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The Cosmic Mirror By Daniel Fischer, Germany
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Small NASA X-ray satellite NuSTAR launched on a PegasusAfter some delays, everything went by the book on June 13! Press Kit, personal blog, JPL / NASA Releases of July 27, June 28, June 27, June 22, June 21, June 13, June 11 (visuals), June 7 [JPL], May 30, May 22, Mar. 16, Mar. 12, Mar. 2, Feb. 17 [JPL], Jan. 27 and Jan. 25, S@N of June 15, Caltech Feature of June 13, Stanford PR of June 13, McGill PR of May 30 and coverage of June 13: Nat., S&T, PW, NSF, BBC, UT, ST, Sp. June 12: NwS, KSJ. June 11: WP. June 3: SpO. May 31: SpN. May 30: LAT. April 3: SN. Mar. 19: LS. Mar. 13: Nat. Feb. 18: SN. Feb. 1: SN. Jan. 29: UT. Jan. 26: SB. X-ray telescope idea: NASA Feat.
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ESA selects mission to Jupiter as first big Cosmic Vision ventureUnfortunately JUICE won't arrive before 2030(!) - and two important astronomy projects fall by the waysideThe writing had been on the wall, and on May 2nd ESA's Science Program(me) Committee confirmed the choice: bye bye big X-ray satellite and revolutionary gravitational wave telescope, hello Jupiter. It was mainly risk avoidance than a strong science case that makes ESA send yet another probe to the Jupiter system (that has been visited seven times before by U.S. space probes in the past four decades): JUICE, the first Large-class mission chosen as part of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme, will be launched in 2022 on an Ariane 5, arriving at Jupiter in 2030 to spend at least three years making detailed observations. JUICE will continuously observe Jupiter's atmosphere and magnetosphere, and the interaction of the Galilean moons with the gas giant planet. It will visit Callisto, the most heavily cratered object in the Solar System, and will twice fly by Europa. JUICE will make the first measurements of the thickness of Europa's icy crust and will identify candidate sites for future in situ exploration.The spacecraft will finally enter orbit around Ganymede in 2032, where it will study the icy surface and internal structure of the moon, including its subsurface ocean. Ganymede is the only moon in the Solar System known to generate its own magnetic field, and JUICE will observe the unique magnetic and plasma interactions with Jupiter's magnetosphere in detail. The selection of JUICE is the culmination of a process started in 2004 when ESA consulted the wider scientific community to set Europe's goals for space exploration in the coming decade. The resulting Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme identified four scientific aims. What are the conditions for life and planetary formation? How does the Solar System