Sun's pulse found, and it's surprisingly quick 03.31.00: Peering deep inside, researchers find pools of gas rubbing shoulders to fuel sunspots.

Hubble captures eye-like space oddity 04.06.00: A planetary nebula that looks like an eye.

Comet tail, longest ever, surprises spacecraft 04.07.00: Nobody was expecting Ulysses to find the 310-million-mile tail.

columns wil milan's universe The great debate 04.04.00: In a nearly forgotten but important event in the history of astronomy, two men debated whether we are at the center of the universe or not. In a field dominated by men, a woman provided the key to the answer for a truth we now hold as self-evident. Simulating armageddon on your PC JANUARY: Asteroid impacts are simulated in new software. Michael Paine takes the package for a somewhat frightening spin. futurewatch X-ray vision: Inside the Chandra telescope 09/13: At the apex of its orbit, Chandra is a third of the way to the Moon, scanning the heavens for energy that our atmosphere filters out. out at night Bruce Dale gives a monthly tour of the coolest things you can find in the night sky. See what's up there A special 4-part educational series on galaxies New galaxies spotted, hinting at presence of a Great Attractor Age of Universe hidden in star clusters of Milky Way 100,000 galaxies captured in one image Hundreds of galaxies swarm in a rich cluster special look back pictures Cool science images from 1999 space Distant worlds brought to light in 1999 looking ahead Space science enters new millennium amid a renaissance 01.01.00: Seeking to answer age-old questions, several areas of space science research may yield important answers during 2000 and through the next decade. links ez space reference Asteroids Comets Eclipses History Meteors The Moon The Planets Planet Orbits The Sun skywatching The Night Sky Tonight's Sky Telescope Basics Calendar space missions Hubble Mars Surveyor The Space Station Stardust All NASA missions ez planet science Mercury Venus Earth & the Moon Mars Jupiter & its moons Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto web news 02.18: First UV image of a meteor / space.com 02.07: Our smokin' Sun: SOHO sees solar rings / space.com 01.28: Yukon meteor flashes caught on film / space.com 01.19: Meteor explosion brightens skies near Alaska / space.com 01.18: Comet debris rains on Spain / space.com 01.14: Seeds of life may have come from stars / space.com

more headlines Wobble reveals smallest extrasolar planets yet 03.30.00: Smaller than Saturn, planets hint at possibility that Earth-sized planets exist. Latest dire asteroid impact threat: UV spring 03.21.00: Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, another nasty effect. Gassy effects when galaxies collide 03.21.00: Compact galaxies don't collapse as expected. ET gas found in tiny carbon cages 03.22.00: Traces of trapped gas may point to a cosmic origin of life-sustaining elements. Pizza pie in the sky: Understanding Io's riot of color 03.20.00: The latest thinking on Jupiter's moon. In cosmic fling, three's a crowd 03.20.00: A dance, a brawl, and then two stars escape. Rare find: Pristine meteorite in the Yukon 03.17.00: A dramatic fireball, a plane chase, and a mystery finder of the rock. A glowing discovery at the forefront of our plunge through space 03.15.00: Voyager helps prove shock wave at edge of solar system. Martian dust devil caught in its tracks 03.15.00: Whirling winds responsible for curious dark streaks seen on Mars. Asteroid Eros is covered in rubble 03.14.00: Myriad collisions with other space rocks leaves a trail of debris. Sudden increase in asteroid impacts may have fueled life 03.13.00: Earth recently entered period of heavy bombardment. EarthKAM wows students with spy-like images 03.07.00: Multimedia like Rand McNally never imagined. Galactic merger more civil than expected 03.02.00: Chandra telescope finds surprises in a colossal collision. Dwarf galaxies feed off parents' leftovers to make new stars 03.01.00: May improve understanding of galaxy formation. Freeze, fry, or dry: How long has the Earth got? 02.25.00: Latest research shows swelling sun will likely make toast out of Earth. Tilted view of our Moon's formation 02.17.00: Why the Moon hasn't always been where it is. Supernova slam generates ring-shaped remnant 02.18.00: A star's inner remnants catch up with parts of itself. Questions over fossilized bacteria in old meteorite 02.22.00: Claims by Russian scientists of ET evidence is doubted by other experts. NEAR spacecraft orbits asteroid Eros 02.15.00: Successful rendezvous, and some new pictures. Space news archives

science snapshot The Trifid Nebula briefly VALENTINE SCIENCE Love, Mars 02.14.00: Image of heart-shaped Mesa released. NEAR shoots Eros The spewing sun Shuttle heads for Hubble 12/20: The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are in hot pursuit of NASA’s disabled Hubble Space Telescope after a Sunday launch that ended a five-month grounding of the nation’s shuttle fleet. The launch put Discovery’s telescope-repair crew on course for a high-flying Hubble rescue that will begin to unfold in earnest Tuesday night. More from space.com Geminids meteor shower 12/13: Another meteor shower is upon us, peaking Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The Geminids promise up to 2 meteors per minute under good viewing conditions. Already, over the weekend, viewers reported as many as 23 per hour, according to the North American Meteor Network. The shower is best observed after 10 p.m. and will peak between 2 a.m. and dawn. How do you find them? Look up, toward the south. The Geminids will tail off gradually, but still be visible, over the next few nights. About meteor showers Surprise meteor shower? 11/09: When Earth passes through the stream of debris left by a comet, small particles can create many more "shooting stars" than normal -- the definition of a meteor shower. With the recent discovery of a comet known as C/1999 J3 comes the possibility of a meteor shower this week. Earth will brush the comet's orbit just 40 days after the comet has moved through, astronomers say. The meteor shower, if it takes place, could come anytime between Wednesday night and Saturday morning. Astronomers know little about the comet and so cannot predict whether the shower will be spectacular or, possibly, a total dud. As with all meteor showers, the best viewing time will be between midnight and dawn. Explore meteor showers Holes in the Sun 10/20: As solar activity picks up in advance of a peak expected during 2000, increased energy releases come in many forms. Yesterday, space weather forecasters said big holes in the Sun are releasing energy that is expected to cause increased geomagnetic activity, here on Earth, through November. The observed coronal holes hang around for several rotations, shooting charged particles in all directions. The effects have ranged recently from unsettled to major geomagnetic storming, experts said. Such activity is known to be a potential threat to satellites and power grids.

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