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TODAY: Astronomy Picture of the
Day (APOD) -- NASA GSFC
August 10, 2009: Particles as tracers for the most massive explosions in the Milky Way -- University of Gothenburg
August 10, 2009: The violent youth of solar proxies steer course of genesis of life -- IAU
August 10, 2009: Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider -- Eurekalert
August 10, 2009: Excess positrons are linked to Geminga pulsar -- Physics World
August 8, 2009: Diamonds in a cloudy sky -- APOD
August 7, 2009: Nuclei cooperate to produce single particle -- Physical Review Focus
August 6, 2009: New experiment could reveal make-up of the universe -- Eurekalert
August 6, 2009: Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages -- may also help predict future -- Eurekalert
August 5, 2009: Goddard-led GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe -- NASA GSFC
August 5, 2009: Moon may reveal elusive cosmic neutrinos -- New Scientist
August 4, 2009: A triple sunrise over Gdansk Bay -- APOD
August 3, 2009: Outburst of a magnetic personality -- HEAPOW
August 3, 2009: NASA debuts 'Sentinels of the Heliosphere' film in New Orleans -- NASA GSFC
August 1, 2009: SN 1006 supernova remnant -- APOD
July 30, 2009: 6 minutes 42 seconds -- APOD
July 30, 2009: Our smashing Solar System -- Astrobiology
July 28, 2009: A floral aurora corona -- APOD
July 28, 2009: NRL's Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles -- Eurekalert
July 28, 2009: Space aged: 10 spacecraft from decades past that are still ticking -- ISEE-3/ICE (1978) -- Scientific American
July 28, 2009: Space aged: 10 spacecraft from decades past that are still ticking -- Voyagers 1 and 2 (1977) -- Scientific American
July 27, 2009: Living in a dying solar system, Part 1 -- Astrobiology
July 27, 2009: Supernova starting gun: Neutrinos -- Physical Review Focus
July 26, 2009: The big corona -- APOD
July 26, 2009: From a star's death, our birth -- Astrobiology
July 24, 2009: Ray of hope in dark-matter hunt -- Nature
July 24, 2009: Eclipse over Chongqing,China -- APOD
July 23, 2009: Eclipse shadows southeastern China -- NASA Earth Observatory
July 22, 2009: Integral disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation -- ESA
July 22, 2009: Lopsided lights -- Science News
July 22, 2009: Solar eclipse video: Century's longest, caught on film -- National Geographic
July 21, 2009: NASA's Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission takes a step closer to solving the mystery behind magnetic reconnection -- NASA
July 20, 2009: Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century -- Science@NASA
July 20, 2009: Is the Sun missing its spots? -- NY Times
July 20, 2009: Solar cycle linked to global climate, drives events similar to El Nino and La Nina -- Astronomy.com
July 20, 2009: NASA's 'Mr. Eclipse' retires but still chasing shadows -- NASA
July 20, 2009: Scientists look beyond Earth to understand auroras -- Science Daily
July 18, 2009: Planets, Great Wall, and solar eclipse -- APOD
July 18, 2009: Supernova may be in a new class -- Science News
July 17, 2009: First 'flag' on the Moon? -- ESA
July 14, 2009: 'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112 -- Eurekalert
July 13, 2009: Blind pulsars -- HEAPOW
July 13, 2009: Dark matter helped early galaxies survive "massacre" -- National Geographic
July 13, 2009: Making monopoles -- Physics
July 10, 2009: The pillars of Eagle Castle -- APOD
July 10, 2009: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center -- NASA
July 9, 2009: Toxic substance allows birds to "see" magnetic field -- National Geographic
July 8, 2009: Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons -- Physics World
July 8, 2009: Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy -- UCSD
July 8, 2009: APL part of international team expanding space weather radar network -- JHU APL
July 6, 2009: University of Toronto astronomer part of team that finds new way to study supernovae -- University of Toronto
July 6, 2009: Speed gun -- HEAPOW
July 6, 2009: Sunspot activity ramping up out of deep slumber -- Scientific American
July 5, 2009: Genesis mission's hard impact -- APOD
July 5, 2009: Fast neutral hydrogen detected coming from the Moon -- Science Daily
July 3, 2009: Perihelion and aphelion -- APOD
July 3, 2009: A galaxy as particle accelerator -- Max Planck Society
July 2, 2009: AGU journal highlights -- #3, 9, 11 & 12 -- Eurekalert
July 1, 2009: Mass mismatch makes mystery for proton's strange cousin -- Science News
June 30, 2009: Solar ghosts may haunt Earth's radioactive atoms -- New Scientist