work? What are the fundamental laws of the Universe? How did the Universe begin and what is it made of? The high scientific value of the losing finalists NGO and ATHENA was recognised by the Science Programme Committee in its decision, and technology activities are planned to continue, enabling the missions to be considered as candidates for future launch opportunities: A second Call for Large Missions is expected in 2013. |
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Mars UpdateMER NASA / JPL Releases of July 5, July 2, June 11, May 9, Apr. 27 and Jan. 24, S@N of July 18, pic of Feb. 17 and coverage of Aug. 5: R2E. Aug. 1: R2E. July 30: PSB. July 28: R2E. July 24: R2E. July 22: R2E. July 20: R2E. July 19: PoS, R2E. July 12: R2E. July 8: R2E. July 7: R2E, Sp. July 6: Wir. July 5: R2E. July 2: R2E. July 1: MaP. June 28: R2E. June 1: R2E. May 23: R2E. May 19: R2E. May 16: R2E, UT. May 14: PSB. May 13: R2E. May 11: R2E. May 10: NPR. May 9: R2E, MaP. May 1: RTE. Apr. 29: RTE. Apr. 18: R2E. Apr. 10: R2E. Apr. 4: R2E. Apr. 3: PSB. Mar. 31: PS. Mar. 12: R2E. Mar. 9: UT. Feb. 29: PS. Feb. 26: R2E. Feb. 21: R2E, PSB. Feb. 9: R2E. Jan. 31: R2E, MaP (comment). Jan. 26: T. Jan. 25: S&T, SB. Jan. 24: R2E. Jan. 23: PSB. Jan. 22: R2E. Jan. 21: R2E. MRO JPL Releases of May 9, Apr. 4, Mar. 7, Feb. 8 and Jan. 25, JHU Release of May 9, AGU Release of Feb. 20 and coverage of Apr. 26: NwS, PSB. Apr. 20: AlJ. Apr. 11: LS. Apr. 6: SN. Apr. 5: CbS, Dsc., BdW. Apr. 4: MaP. Feb. 17: PSB. Feb. 3: CL. Odyssey JPL Releases of July 13, June 27, June 14 and June 8, ASU Release of Feb. 29 [JPL] and coverage of July 17: SC. Feb. 28: UT. Mars Express DLR PM vom 1.3., ESA Releases of Aug. 2, July 5, June 7, May 21, Apr. 26, Apr. 5, Feb. 6 and Feb. 3, ESA Blog of Feb. 16 and Jan. 26, ASU Blog of Jan. 25 and coverage of July 25: UPI. Apr. 15: NwS. Feb. 15: SN. Feb. 10: S&T. Feb. 7: PSB. ExoMars crisis (and ESA, Roskosmos and NASA new planning) Updates; Schiff Release, Bolden OpEd, NASA Releases of June 26, May 24, Apr. 13 and Feb. 27, S@N of May 24 and coverage of July 18: RIA. July 11: SpN. June 14: SpN, Tw. May 23: Nat. May 22: Spk. May 16: SpP. May 11: SpN. May 8: SpN. Apr. 18: SI. Apr. 17: SpO. Apr. 13: PSB. Apr. 10: UT. Apr. 9: SN, VoR, Sen. Apr. 6: Nov., X. Mar. 31: LAT. Mar. 15: SpN, BBC. Mar. 10: SpO, SpP. Mar. 8: AW&ST, ASM. Mar. 3: SpP. Mar. 1: SI, Nat. Feb. 28: NwS, Nat., ST. Feb. 27: SpO, AP, KSJ. Feb. 24: SpN, SpP. Feb. 23: SN. Feb. 22: Nov. (via Roskosmos FB [alt.]). Feb. 21: W. Feb. 17: LAT. Feb. 14: BBC, NwS, SC, HCB. Feb. 13: SW; SpN, SI, TSR, Sp. Feb. 10: AW&ST, SpP. Feb. 9: SI, SC. Feb. 7: SC, NaP, ST. Feb. 6: BBC, Dsc. Jan. 31: Nov. Indian Mars mission almost approved for 2013: ToI (more), IEV, UPI. Earlier: ET, Wir., VoR. Valles Marineris Explorer vision: DLR PM. Huge Mars