News from 2009

DECEMBER

December 31, 2009: Science at the end of the Earth, Part I -- Blueshift podcast
December 29, 2009: First-time measurment of ACR O gradients during an A<0 period in the inner heliosphere -- ACE News
December 28, 2009: "Superatoms" mimic elements: Research reveals new perspective of period table -- Penn State
December 28, 2009: Atomic dogs: The making of an internet sensation -- New Scientist
December 28, 2009: A breeding ground for cosmic rays -- Sky & Telescope
December 25, 2009: Weir in space and dimmed Sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research -- Science Daily
December 24, 2009: North magnetic pole moving east due to core flux -- National Geographic
December 23, 2009: Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars -- Hubble Space Telescope
December 23, 2009: Voyager makes an interstellar discovery -- Science@NASA
December 23, 2009: December sunrise, Cape Sounion -- APOD
December 21, 2009: AcrimSat celebrates 10 years of measuring the Sun's energy -- NASA
December 21, 2009: Magnetic fields in chaos -- Physical Review Focus
December 20, 2009: Tutulemma: Solar eclipse analemma -- APOD
December 19, 2009: Aurora shimmer, meteor flash -- APOD
December 18, 2009: Dark matter detected for first time? -- National Geographic
December 17, 2009: Colliding auroras produce an explosion of light -- NASA
December 17, 2009: Quiet Sun means cooling of Earth's upper atmosphere -- NASA
December 16, 2009: Do cosmic rays account for all the gamma rays in diffuse galactic radiation? -- Physics
December 15, 2009: Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle -- Eurekalert
December 15, 2009: Close-up photos of dying star show our Sun's fate -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
December 14, 2009: Blazing -- HEAPOW
December 10, 2009: The colors of IC 1795 -- APOD
December 9, 2009: HUDF infrared: Dawn of the galaxies -- APOD
December 9, 2009: Magnetic power revealed in gamma-ray burst jet -- NASA
December 8, 2009: View from the center of the solar system -- Astrobiology Magazine
December 8, 2009: Fermi sees brightest-ever blazar flare -- NASA
December 8, 2009: Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal -- NASA's Imagine the Universe!
December 7, 2009: Heavy metal mine -- HEAPOW
December 7, 2009: Attacking tumours with tiny discs -- Physics World
December 6, 2009: The magnificent tail of Comet McNaught -- APOD
December 2, 2009: Dust sculptures in the Rosette Nebula -- APOD
December 2, 2009: Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal -- NASA

NOVEMBER

November 30, 2009: LHC sets new world record -- CERN
November 26, 2009: Plasmas have healing powers -- Physics World
November 24, 2009: Neutrino experiment starts its search for the unknown -- Astronomy.com
November 24, 2009: Cassini captures ghostly dance of Saturn's northern lights -- NASA
November 24, 2009: Monster waves on the Sun are real -- Science@NASA
November 23, 2009: Two circulating beams bring first collisions in the LHC -- CERN
November 23, 2009: Solar tsunami -- HEAPOW
November 20, 2009: The LHC is back -- CERN
November 20, 2009: Quarks influenced by their neighborhood -- Physical Review Focus
November 19, 2009: Mystery of the solar tsunami -- solved -- NASA
November 18, 2009: Revving up particles in the cosmos -- Science News
November 17, 2009: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory investigates the Sun's cycle of highs and lows -- NASA
November 16, 2009: The LMC in gamma rays -- HEAPOW
November 14, 2009: DIA sunrise -- APOD
November 13, 2009: New experiment could reveal make-up of the Universe -- Science Daily
November 12, 2009: Distant stars shed light on the solar cycle -- Physics World
November 11, 2009: Ionic charge state distributions as a diagnostic of diverse SEP sources -- ACE News
November 11, 2009: Exoplanets clue to Sun's curious chemistry -- Eurekalert
November 11, 2009: A bubbling ball of gas -- Max Planck Society
November 11, 2009: A lightning strike in Africa helps take the pulse of the Sun -- Tel Aviv University
November 10, 2009: Saturn after equinox -- APOD
November 9, 2009: The stars my destination -- Astrobiology Magazine
November 6, 2009: NASA Spinoff 2009 highlights technologies that improve life on Earth -- NASA
November 6, 2009: Signature of antimatter detected in lightning -- Science News
November 5, 2009: Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star -- Astronomy.com
November 4, 2009: Blue Sun bristling -- APOD
November 4, 2009: Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star -- Astronomy.com
November 4, 2009: Mutant diseases may cripple mission to Mars, beyond -- National Geographic
November 3, 2009: NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations -- Eurekalert
November 2, 2009: NASA's Fermi telescope detects gamma-rays from "star factories" in other galaxies -- NASA
November 2, 2009: Cosmic rays traced to centers of star birth -- Science News
November 2, 2009: Galaxy picture: Cosmic ray mystery solved? -- National Geographic
November 2, 2009: Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields -- Eurekalert
November 2, 2009: Ropes of plasma: Onset and stagnation of 3-D magnetic reconnection -- Eurekalert