June 30, 2009: Thunderhead accelerator -- Physical Review Focus
June 29, 2009: Monitoring the twist -- HEAPOW
June 29, 2009: NuTeV anomaly helps shed light on physics of the nucleus -- Science Daily
June 26, 2009: Solstice to solstice solargraph -- APOD
June 26, 2009: Magnetic 'superatoms' promise tuneable materials -- New Scientist
June 26, 2009: Premature call on cosmic-ray anomalies? -- Physics
June 25, 2009: Supernovae: Cosmic-ray superfactories -- Sky & Telescope
June 25, 2009: Beware the phantom exoplanets -- Discovery Channel
June 25, 2009: Galactic link to climate change in doubt -- Physics World
June 23, 2009: Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle -- Science News
June 23, 2009: Magnetic field on bright star Vega -- Astronomy & Astrophysics
June 22, 2009: Shift in Earth's magnetic field driven by oceans? -- National Geographic
June 21, 2009: Sunrise over the Parthenon -- APOD
June 19, 2009: Quirky supernova could be something new -- New Scientist
June 19, 2009: A Higgs boson without the mess -- Physical Review Focus
June 18, 2009: Sunspots revealed in striking detail by supercomputers -- UCAR
June 18, 2009: NASA IBEX spacecraft detects neutral hydrogen bouncing off Moon -- Universe Today
June 18, 2009: The eclipse in history -- ESA
June 17, 2009: Mystery of the missing sunspots, solved? -- Science@NASA
June 15, 2009: Meteorite may hold clues to solar system formation -- Universe Today
June 15, 2009: First new element for five years makes periodic table -- New Scientist
June 15, 2009: Magnetic super-atoms discovered -- Science Daily
June 14, 2009: The Earth's magnetic field remains a charged mystery -- IOP
June 14, 2009: Earth's magnetic field perturbed by 'electric oceans', claims researcher -- Physics World
June 12, 2009: Solar activity to have lowest high in 90 years? -- National Geographic
June 11, 2009: Magnetic fields dominate young stars of all sizes? -- Universe Today
June 10, 2009: Caltech visiting associate champions the study of solar eclipses in the modern era -- Caltech
June 8, 2009: Enrichment -- HEAPOW
June 5, 2009: Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning -- Physics World
June 4, 2009: Sunspots on a cloudy day -- APOD
June 3, 2009: New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies -- Eurekalert
June 3, 2009: Fake astronaut gets hit by artificial solar flare -- Science@NASA
June 2, 2009: Particles larger than galaxies fill the universe? -- National Geographic
June 2, 2009: Magnetic tornadoes could liberate Mercury's tenuous atmosphere -- NASA
June 2, 2009: Yanking pathogens out of blood with magnets -- Scientific American
June 1, 2009: How do thunderstorms create lightning? High-energy particles from space used to probe thunderstorms -- Science Daily
June 1, 2009: Why are we moving away from the Sun? -- Sky & Telescope
May 29, 2009: Sun stealing Earth's atmosphere -- National Geographic
May 29, 2009: Dark-energy particle spotted? -- Nature
May 29, 2009: World's largest solar telescope now operational -- Astronomy.com
May 29, 2009: Theorists reveal path to true muonium -- SLAC
May 29, 2009: New solar cycle prediction -- Science@NASA
May 29, 2009: Waves in Earth's radiation belt get mapped -- Science Daily
May 28, 2009: Great moments in GRIStory -- NASA
May 28, 2009: Particle physics -- it matters, say UK policy makers -- Physics World
May 28, 2009: Einstein's general theory of relativity: Celebrating the 20th century's most important experiment -- Science Daily
May 27, 2009: Magnetic tremors pinpoint the impact epicenter of earthbound space storms -- NASA
May 27, 2009: The phantom torso returns -- Science@NASA
May 27, 2009: Giant balloon to launch Sun-watching telescope -- Space.com
May 27, 2009: Bricks, mortar and magnetism -- Science News
May 26, 2009: Ginormous neutrino -- APS Focus
May 26, 2009: Giant atmospheric crashes detected via auroras -- National Geographic
May 25, 2009: How did the brown dwarf get its spots? -- Sky & Telescope
May 25, 2009: The color of Carina -- HEAPOW
May 22, 2009: Giant balloon flying high over Atlantic to catch cosmic rays -- Science Daily
May 21, 2009: Looking under the Antarctic ice for evidence of dark matter -- APS
May 19, 2009: Stealth storm erupts from the Sun -- New Scientist
May 18, 2009: The Sun is burning -- HEAPOW
May 17, 2009: Environmentally friendly cooling with magnetic refrigerators coming soon -- Science Daily
May 15, 2009: Dark matter or pulsars? Fermi is on the case -- Sky & Telescope
May 15, 2009: STEREO spies first major activity of Solar Cycle 24 -- NASA
May 14, 2009: How to catch a black hole before it eats the world -- New Scientist
May 13, 2009: Deep concerns -- Nature