crater catalog: AGU PR. Mars full of deep water: ESA PR. Martian organic making: NASA Release, BdW. Climate history zeitgeist changes: Nat. New landform periodic bedrock ridges: AGU PR. Interior Layered Deposits idea: NASA Release. Magnetism's fate: ASU Blog. Mars sounds: Univ. Southh. PR. Mars travel psychology: Forbes. Mars craters & life: Edinbg. PR | MSL papers by Grotzinger & al. and Kite & al., MSL Updates, Status, MEX MSL Blog, MSL Chronicles, Gale Gazette, EDL timeline, new EDL video (sequel), Aeolis Mons in Gale crater (cant name a mountain for a dead Mars scientist), new landing ellipse (more), JPL & NASA Releases of Aug. 5, Aug. 4, Aug. 3, Aug. 2, July 30 (more), July 28, July 27, July 24 [NASA], July 16 (more; related, dito), July 2, June 26, June 11, Mar. 28, Mar. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 7 and Jan. 27, ESA Releases of Aug. 3, July 27 and July 25, MPG Release of Aug. 3, UTK Release of Aug. 3, DLR PM vom 3.8., UA Release of Aug. 2, CSIRO Release of Aug. 2, AGU Release of July 5, ASU Release & Blog of Aug. 3 and June 1, SwRI PR of Jan. 27, S@N of Aug. 2, July 30, July 16, June 11 and Feb. 24 and coverage of Aug. 5: NaB, AlJ, AB, WP, PaS, PSB, SC, Dsc., CL, PLoS, NSF, CNN, PlW, ST, TS, ZdS. Aug. 4: SW; LAT (more, more), PSB, CNN, CL, AW&ST, BBC (more), NYT, NaB, KL. Aug. 3: CBS video, AGU Blog, NPR, BBC, CSM, MSA, Nat. (more), BBC, G, Wir., CL, Sp., DLF, BAS. Aug. 2: LAT, CL, LAT, USAT, SMH, NaB, NSG, SC, UT (more), Rtr, ASB, CSM, HP, S&T, W, KL, BdW, PrP. Aug. 1: Nat., PSB, AS, UT (more), Dsc., ScN, GiS, CS, KSJ, TCR. July 31: PBS, X, UT, ScN. July 30: CBS (more & more), NYT, TSR. July 29: SN, FT, BBC (more), KL. July 28: AGUB. July 27: KL. July 26: MaP. July 25: AW&ST, SC (more), IO9, SpN, NZZ, RFN. July 24: TPM. July 23: PSB, SC. July 20: Rtr. July 19: SC, SpP. July 18: R2E. July 17: POl, IO9, ST, Sp. July 16: SN, SFG, PSN, Dsc., CN, OSB, AFP, Rtr, BBC. July 14: LAT. July 10: NYT. July 9: E&S. July 6: PSB, SC. July 2: WSJ. June 29: PSB. June 22: PSB. June 16: MaP. June 14: UT. June 12: NwSB, BBC, ST. June 11: ScN, PSB, SC, USAT. May 11: LAT, NwSB. May 10: SN. May 9: MaB. Apr. 30: LAT. Apr. 14: MaP. Apr. 3: SMH, SBS. Apr. 1: UT. Mar. 6: SN, BBC, Tel. Feb. 27: ES, UT. Feb. 7: CS. Feb. 6: SCB. MAVEN NASA Release of May 21 and coverage of April 18: AW&ST. Fobos-Grunt post-mortem Roskosmos PR of Feb. 3 (in Russian), investigation, reentry range, ESA Release, visions of a 2nd attempt and coverage of Apr. 17: Nov., UPI. Mar. 31: BLB. Mar. 27: GhK. Feb. 27: SpR. Feb. 16: IEEE. Feb. 7: Nat., NwS, Nov. Feb. 6: SN, PSB, Nov. Feb. 3: Nov. Feb. 2: TASS. Feb. 1: SaO, Nov., TASS, ST. Jan. 31: VoR, Nov. (earlier), TASS, Reuters, AP [alt.], AFP, PS, SC, UT, Dsc., Sp., Tw. Jan. 30: JSR, TSR, SpO, AlJ. Jan. 29: Txc. Jan. 26: RT, KyP, Tw. (more). Jan. 25: SC, UT, SpO, SaO. Jan. 24: TASS, Wir. Jan. 23: STC. Jan. 21: SC, SSM. Jan. 20: ST. Phoenix result on Martian soil after 3 years: Imp.C. PR. Still sitting around: HiRISE pic, MaP. InSight proposal: JPL Release. 