News from 2004

DECEMBER

December 29, 2004: Scientific balloon circles South Pole on search for antimatter -- Imagine the Universe!
December 22, 2004: Evidence for sun-climate reported by UMaine scientists -- SpaceRef.com
December 21, 2004: New solar telescope would focus on sunspots, storms -- National Geographic
December 18, 2004: Scientific balloon circles South Pole on search for antimatter -- SpaceRef.com
December 17, 2004: Stratospheric balloon launched from Antarctica's McMurdo base -- EurekAlert!
December 17, 2004: Virtual Solar Observatory now available for one-stop data shopping -- SpaceDaily
December 15, 2004: Earth's safe zone became hot during legendary solar storms -- NASA HQ
December 15, 2004: No safe place for satellites -- Space.com
December 15, 2004: NASA helps visually impaired students touch the Sun -- NASA HQ
December 14, 2004: Solar ultrasound waves discovered by satellite -- SpaceDaily
December 9, 2004: Living in sunny times -- American Scientist
December 6, 2004: Filaments across the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 3, 2004: Europa proposed as cosmic ray detector -- New Scientist

NOVEMBER

November 29, 2004: Four-point observations of solar wind discontinuities -- SpaceDaily
November 19, 2004: Repelling cosmic rays with magnetic bubbles -- New Scientist
November 17, 2004: Aurora over Wisconsin -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 15, 2004: Real-time solar wind data from ACE make accurate forecasts of magnetic storms a reality -- ACE News
November 12, 2004: Missouri's green ribbon sky -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 10, 2004: Sun's storms create spectacular light show on Earth -- NOAA News
November 10, 2004: An unusual light show -- NASA HQ
November 9, 2004: Auroral beauty stuns observers -- Astronomy.com
November 9, 2004: A full sky multicolored auroral corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 9, 2004: Direct evidence for reconnection in the solar wind near 1 AU -- ACE News
November 8, 2004: Sun sends solar storms to Earth -- NOAA News
November 5, 2004: First image of birth of cosmic rays -- Australian Broadcasting Company
November 4, 2004: Sunspot activity impacts on crop success -- New Scientist
November 4, 2004: Supernova produces cosmic rays -- BBC News

OCTOBER

October 29, 2004: Sunspots leave telltale marks in trees -- Australian Broadcasting Company
October 27, 2004: Tree rings reveal sunspot record -- Discovery Channel News
October 27, 2004: ACE plasma composition measurements provide a tool for the identification of interplanetary coronal mass ejections -- ACE News
October 26, 2004: Paving the way for pioneers -- EurekAlert!
October 22, 2004: Meade Instruments goes solar -- Astronomy.com
October 18, 2004: Solar cycle update -- Science@NASA
October 14, 2004: NASA's Genesis mishap board & researchers both report progress -- NASA HQ
October 13, 2004: "Think big" is plan at solar physics conference -- National Solar Observatory
October 10, 2004: Sunspot loops in ultraviolet -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 9, 2004: The flow of interstellar helium in the solar system -- SpaceRef.com
October 6, 2004: An overview of cosmic-ray elemental compositions -- ACE News

SEPTEMBER

September 30, 2004: Evidence shaky for Sun's major role in past climate changes -- National Center for Atmospheric Research
September 28, 2004: Aurora over a communications tower -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 27, 2004: Shields up! -- Science@NASA
September 25, 2004: The iron Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 20, 2004: The flow of interstellar helium in the solar system -- European Space Agency
September 16, 2004: Genesis team hopeful about solar wind samples -- Spaceflight Now
September 14, 2004: Genesis mission's hard impact -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 13, 2004: Stardust survives crash landing -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 10, 2004: Genesis scientists bouncing back from hard landing -- NASA HQ
September 9, 2004: Earth's magnetic field is fading -- National Geographic
September 8, 2004: Genesis mission status report -- NASA HQ
September 3, 2004: The Sun's x-file under the spotlight -- EurekAlert!
September 3, 2004: Genesis reentry -- Science@NASA
September 1, 2004: A season for auroras -- Indiana University