May 11, 2009: More 'Star Trek' than 'Snuggie': Student design to protect lunar outpost from dangerous radiation -- Eurekalert
May 11, 2009: Resolving the ridge -- HEAPOW
May 11, 2009: "Supergiant" asteroid shut down Mars's magnetic field -- National Geographic
May 8, 2009: Sun entering weakest cycle since 1928 -- Science News
May 8, 2009: SABER offers a new way to study Earth's ionosphere and the effect of geomagnetic storms -- NASA
May 7, 2009: "Singing" electrons protect and threaten your TV and GPS -- NASA
May 7, 2009: Solar activity starting to perk up? -- Scientific American
May 4, 2009: Origin of high-energy cosmic rays more mysterious, again -- Science News
May 4, 2009: NASA's Fermi explores high-energy "space invaders" -- NASA
May 4, 2009: Sun oddly quiet -- hints at next "little ice age"? -- National Geographic
May 2, 2009: Another clue in the case for dark matter -- Science News
May 1, 2009: Officials break ground for the world's most advanced neutrino experiment -- Fermilab
May 1, 2009: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center celebrates 50 years of scientific excellence -- NASA GSFC
April 30, 2009: Magnetic twisters "dance" across Mercury, study says -- National Geographic
April 30, 2009: Active Mercury -- Science@NASA
April 29, 2009: Watching solar activity muddle Earth's magnetic field -- ESA
April 25, 2009: Space missions to visit the Sun -- UK Telegraph
April 24, 2009: Giant "space tornadoes" spark auroras on Earth -- National Geographic
April 24, 2009: Multipolar dance could flip Earth's magnetic field -- Physics World
April 22, 2009: Stars can strip gas giants naked -- National Geographic
April 22, 2009: Solar wind tans young asteroids -- ESO
April 20, 2009: Neutron-rich and doubly magic: Nucleus is a first -- Physics World
April 17, 2009: Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation -- AGU
April 17, 2009: Medieval astronomy from Melk Abbey -- APOD
April 15, 2009: Major utility company makes agreement for space-based solar power -- Universe Today
April 14, 2009: NASA's STEREO spacecraft reveals the anatomy of solar storms -- NASA
April 14, 2009: The surprising shape of solar storms -- Science@NASA
April 14, 2009: Capturing a solar storm in 3-D -- JHU APL
April 14, 2009: The surprising shape of solar storms -- Science@NASA
April 14, 2009: Photos: Solar explosions revealed by twin spacecraft -- National Geographic
April 14, 2009: 13 things that do not make sense (#3 Ultra-energetic cosmic rays, #5 Dark matter, #7 Tetraneutrons) -- New Scientist
April 13, 2009: Our erratic Universe -- HEAPOW
April 10, 2009: A one-sided aspect of Alfvenic fluctuations in the solar wind -- ACE News
April 9, 2009: Autonomous Antarctic observatories gather space weather data -- NSF
April 9, 2009: Scientists pinpoint the 'edge of space' -- Eurekalert
April 9, 2009: Orange Sun oozing -- APOD
April 6, 2009: A young pulsar shows its hand -- Astronomy.com
April 6, 2009: Serene Sun -- HEAPOW
April 3, 2009: Astronomers dissect a giant stellar explosion -- Astronomy.com
April 2, 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy -- International Year of Astronomy 2009
April 2, 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy begins -- APOD
April 1, 2009: How low can it go? Sun plunges into the quietest solar minimum in a century -- NASA
April 1, 2009: Deep solar minimum -- Science@NASA
March 29, 2009: Signals of a strange universe -- APOD
March 28, 2009: Underground subatomic-particle measurements yield meteorological clues -- Science Daily
March 27, 2009: Cluster satellites investigate space turbulence -- Astronomy.com
March 23, 2009: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe -- New Scientist
March 23, 2009: SPICE will measure Sun's plasma properties -- Astronomy.com
March 23, 2009: New Sun-watching instrument to monitor sunlight fluctuations -- NASA
March 22, 2009: Sungrazer -- APOD
March 20, 2009: Sunspots at solar maximum and minimum -- NASA's Earth Observatory
March 20, 2009: Sunset at the Portara -- APOD
March 20, 2009: Researchers reveal why Sun's atmosphere is hotter than its surface -- CORDIS
March 20, 2009: Scientists find giant solar twists -- Astronomy.com
March 19, 2009: The origin of supernovae confirmed -- Eurekalert
March 18, 2009: Particle oddball surprises CDF physicists at Fermilab -- Fermilab
March 17, 2009: Tycho's supernova remnant -- APOD
March 15, 2009: A prominent solar prominence from SOHO -- APOD
March 13, 2009: Stardust sheds new light on origin of elements of life -- Astronomy.com
March 13, 2009: CERN celebrates 20th anniversary of World Wide Web -- CERN
March 13, 2009: The day the Sun brought darkness -- NASA