'New' Rosetta images unveiled 5 (Mars) and 2 years (Lutetia) later: ESA PR, PSB (earlier), UMS. Lutetia questions & answers: ESA PR, BBC. Steins revisited: Stryk (more). Features there named: USGS, PSB. Simulating comet soil: LnT. Aphelion observing: Rem. Viking images newly processed: PSB. |
Saturn UpdateCool b&w animation [YT] of (mostly) Cassini pics, R.A.S. Release of Mar. 27, JPL/NASA/CICLOPS Releases of July 18 [alt.], July 10 (more), July 9, June 26, June 25 [alt.], June 13, June 6, May 31, May 21, May 2 [alt.], May 1, Apr. 26, Apr. 24 [NASA], Apr. 23 (visuals), Apr. 16, Apr. 13, Mar. 28, Mar. 26, Mar. 19 (more), Mar. 12, Mar. 2 [JPL], Feb. 23 and Jan. 23, ESA Releases of June 28, Apr. 24, Apr. 18, Mar. 29, Mar. 5, Feb. 8 and Jan. 23, Rice Release of May 22, SwRI Release of Apr. 24, LANL Release of Mar. 2, JHU APL PR of Mar. 23, AGU PR of Mar. 29, FH Aachen PM vom 8.3., Enceladus fan image and paper (also on icy satellites in general), S@N of Mar. 27 and coverage of Aug. 1: ST. July 31: S&T. July 30: BdW. July 29: BBC, G. July 24: IO9. July 19: WWN. :-) July 13: SwB. July 11: BBC, BdW. June 29: T. June 28: Nat. June 19: S&T. June 13: NwS. May 11: UT. May 3: UT. May 1: UT. Apr. 23: BdW. Apr. 4: Dsc. Mar. 30: PSB, UT. Mar. 29: BBC. Mar. 26: BBC, PSB. Mar. 22: BBC. Mar. 21: UT. Mar. 16: S&T. Mar. 14: S&T. Mar. 8: PSB. Mar. 6: ST. Mar. 2: BBC. Feb. 22: PSB. Feb. 8: APOD. Feb. 3: SwB. Feb. 1: NwSB. Jan. 31: IO9. Jan. 27: NwS. Jan. 26: PSB. Juno looks ar UMa; trajectory correction: NASA, JPL Releases (earlier). Jupiter jet stream: JPL Release. Jupiter aurora mechanism: NwS. Io map: ASU News, UT. |
ISS, Tiangong, NASA politics etc. UpdateSoyuz landing pics, Shenzhou Updates, pictures, redocking, launch vid, Diary, Dragon2ISS SW Live-Blog w/many links, Status, official Launch Blog, NSF discussion, SpaceX Press Kit [NASA], backgrounder, capture vid, rendezvous pics, official mission pictures, launch pics, prelaunch and rollout pics, ISS cosmonaut pictures and interviews on May 29 and April 11, Gerst training pics, SCA & Discovery transfer flight pics (more, more, more, more and more) and video (more, more, more), NASA Astrophysics Senior Review, NASA FY2013 Budget Request OMB Summary (OMB budget page), complete document (775 pg.!) and presser transcript, robot handshake video, Soyuz TMA-04M problems, ESA astronaut candidates group blog, Progress launch video, ATV arrival timelapse(!), picture, more pictures [NASA], timelapse and screenshots plus status, NASA Releases of July 27/a>, July 25, July 19, July 18 (other story), July 14, July 12, July 2, July 