
• Blame El Niņo for a longer day
• Studying earthquakes by satellite
• Landsat-7 launch delayed
• RADARSAT II: a new Earth observation satellite for Canada
• NASA radar reveals hidden remains at ancient Angkor
• Mysterious high-energy x-rays recorded above the Earth
• Earth's inner core turning independently, but more slowly than previously thought

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Meteor trails as cheap alternative to satellite systems
• First European payload for worldwide e-mail services launched
• NASA and Yale University push the barriers of communications and medicine on Mt.Everest
• ESA's new telecommunications satellite ARTEMIS
• New pact protects Arecibo radio astronomy frequency from interference from commercial satellite system Iridium
• SKYPLEX: the first multimedia processor in the sky
• Global Positioning System (GPS) marks 20th anniversary
• Briefings set on findings of NASA/NSF study on international satellite communications systems and technology
• Opening up the Satellite Superhighway

SCIENCE FICTION:

• Spaceguard revisited - by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
• May 21, 1998: A Day on Europa - cybercast of Arthur C. Clarke from his home in Sri Lanka
• Arthur C. Clarke

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