March 13, 2009: Lasers provide antimatter bonanza -- Physical Review Focus
March 10, 2009: Join NASA in celebrating Sun-Earth Day 2009 -- NASA
March 9, 2009: Fermilab collider experiments discover rare single top quark -- Fermilab
March 9, 2009: A swiftly tilting comet -- HEAPOW
February 23, 2009: Fractionation and ionic charge states in 3He-rich solar particle events -- ACE News
February 21, 2009: The Swift view of Comet Lulin -- APOD
February 20, 2009: Dark matter as a source of antiparticles -- APS Physics
February 17, 2009: Big gains for physics as Obama signs stimulus bill -- Physics World
February 11, 2009: ESA extends missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth's magnetosphere [last article] -- ESA
February 10, 2009: Chameleon particle blends into the background -- Physics World
February 10, 2009: How magnetic forces shape cosmic jets of matter streaming out of stars -- Science Daily
February 9, 2009: New forces in the dark sector -- APS Physics
February 7, 2009: Comet Lulin tails -- APOD
February 5, 2009: Cosmic dust fountain spotted -- Astronomy.com
February 5, 2009: Auroras: What powers the greatest light show on Earth? -- New Scientist
February 5, 2009: PAMELA paper dampens dark-matter claim -- Physics World
February 5, 2009: Natural solar collectors on butterfly wings inspire more powerful solar cells -- Science Daily
February 4, 2009: How will the Solar System end? -- New Scientist
February 4, 2009: Is the Roman Pantheon a colossal sundial? -- New Scientist
February 4, 2009: High pressure yields novel single-element boron 'compound' -- Science Daily
February 2, 2009: Evacuation route -- HEAPOW
February 2, 2009: Debating the source of a rare particle -- APS Physics
February 1, 2009: Auroral corona over Norway -- APOD
January 30, 2009: Solar physics spacecraft launched by Russia -- Spaceflight Now
January 29, 2009: Eclipse shirt 2009 -- APOD
January 28, 2009: A partial eclipse over Manila Bay -- APOD
January 28, 2009: NASA Goddard to investigate the stormy Moon -- NASA GSFC
January 28, 2009: How will the Solar System end? -- New Scientist
January 26, 2009: Acceleration of multiple seed populations at CME-driven interplanetary shocks near 1 AU -- ACE News
January 26, 2009: CREAM over ice -- HEAPOW
January 25, 2009: Annular eclipse: The ring of fire -- APOD
January 24, 2009: Do cosmic rays cause lightning? -- Scientific American
January 24, 2009: The Bubble Nebula -- APOD
January 24, 2009: Cosmic rays detected deep underground reveal secrets of upper atmosphere -- Science Daily
January 23, 2009: NASA sees the 'dark side' of the Sun -- Science@NASA
January 22, 2009: Planterary nebula NGC 2818 -- APOD
January 21, 2009: Severe space weather -- Science@NASA
January 19, 2009: Hiding from Jupiter's radiation -- Astrobiology
January 17, 2009: Our magnetic Moon -- Astrobiology
January 16, 2009: Team detects dust around a primitive star -- Astronomy.com
January 15, 2009: Suspension bridge solargraph -- APOD
January 15, 2009: Double sun dog dazzles icy Omaha -- National Geographic
January 15, 2009: Does dark matter encircle Earth? -- Scientific American
January 14, 2009: Attractive theory: Magnetized Moon rock offers clue to lunar origin -- Scientific American
January 13, 2009: First all-sky map of the edge of the Solar System -- Astronomy.com
January 12, 2009: Cas A in 4-D -- HEAPOW
January 8, 2009: NASA to study the radiation belts -- JHU APL
January 8, 2009: NSF, NASA successfully flight-test new balloon over Antarctica -- NSF
January 8, 2009: Magnetic fields could reveal exoplanets -- Physics World
January 8, 2009: Hubble finds stars that go "ballistic" -- Science Daily
January 7, 2009: The Galactic core in infrared -- APOD
January 7, 2009: European boost for particle therapy -- Nature
January 7, 2009: Danger ahead as the Sun goes quiet -- New Scientist
January 7, 2009: "Warm plasma cloak" discovered enveloping Earth -- National Geographic
January 6, 2009: Cassiopeia A comes alive across time and space -- NASA's Chandra mission
January 5, 2009: New study reveals hazards of severe space weather -- NASA
January 5, 2009: Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC -- New Scientist
January 2, 2009: European first as ALICE achieves energy recovery at 11 million volts -- Science Daily
January 1, 2009: Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy -- APOD
AUGUST
August 11, 2009: New laser technique may help find supernova -- EurekalertAugust 10, 2009: Particles as tracers for the most massive explosions in the Milky Way -- University of Gothenburg
August 10, 2009: The violent youth of solar proxies steer course of genesis of life -- IAU