OCTOBER

October 28, 2009: Is Fermi seeing dark matter? -- Sky & Telescope
October 27, 2009: The Sun's sneaky variability -- Science@NASA
October 27, 2009: US physicists propose astrophysics goals -- Nature
October 27, 2009: Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir -- Sandia National Laboratories
October 26, 2009: Fastsat instruments shipped to NASA Marshall for tests and launch preparation -- NASA
October 26, 2009: MESSENGER gets closest-ever look at solar-flare neutrons -- Astronomy.com
October 26, 2009: A magnetic, high-energy personality -- HEAPOW
October 26, 2009: Storage ring dust-up -- Physical Review Focus
October 23, 2009: NASA mission to study the Moon's fragile atmosphere -- Science@NASA
October 20, 2009: A solar prominence erupts in STEREO -- APOD
October 19, 2009: Edge effect -- HEAPOW
October 19, 2009: Bright light hints at a dark centre to the Galaxy -- Nature
October 18, 2009: 2012 apocalypse -- Astrobiology Magazine
October 16, 2009: "Rejected" protons offer a new view of the Moon -- National Geographic
October 16, 2009: So close, yet so far -- Physical Review Focus
October 16, 2009: Enter the yoctosecond -- Physics World
October 15, 2009: Mystery space "ribbon" found at solar system's edge -- National Geographic
October 15, 2009: Giant ribbon discovered at the edge of the solar system -- Science@NASA
October 15, 2009: Cassini helps redraw shape of solar system -- JHU APL
October 15, 2009: 'Magnetic charge' measured in spin ice -- Physics World
October 12, 2009: Physicists measure elusive 'persistent current' that flows forever -- Science Daily
October 8, 2009: ³He-rich solar energetic particle events from the nearly quiet Sun in 2007-08 -- ACE News
October 7, 2009: Dirty stars are popular hosts -- Astrobiology Magazine
October 6, 2009: Sun down: High-energy cosmic rays reach a Space Age peak -- Scientific American
October 6, 2009: STEREO captures Sun's eruption -- NASA
October 4, 2009: Streams of the Sun -- Astrobiology Magazine
October 2, 2009: Heart of a galaxy emits gamma rays -- Max Planck Society