AUGUST

August 30, 2004: The Genesis payload: just how dangerous are its contents? -- Space.com
August 26, 2004: Groundbreaking for cosmic ray project -- University of Utah
August 26, 2004: Biggest bets in the universe unveiled -- New Scientist
August 20, 2004: Stunt pilots to catch falling stardust -- Australian Broadcasting Company
August 19, 2004: NASA mission returns with a piece of the Sun -- NASA JPL
August 17, 2004: Cosmic ray link to global warming boosted -- New Scientist
August 13, 2004: Just in time for Olympic lighting, Sun lights up the skies -- NASA HQ
August 12, 2004: How the solar wind gets past the Earth's shield -- Universe Today
August 4, 2004: Solar arcs and halos -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 2, 2004: Spicules: jets on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD

JULY

July 30, 2004: Northern lights -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 28, 2004: Sun spikes: solar quakes fuel hot tendrils -- Space.com
July 28, 2004: Solar spicules explained -- Astronomy.com
July 26, 2004: A large active region crosses the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 25, 2004: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 24, 2004: Did cosmic rays cause ice ages? -- PhysicsWeb
July 23, 2004: Sunspot grows to 20 times size of Earth -- Space.com
July 22, 2004: NASA rethinks probe to the Sun -- BBC News
July 22, 2004: NASA goes to the "SORCE" of Earth Sun-blockers -- NASA GSFC
July 19, 2004: East meets west to solve space storm mystery -- SpaceRef.com
July 9, 2004: Blast waves near edge of system -- Florida Today
July 8, 2004: Spacecraft fleet tracks blast wave through solar system -- NASA GSFC
July 6, 2004: Sunspots reaching 1,000-year high -- BBC News
July 2, 2004: First 3D view of solar eruptions -- NASA GSFC

JUNE

June 23, 2004: A picturesque Venus transit -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 23, 2004: How CMEs control energetic electron propagation -- ACE News
June 20, 2004: Solstice celebration -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 15, 2004: A rare annular Venusian solar eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 14, 2004: Speed limit found for solar storms -- Space.com
June 13, 2004: Volcano and aurora in Iceland -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 11, 2004: Venus and the chromosphere -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 10, 2004: Venus at the edge -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 9, 2004: Venus transit at sunrise -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 8, 2004: Los Alamos helps industry by simulating circuit failures from cosmic rays -- EurekAlert!
June 8, 2004: SWAP to determine where the sun and ice worlds meet -- Southwest Research Institute
June 8, 2004: A planet transits the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 5, 2004: Sources of solar hazards in interplanetary space -- Spaceflight Now
June 4, 2004: Scientists measure Sun's smallest visible magentic fields -- SpaceRef.com
June 2, 2004: The transit of Venus: North American viewer's guide -- Science@NASA
June 1, 2004: 17th century solar oddity believed linked to global cooling is rare among nearby stars -- EurekAlert!
June 1, 2004: Infrared camera peeks below the visible surface of the Sun -- National Solar Observatory

MAY

May 31, 2004: New instrument makes highest-resolution magnetic measurements inside a sunspot -- National Solar Observatory
May 31, 2004: New eyes on old telescope provide insight into solar storm -- National Solar Observatory
May 31, 2004: NCAR instrument gets breakthrough view of Sun's magnetic halo -- National Center for Atomospheric Research
May 31, 2004: Breakthrough research to improve forecasts of sunspot cycle -- National Center for Atomospheric Research
May 24, 2004: The abundances of heavy and ultra-heavy ions in 3He-rich solar flares -- ACE News
May 21, 2004: Sun was born in a violent burst -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
May 17, 2004: Venus transit of Sun live from the backyard or online -- SpaceDaily
May 15, 2004: Solar wind to shield Earth during pole flip -- New Scientist
May 11, 2004: XMM-Newton detects X-ray 'solar cycle' in distant star -- EurekAlert!
May 6, 2004: Two new missions to solve mysteries of volatile upper atmosphere -- NASA HQ
May 6, 2004: Los Alamos helps industry by simulating circuit failures from cosmic rays -- Los Alamos National Laboratory
May 5, 2004: NASA Genesis spacecraft on final lap toward home -- NASA JPL