August 10, 2009: Exploring the standard model of physics without the high-energy collider -- Eurekalert
August 10, 2009: Excess positrons are linked to Geminga pulsar -- Physics World
August 8, 2009: Diamonds in a cloudy sky -- APOD
August 7, 2009: Nuclei cooperate to produce single particle -- Physical Review Focus
August 6, 2009: New experiment could reveal make-up of the universe -- Eurekalert
August 6, 2009: Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages -- may also help predict future -- Eurekalert
August 5, 2009: Goddard-led GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe -- NASA GSFC
August 5, 2009: Moon may reveal elusive cosmic neutrinos -- New Scientist
August 4, 2009: A triple sunrise over Gdansk Bay -- APOD
August 3, 2009: Outburst of a magnetic personality -- HEAPOW
August 3, 2009: NASA debuts 'Sentinels of the Heliosphere' film in New Orleans -- NASA GSFC
August 1, 2009: SN 1006 supernova remnant -- APOD
JULY
July 31, 2009: Nonuniformity of spectral indices in the inertial range -- ACE NewsJuly 30, 2009: 6 minutes 42 seconds -- APOD
July 30, 2009: Our smashing Solar System -- Astrobiology
July 28, 2009: A floral aurora corona -- APOD
July 28, 2009: NRL's Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles -- Eurekalert
July 28, 2009: Space aged: 10 spacecraft from decades past that are still ticking -- ISEE-3/ICE (1978) -- Scientific American
July 28, 2009: Space aged: 10 spacecraft from decades past that are still ticking -- Voyagers 1 and 2 (1977) -- Scientific American
July 27, 2009: Living in a dying solar system, Part 1 -- Astrobiology
July 27, 2009: Supernova starting gun: Neutrinos -- Physical Review Focus
July 26, 2009: The big corona -- APOD
July 26, 2009: From a star's death, our birth -- Astrobiology
July 24, 2009: Ray of hope in dark-matter hunt -- Nature
July 24, 2009: Eclipse over Chongqing,China -- APOD
July 23, 2009: Eclipse shadows southeastern China -- NASA Earth Observatory
July 22, 2009: Integral disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation -- ESA
July 22, 2009: Lopsided lights -- Science News
July 22, 2009: Solar eclipse video: Century's longest, caught on film -- National Geographic
July 21, 2009: NASA's Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission takes a step closer to solving the mystery behind magnetic reconnection -- NASA
July 20, 2009: Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century -- Science@NASA
July 20, 2009: Is the Sun missing its spots? -- NY Times
July 20, 2009: Solar cycle linked to global climate, drives events similar to El Nino and La Nina -- Astronomy.com
July 20, 2009: NASA's 'Mr. Eclipse' retires but still chasing shadows -- NASA
July 20, 2009: Scientists look beyond Earth to understand auroras -- Science Daily
July 18, 2009: Planets, Great Wall, and solar eclipse -- APOD
July 18, 2009: Supernova may be in a new class -- Science News
July 17, 2009: First 'flag' on the Moon? -- ESA
July 14, 2009: 'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112 -- Eurekalert
July 13, 2009: Blind pulsars -- HEAPOW
July 13, 2009: Dark matter helped early galaxies survive "massacre" -- National Geographic
July 13, 2009: Making monopoles -- Physics
July 10, 2009: The pillars of Eagle Castle -- APOD
July 10, 2009: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center -- NASA
July 9, 2009: Toxic substance allows birds to "see" magnetic field -- National Geographic
July 8, 2009: Thunderclouds accelerate cosmic electrons -- Physics World
July 8, 2009: Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy -- UCSD
July 8, 2009: APL part of international team expanding space weather radar network -- JHU APL
July 6, 2009: University of Toronto astronomer part of team that finds new way to study supernovae -- University of Toronto
July 6, 2009: Speed gun -- HEAPOW
July 6, 2009: Sunspot activity ramping up out of deep slumber -- Scientific American
July 5, 2009: Genesis mission's hard impact -- APOD
July 5, 2009: Fast neutral hydrogen detected coming from the Moon -- Science Daily
July 3, 2009: Perihelion and aphelion -- APOD
July 3, 2009: A galaxy as particle accelerator -- Max Planck Society
July 2, 2009: AGU journal highlights -- #3, 9, 11 & 12 -- Eurekalert
July 1, 2009: Mass mismatch makes mystery for proton's strange cousin -- Science News
JUNE
June 30, 2009: Ulysses: 12 extra months of valuable science -- ESAJune 30, 2009: Solar ghosts may haunt Earth's radioactive atoms -- New Scientist
June 30, 2009: Thunderhead accelerator -- Physical Review Focus
June 29, 2009: Monitoring the twist -- HEAPOW