SEPTEMBER

September 30, 2009: Galaxy study hints at cracks in dark matter theories -- New Scientist
September 29, 2009: Space radiation hits record high -- New Scientist
September 29, 2009: Magnetic fields guide star birth -- Space.com
September 28, 2009: Cosmic rays hit space age high -- NASA
September 28, 2009: Water discovered on the Moon -- APOD
September 24, 2009: Equinox sunset -- APOD
September 23, 2009: Computer code gives astrophysicists first full simulation of star's final hours -- Science Daily
September 23, 2009: The Sun could be heading into period of extended calm -- Physics World
September 22, 2009: Aurora over Yellowknife -- APOD
September 22, 2009: EVE: Measuring the Sun's hidden variability -- NASA
September 22, 2009: Autumnal equinox 2009: Facts on the first day of fall -- National Geographic
September 21, 2009: New transient radiation belt discovered around Saturn -- Science Daily
September 21, 2009: Cavities with iron fillings -- HEAPOW
September 21, 2009: Reservoirs of near-relativistic electrons in the inner heliosphere: ACE and Ulysses Observations -- ACE News
September 21, 2009: Is dark matter mostly 'dark atoms'? -- Physics World
September 18, 2009: Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off -- Eurekalert
September 18, 2009: Invading black holes explain cosmic flashes -- Eurekalert
September 18, 2009: Magnetism observed in gas for the first time -- Science Daily
September 17, 2009: Quiet Sun bombards Earth with winds -- AGU
September 17, 2009: Ganymede's magnetosphere makes a big impression on Jupiter's auroral lightshows -- Astronomy.com
September 17, 2009: Jupiter auroras fed by largest moon's magnetic "bubble" -- National Geographic
September 17, 2009: More to solar cycle than sunspots -- NSF
September 16, 2009: The Tarantula zone -- APOD
September 16, 2009: Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars -- New Scientist
September 16, 2009: CERN boss targets linear collider -- Physics World
September 15, 2009: NGC 6888: The Crescent nebula -- APOD
September 15, 2009: Space-related radiation research could help reduce fractures in cancer survivors -- National Science Biomedical Research Institute
September 14, 2009: New transient radiation belt discovered at Saturn -- Astronomy.com
September 14, 2009: Heavyweight -- HEAPOW
September 14, 2009: Candy-colored solar panels don't need direct Sun -- National Geographic
September 11, 2009: Aage Niels Bohr: 1922-2009 -- Physics World
September 11, 2009: Surprise in Earth's upper atmosphere: Mode of energy transfer from the solar wind -- Science Daily
September 10, 2009: Mighty Mouse takes off -- thanks to magnets -- New Scientist
September 9, 2009: Magnetic fields play larger role in star formation than previously thought -- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
September 9, 2009: Black holes are the ultimate particle smashers -- New Scientist
September 8, 2009: Are sunspots disappearing? -- Astrobiology
September 8, 2009: Laser cooling may create "exotic" states of matter -- National Geographic
September 7, 2009: Neutron star storm -- HEAPOW
September 5, 2009: Stratosphere cycles with the Sun -- Astrobiology
September 3, 2009: Magnetic monopoles spotted in spin ices -- Physics World
September 3, 2009: Are sunspots disappearing? -- Science@NASA
September 2, 2009: Mount Wilson Observatory: View from the mountaintop -- Astronomy.com
September 2, 2009: Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma, what happens to matter around black holes -- Science Daily
September 2, 2009: Antimatter mystery -- New Scientist
September 2, 2009: The lithium problem -- New Scientist
September 2, 2009: The elusive monopole -- New Scientist
September 2, 2009: 150 years ago: The worst solar storm ever -- Space.com
September 1, 2009: Signs of ideal surfing conditions spotted in ocean of solar wind -- University of Warwick
September 1, 2009: Salvaging NASA's planetary Grand Tour: Sending Voyager 2 where no probe had gone before -- or since -- Scientific American
September 1, 2009: Can magnetism save a vaporizing planet? -- Sky & Telescope

AUGUST

August 31, 2009: Honey, I blew up the tokamak -- Science@NASA
August 27, 2009: Death rays from space -- Astrobiology
August 27, 2009: Small fluctuations in solar activity, large influence on the climate -- Eurekalert
August 27, 2009: Connections among solar cycle, stratosphere and ocean discovered -- NSF
August 27, 2009: Sunspots stir oceans -- Nature
August 26, 2009: Unusually cold material found inside ICMEs -- ACE News
August 26, 2009: Ice Ages follow the Sun -- Astrobiology
August 26, 2009: Particle imbalance may upset the apple cart -- Science News
August 21, 2009: An old star provides new light on universe formation -- Astronomy.com
August 20, 2009: Eclipse city -- APOD
August 20, 2009: The origin of solar systems -- Astrobiology
August 19, 2009: Particles as tracers for Milky Way's most massive explosions: 'Dark matter' origins of mysterious flux challenged -- Science Daily
August 17, 2009: GOES-O releases first solar image -- NASA
August 17, 2009: Cosmic alchemy in the laboratory -- Physics
August 16, 2009: To understand the Universe, science calls on the ultrasmall -- Eurekalert
August 14, 2009: Tiny flares responsible for outsized heat of Sun's atmosphere -- NASA
August 14, 2009: In search of antimatter galaxies -- Science@NASA
August 14, 2009: Hans Christian Oersted: Who he was, and why you owe him -- National Geographic
August 14, 2009: Neutrino trigger could reveal gravitational waves -- Physics World
August 14, 2009: Isotope crisis threatens medical care -- Science News
August 13, 2009: Scientists propose lab-grade black holes -- Science News
August 12, 2009: Stars choose the life around them -- Astrobiology
August 12, 2009: Late light reveals what space is made of -- New Scientist
August 11, 2009: New laser technique may help find supernova -- Eurekalert
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

July 31, 2009: Nonuniformity of spectral indices in the inertial range -- ACE News
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

June 30, 2009: Ulysses: 12 extra months of valuable science -- ESA
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

May 31, 2009: A solar prominence from SOHO -- APOD
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 20^th 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 News
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

March 31, 2009: Spooky mirror tricks -- Max Planck Institute
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 20^th 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@NASA
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

January 31, 2009: Simeis 147: Supernova remnant -- 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

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