APRIL

April 30, 2004: Hollywood helps NASA with Genesis probe -- National Public Radio
April 30, 2004: Our Sun is anything but boring -- Universe Today
April 29, 2004: Scientists announce cosmic ray theory breakthrough -- Los Alamos National Laboratory
April 27, 2004: Surprisingly low and energy-dependent charge states in impulsive solar energetic particle events -- ACE News
April 20, 2004: Fungi's final frontier -- Manchester Online
April 15, 2004: Killer electrons -- NASA HQ
April 6, 2004: Solar wind sampler seals its scoops -- New Scientist
April 5, 2004: No variability of N/O in the solar wind implies non-solar origin of lunar nitrogen -- ACE News
April 5, 2004: NASA spacecraft locks the vault on its sapphire, diamond payload -- NASA JPL
April 3, 2004: In search of the northern lights -- National Public Radio
April 2, 2004: Here comes the Sun -- SpaceDaily

MARCH

March 24, 2004: The next great Sun-watching spacecraft -- Space.com
March 21, 2004: A green flash from the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 20, 2004: Equinox + 1 -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 18, 2004: Space dust to unlock pyramid secrets -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
March 18, 2004: Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide -- University of Wisconsin News
March 17, 2004: Cold peril: the continuing adventures of Ulysses -- Science@NASA
March 17, 2004: Sun's massive explosion upgraded -- BBC News
March 16, 2004: SOHO snaps spectacular Sun shot -- EurekAlert!
March 15, 2004: Biggest ever solar flare was even bigger than thought -- AGU News
March 4, 2004: Premier forecasting center avoids ax -- AGU Space Weather
March 3, 2004: Does the electrical power industry need better storm warnings? -- AGU Space Weather

FEBRUARY

February 20, 2004: Effects of space weather on technology infrastructure -- AGU Space Weather
February 19, 2004: NASA's SORCE satellite celebrates one year of operations -- EurekAlert!
February 19, 2004: Antarctic test flight preps way for hunt for 'killer' particles -- SpaceRef.com
February 17, 2004: Astrophysicists listen to loops shivering on the Sun -- EurekAlert!
February 15, 2004: RHESSI satellite completes successful second year of solar flare observation -- SpaceRef.com
February 14, 2004: Ulysses mission extended -- Spaceflight Now
February 13, 2004: 'Space weather' affects the Earth -- NASA
February 6, 2004: Plan ahead: rare transit of Sun by Venus -- Space.com

JANUARY

January 29, 2004: Coupled dispersionless modulations in solar electron bursts and the solar wind strahl -- ACE News
January 24, 2004: Cosmic rays, who's yer daddy? -- Wired News
January 21, 2004: Cosmic rays are not the cause of climate change, scientists say -- AGU News
January 20, 2004: The evolving vulnerability of electric power grids -- AGU Space Weather
January 19, 2004: Extra-solar planet found with a magnetic field -- Spaceflight Now
January 15, 2004: LSU professors, students part of international effort to learn about mysterious high-energy cosmic rays -- ScienceDaily
January 15, 2004: Doctoral student journeys to "the ice" to study neutrinos -- University at Buffalo Reporter
January 10, 2004: Two worlds, one Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 7, 2004: The Sun's closest twins -- Sky and Telescope
January 7, 2004: Did "little ice age" create Stradivarius violins' famous tone? -- National Geographic
January 6, 2004: Cosmic rays made by explosions that form black holes and gamma-ray bursts -- NASA GSFC Beyond Einstein
January 3, 2004: Next stop, interstellar space -- Science News
January 2, 2004: Physicists study cosmic rays in Antarctica -- Missourian
January 2, 2004: Upper limit on 3He fluence in solar energetic particle events -- ACE News

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