June 29, 2009: NuTeV anomaly helps shed light on physics of the nucleus -- Science Daily
June 26, 2009: Solstice to solstice solargraph -- APOD
June 26, 2009: Magnetic 'superatoms' promise tuneable materials -- New Scientist
June 26, 2009: Premature call on cosmic-ray anomalies? -- Physics
June 25, 2009: Supernovae: Cosmic-ray superfactories -- Sky & Telescope
June 25, 2009: Beware the phantom exoplanets -- Discovery Channel
June 25, 2009: Galactic link to climate change in doubt -- Physics World
June 23, 2009: Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle -- Science News
June 23, 2009: Magnetic field on bright star Vega -- Astronomy & Astrophysics
June 22, 2009: Shift in Earth's magnetic field driven by oceans? -- National Geographic
June 21, 2009: Sunrise over the Parthenon -- APOD
June 19, 2009: Quirky supernova could be something new -- New Scientist
June 19, 2009: A Higgs boson without the mess -- Physical Review Focus
June 18, 2009: Sunspots revealed in striking detail by supercomputers -- UCAR
June 18, 2009: NASA IBEX spacecraft detects neutral hydrogen bouncing off Moon -- Universe Today
June 18, 2009: The eclipse in history -- ESA
June 17, 2009: Mystery of the missing sunspots, solved? -- Science@NASA
June 15, 2009: Meteorite may hold clues to solar system formation -- Universe Today
June 15, 2009: First new element for five years makes periodic table -- New Scientist
June 15, 2009: Magnetic super-atoms discovered -- Science Daily
June 14, 2009: The Earth's magnetic field remains a charged mystery -- IOP
June 14, 2009: Earth's magnetic field perturbed by 'electric oceans', claims researcher -- Physics World
June 12, 2009: Solar activity to have lowest high in 90 years? -- National Geographic
June 11, 2009: Magnetic fields dominate young stars of all sizes? -- Universe Today
June 10, 2009: Caltech visiting associate champions the study of solar eclipses in the modern era -- Caltech
June 8, 2009: Enrichment -- HEAPOW
June 5, 2009: Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning -- Physics World
June 4, 2009: Sunspots on a cloudy day -- APOD
June 3, 2009: New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies -- Eurekalert
June 3, 2009: Fake astronaut gets hit by artificial solar flare -- Science@NASA
June 2, 2009: Particles larger than galaxies fill the universe? -- National Geographic
June 2, 2009: Magnetic tornadoes could liberate Mercury's tenuous atmosphere -- NASA
June 2, 2009: Yanking pathogens out of blood with magnets -- Scientific American
June 1, 2009: How do thunderstorms create lightning? High-energy particles from space used to probe thunderstorms -- Science Daily
June 1, 2009: Why are we moving away from the Sun? -- Sky & Telescope
MAY
May 31, 2009: A solar prominence from SOHO -- APODMay 29, 2009: Sun stealing Earth's atmosphere -- National Geographic
May 29, 2009: Dark-energy particle spotted? -- Nature
May 29, 2009: World's largest solar telescope now operational -- Astronomy.com
May 29, 2009: Theorists reveal path to true muonium -- SLAC
May 29, 2009: New solar cycle prediction -- Science@NASA
May 29, 2009: Waves in Earth's radiation belt get mapped -- Science Daily
May 28, 2009: Great moments in GRIStory -- NASA
May 28, 2009: Particle physics -- it matters, say UK policy makers -- Physics World
May 28, 2009: Einstein's general theory of relativity: Celebrating the 20th century's most important experiment -- Science Daily
May 27, 2009: Magnetic tremors pinpoint the impact epicenter of earthbound space storms -- NASA
May 27, 2009: The phantom torso returns -- Science@NASA
May 27, 2009: Giant balloon to launch Sun-watching telescope -- Space.com
May 27, 2009: Bricks, mortar and magnetism -- Science News
May 26, 2009: Ginormous neutrino -- APS Focus
May 26, 2009: Giant atmospheric crashes detected via auroras -- National Geographic
May 25, 2009: How did the brown dwarf get its spots? -- Sky & Telescope
May 25, 2009: The color of Carina -- HEAPOW
May 22, 2009: Giant balloon flying high over Atlantic to catch cosmic rays -- Science Daily
May 21, 2009: Looking under the Antarctic ice for evidence of dark matter -- APS
May 19, 2009: Stealth storm erupts from the Sun -- New Scientist
May 18, 2009: The Sun is burning -- HEAPOW
May 17, 2009: Environmentally friendly cooling with magnetic refrigerators coming soon -- Science Daily
May 15, 2009: Dark matter or pulsars? Fermi is on the case -- Sky & Telescope
May 15, 2009: STEREO spies first major activity of Solar Cycle 24 -- NASA
May 14, 2009: How to catch a black hole before it eats the world -- New Scientist
May 13, 2009: Deep concerns -- Nature
May 11, 2009: More 'Star Trek' than 'Snuggie': Student design to protect lunar outpost from dangerous radiation -- Eurekalert
May 11, 2009: Resolving the ridge -- HEAPOW
May 11, 2009: "Supergiant" asteroid shut down Mars's magnetic field -- National Geographic
May 8, 2009: Sun entering weakest cycle since 1928 -- Science News
May 8, 2009: SABER offers a new way to study Earth's ionosphere and the effect of geomagnetic storms -- NASA
May 7, 2009: "Singing" electrons protect and threaten your TV and GPS -- NASA
May 7, 2009: Solar activity starting to perk up? -- Scientific American
May 4, 2009: Origin of high-energy cosmic rays more mysterious, again -- Science News
May 4, 2009: NASA's Fermi explores high-energy "space invaders" -- NASA
May 4, 2009: Sun oddly quiet -- hints at next "little ice age"? -- National Geographic
May 2, 2009: Another clue in the case for dark matter -- Science News
May 1, 2009: Officials break ground for the world's most advanced neutrino experiment -- Fermilab
May 1, 2009: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center celebrates 50 years of scientific excellence -- NASA GSFC
APRIL
April 30, 2009: Cosmic-ray Fe intensity reaches record levels in 2008-2009 -- ACE NewsApril 30, 2009: Magnetic twisters "dance" across Mercury, study says -- National Geographic
April 30, 2009: Active Mercury -- Science@NASA
April 29, 2009: Watching solar activity muddle Earth's magnetic field -- ESA
April 25, 2009: Space missions to visit the Sun -- UK Telegraph
April 24, 2009: Giant "space tornadoes" spark auroras on Earth -- National Geographic
April 24, 2009: Multipolar dance could flip Earth's magnetic field -- Physics World
April 22, 2009: Stars can strip gas giants naked -- National Geographic
April 22, 2009: Solar wind tans young asteroids -- ESO
April 20, 2009: Neutron-rich and doubly magic: Nucleus is a first -- Physics World
April 17, 2009: Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation -- AGU
April 17, 2009: Medieval astronomy from Melk Abbey -- APOD
April 15, 2009: Major utility company makes agreement for space-based solar power -- Universe Today
April 14, 2009: NASA's STEREO spacecraft reveals the anatomy of solar storms -- NASA
April 14, 2009: The surprising shape of solar storms -- Science@NASA
April 14, 2009: Capturing a solar storm in 3-D -- JHU APL
April 14, 2009: The surprising shape of solar storms -- Science@NASA
April 14, 2009: Photos: Solar explosions revealed by twin spacecraft -- National Geographic
April 14, 2009: 13 things that do not make sense (#3 Ultra-energetic cosmic rays, #5 Dark matter, #7 Tetraneutrons) -- New Scientist
April 13, 2009: Our erratic Universe -- HEAPOW
April 10, 2009: A one-sided aspect of Alfvenic fluctuations in the solar wind -- ACE News
April 9, 2009: Autonomous Antarctic observatories gather space weather data -- NSF
April 9, 2009: Scientists pinpoint the 'edge of space' -- Eurekalert
April 9, 2009: Orange Sun oozing -- APOD
April 6, 2009: A young pulsar shows its hand -- Astronomy.com
April 6, 2009: Serene Sun -- HEAPOW
April 3, 2009: Astronomers dissect a giant stellar explosion -- Astronomy.com
April 2, 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy -- International Year of Astronomy 2009
April 2, 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy begins -- APOD
April 1, 2009: How low can it go? Sun plunges into the quietest solar minimum in a century -- NASA
April 1, 2009: Deep solar minimum -- Science@NASA
MARCH
March 31, 2009: Spooky mirror tricks -- Max Planck InstituteMarch 29, 2009: Signals of a strange universe -- APOD
March 28, 2009: Underground subatomic-particle measurements yield meteorological clues -- Science Daily
March 27, 2009: Cluster satellites investigate space turbulence -- Astronomy.com
March 23, 2009: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe -- New Scientist
March 23, 2009: SPICE will measure Sun's plasma properties -- Astronomy.com
March 23, 2009: New Sun-watching instrument to monitor sunlight fluctuations -- NASA
March 22, 2009: Sungrazer -- APOD
March 20, 2009: Sunspots at solar maximum and minimum -- NASA's Earth Observatory
March 20, 2009: Sunset at the Portara -- APOD
March 20, 2009: Researchers reveal why Sun's atmosphere is hotter than its surface -- CORDIS
March 20, 2009: Scientists find giant solar twists -- Astronomy.com
March 19, 2009: The origin of supernovae confirmed -- Eurekalert
March 18, 2009: Particle oddball surprises CDF physicists at Fermilab -- Fermilab
March 17, 2009: Tycho's supernova remnant -- APOD
March 15, 2009: A prominent solar prominence from SOHO -- APOD
March 13, 2009: Stardust sheds new light on origin of elements of life -- Astronomy.com
March 13, 2009: CERN celebrates 20th anniversary of World Wide Web -- CERN
March 13, 2009: The day the Sun brought darkness -- NASA
March 13, 2009: Lasers provide antimatter bonanza -- Physical Review Focus
March 10, 2009: Join NASA in celebrating Sun-Earth Day 2009 -- NASA
March 9, 2009: Fermilab collider experiments discover rare single top quark -- Fermilab
March 9, 2009: A swiftly tilting comet -- HEAPOW
FEBRUARY
February 25, 2009: Otherworldly solar eclipse -- Science@NASAFebruary 23, 2009: Fractionation and ionic charge states in 3He-rich solar particle events -- ACE News
February 21, 2009: The Swift view of Comet Lulin -- APOD
February 20, 2009: Dark matter as a source of antiparticles -- APS Physics
February 17, 2009: Big gains for physics as Obama signs stimulus bill -- Physics World
February 11, 2009: ESA extends missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth's magnetosphere [last article] -- ESA
February 10, 2009: Chameleon particle blends into the background -- Physics World
February 10, 2009: How magnetic forces shape cosmic jets of matter streaming out of stars -- Science Daily
February 9, 2009: New forces in the dark sector -- APS Physics
February 7, 2009: Comet Lulin tails -- APOD
February 5, 2009: Cosmic dust fountain spotted -- Astronomy.com
February 5, 2009: Auroras: What powers the greatest light show on Earth? -- New Scientist
February 5, 2009: PAMELA paper dampens dark-matter claim -- Physics World
February 5, 2009: Natural solar collectors on butterfly wings inspire more powerful solar cells -- Science Daily
February 4, 2009: How will the Solar System end? -- New Scientist
February 4, 2009: Is the Roman Pantheon a colossal sundial? -- New Scientist
February 4, 2009: High pressure yields novel single-element boron 'compound' -- Science Daily
February 2, 2009: Evacuation route -- HEAPOW
February 2, 2009: Debating the source of a rare particle -- APS Physics
February 1, 2009: Auroral corona over Norway -- APOD
JANUARY
January 31, 2009: Simeis 147: Supernova remnant -- APODJanuary 30, 2009: Solar physics spacecraft launched by Russia -- Spaceflight Now
January 29, 2009: Eclipse shirt 2009 -- APOD
January 28, 2009: A partial eclipse over Manila Bay -- APOD
January 28, 2009: NASA Goddard to investigate the stormy Moon -- NASA GSFC
January 28, 2009: How will the Solar System end? -- New Scientist
January 26, 2009: Acceleration of multiple seed populations at CME-driven interplanetary shocks near 1 AU -- ACE News
January 26, 2009: CREAM over ice -- HEAPOW
January 25, 2009: Annular eclipse: The ring of fire -- APOD
January 24, 2009: Do cosmic rays cause lightning? -- Scientific American
January 24, 2009: The Bubble Nebula -- APOD
January 24, 2009: Cosmic rays detected deep underground reveal secrets of upper atmosphere -- Science Daily
January 23, 2009: NASA sees the 'dark side' of the Sun -- Science@NASA
January 22, 2009: Planterary nebula NGC 2818 -- APOD
January 21, 2009: Severe space weather -- Science@NASA
January 19, 2009: Hiding from Jupiter's radiation -- Astrobiology
January 17, 2009: Our magnetic Moon -- Astrobiology
January 16, 2009: Team detects dust around a primitive star -- Astronomy.com
January 15, 2009: Suspension bridge solargraph -- APOD
January 15, 2009: Double sun dog dazzles icy Omaha -- National Geographic
January 15, 2009: Does dark matter encircle Earth? -- Scientific American
January 14, 2009: Attractive theory: Magnetized Moon rock offers clue to lunar origin -- Scientific American
January 13, 2009: First all-sky map of the edge of the Solar System -- Astronomy.com
January 12, 2009: Cas A in 4-D -- HEAPOW
January 8, 2009: NASA to study the radiation belts -- JHU APL
January 8, 2009: NSF, NASA successfully flight-test new balloon over Antarctica -- NSF
January 8, 2009: Magnetic fields could reveal exoplanets -- Physics World
January 8, 2009: Hubble finds stars that go "ballistic" -- Science Daily
January 7, 2009: The Galactic core in infrared -- APOD
January 7, 2009: European boost for particle therapy -- Nature
January 7, 2009: Danger ahead as the Sun goes quiet -- New Scientist
January 7, 2009: "Warm plasma cloak" discovered enveloping Earth -- National Geographic
January 6, 2009: Cassiopeia A comes alive across time and space -- NASA's Chandra mission
January 5, 2009: New study reveals hazards of severe space weather -- NASA
January 5, 2009: Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC -- New Scientist
January 2, 2009: European first as ALICE achieves energy recovery at 11 million volts -- Science Daily
January 1, 2009: Welcome to the International Year of Astronomy -- APOD
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