1, June 29, June 28, June 11, May 31, May 29, May 25 (later, more and more), May 23, May 22 (more), May 19, May 18, May 17, May 16, May 14, May 11, Apr. 27, Apr. 26, Apr. 20, Apr. 17 (more and more), March 7, March 1 (another), Feb. 27, Feb. 13, Feb. 10, Feb. 8, Feb. 7, Feb. 2, Jan. 26, ESA Releases & Blog of July 31, July 1, June 29, June 26, May 30, May 25, May 1, Apr. 10, Apr. 5, Apr. 3, Mar. 29, Mar. 23, Mar. 21, Mar. 8, Mar. 5, Mar. 2 (ATV Blog), Feb. 29, Feb. 27, Feb. 16, Feb. 8 and Feb. 7, CERN PR of July 25, China MOD PR of June 25, SpaceX Releases of May 30, May 25, May 24 and May 22, JAXA Release of July 28, DLR PM vom 23.3., AAS Statement of Feb. 23, DPS Statement of Feb. 20, Arianespace Releases of March 7 and Feb. 9, Boeing Release of April 3, TÜV Gruppe Nord PM vom 29.3., APS PR of Feb. 14. NSS PR of Feb. 13, Space Frontier Foundation PR of Jan. 27, CSA ISS 'benefits' statement, OSTP Blog of Apr. 20, Pettit Blog of Apr. 19, Bolden Blog of June 14, April 3 and Feb. 7 and coverage of Aug. 2: UT, FB, Sp. Aug. 1: NSF, Nov. July 29: RT, ST. July 27: UT. DrL, ST. July 26: Rtr, SyB. July 25: BBC, NwSB, SC, ST, TwP. July 24: TASS. July 23: NSF. July 22: Ori. July 21: SW w/vid, pic, links; ST. July 20: NSF. July 19: NSF. July 18: NwS, Nov. July 17: AFP, ST, Sp. July 16: NSF. July 13: SpN. July 9: FR. July 8: FT. July 6: BBC, BLB. July 5: SpO, CS, SpP. July 3: NSF, ST (earlier). July 2: SN, CD. July 1: Rtr, X, ST, Sp. June 30: TASS. June 29: SW w/pics & links; BBC, CS, NSF, CBS, X (more and more), CD (more), CNN (more and more), MOB, SD, SN, ST, KL, TAZ, Sp. June 28: PrP. June 27: SpP. June 26: SN, X, FAZ, KL. June 25: CS, PD, Hin. June 24: X, CS, SpO, NSF, G, ST, Sp. June 23: SpO, SN, BBC, SMT, CN. June 22: NPR, BBC, CNN. June 16: SW w/many pics & links til June 19; SF101, NYT. | June 15: BBC, X, CS, SD (more), BBC, ST. June 14: SpO, SpP, SD (more), KL. June 13: X, CD, MSNBC, SC, SD. June 12: BBC, NSF, NwSB, STC. June 11: SC. June 9: BBC, ST. June 4: SpR, Preprint. June 1: CS, SpP, NwS, UT, ASt. May 31: SW; PBB, CS, PSB, LAT, AP, SC, NYT, NSF, CL, BBC, ST, TS, Sp. May 30: SC, UT, PSB, SSI, AsW, UNAWE, SpO. May 29: For., SpR (more), DLF. May 28: SN, SpN, SpP. May 27: OS. May 26: CS, SC, ST. May 25: SpN, CS, SN, AW&ST, BBC, CSM, Wir., LAT, AT, PSB, NwSB (more), NYT, Nat., WP, G, CL, SC (more), DLF. May 24: AW&ST, UT, ST. May 23: Rtr, SpP, HCB, Ori. May 22: SW; SpN, CBS, CS, NPR, NYT, AE, UT, NaB, AP, ST. May 21: CBS, BBC, SpN, PoM, UT, Tw. May 20: SC, UT. May 19: BBC, NYT, NG, IO9, Tel., SC (more), AT, BaS, MaB, NSF, SpO, Dsc., Rtr, ST. May 18: SC, SN, UT, PSB. May 17: SN, SC, WHB, MaB, ST, GhK. May 16: CS, AFP, NSF. May 15: SW w/links; SN, Dsc., SC, BEB, Atl., KSJ, ST, Ori., Eur. May 14: CBS, SN, SpR, MrA. May 13: Tel., CS, SpP. May 11: NSF, SZ. May 6: ST. May 3: ST. May 1: ST. April 30: SW w/links; SN, CBS, Sp., KL. April 28: UT, Hin., ST. April 27: SW w/many links; SpN, Hol., KJRH, ST, KL. April 26: CS, SC, HoR. April 25: Nat. April 24: HCB, ST, DPA. April 23: SC (earlier and other story), ST. April 22: CBS. April 21: BBB. April 20: SW w/links; LuL, HC, NSF, SN (other story). April 19: CL, ST. April 18: SpN, SpP, BBC vid, ABC, WP, WHB, AW&ST, SpW, AT, UT, SN, NYT, SC, DW, ST. April 17: SW (maaany pics & links), BBC, VoA, WP, CSM, CS, Hill, PSB, NG, CNNB, AdC, SpW, SR, ST, Reason.tv. April 16: SN, SpN, Dsc. April 14: OS. April 12: ST. April 11: SN, SC. April 10: Daily Show (extended parts 1 and 2). April 9: BBC. April 5: SN, NBC. April 4: AW&ST. April 3: SB. April 2: SN. April 1: STS. March 31: Nat. March 30: ISS. March 29: SpN, SpP, FO, PbA, ST. March 28: SN, BBC, DLF. March 24: Kuipers Blog. ST, Nov. March 23: BBC, SpP, Sp. March 21: SC. March 9: ST. March 8: NSF, SpP. March 7: SpN, SC, SpP, ST. March 6: Dsc. March 5: NwSB. March 4: FTB. March 3: ST. March 2: SN, BBC, T, KSJ, ST. March 1: GlM, SN, NPR , NSF, Dsc., X, SC, ST. Feb. 29: NSF, SN, PSB. Feb. 28: SN, DMN, CS. Feb. 27: SN, PBS. Feb. 26: SpP. Feb. 24: ASM, TO. Feb. 23: NPR. Feb. 22: HP, Nov. (via Roskosmos FB). Feb. 21: SN, IAd. Feb. 20: SpN (more), STS. Feb. 19: HP, ST. Feb. 18: SpP. Feb. 17: AW&ST, X, LAT, PbA, SD, ST, Sp. (mehr). Feb. 16: ATV Blog, PD, SD, CbS. Feb. 15: SpN, AW&ST, SC, CSM, eAs, CRI, SpP, PbA. Feb. 14: Nat., SpP (earlier), CL, KSJ, ZDF, DLF, TwP ONE, TWO and THREE. Feb. 13: SW w/many links; FuP, SN (more), SC, SpO, SI, UT, Wir., Rtr, PbA, WPB, LiM, SR, KSJ, ST. Feb. 12: WP. Feb. 11: ST. Feb. 10: SpN, AW&ST, W., SC, SpP, ST. Feb. 9: WP, SI, SpO. Feb. 8: SN, SCB, ST. Feb. 7: SN, SpN, NSF, DLF. Feb. 6: TASS, NwS, SpP. Feb. 5: WP. Feb. 4: RT (w/"astrology labs" on the Moon :-), Tw. Feb. 3: SN, SpP, ST. Feb. 2: SC (more), SN. Feb. 1: SC, KSJ. Feb.: Reason. Jan. 31: SC, HCB, SpP, KSJ, ST. Jan. 30: CS. Jan. 29: SpO. Jan. 28: HC, SpP, ST (ST), Sp. Jan. 27: TASS, SC (other story), Sla., SpO (earlier), WP (other story), NYT, KSJ. Jan. 26: SN, G, SC, Reas., EPA, SpP (earlier), NaB. Jan. 25: SN. Jan. 24_ Dsc., SpO. Jan. 23: SN, SpP. Jan. 21: Al., Pill. |
E-ELT approved - mostly!ESO is to build the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world - the ESO Council has approved the European Extremely Large Telescope program, pending confirmation of four so-called ad referendum votes: ESO, STFC and RAS Releases, BBC, PW, SI, S&T, SC, Rtr, KSJ, ST, Sp. Earlier - problems with ESO membership of Brazil a threat: SaA. Mirror tests: ESO PR. VLTI with three scopes vs. AGN: UCSB and MPIfR Releases. VLTI combines all four: BBC. VLT AO mirror: ESO PR. Four Laser Guide Star Facility for VLT: ESO PR. Hail VLT: BBC. Hail LBT: papers by Esposito & al., Skemer & al., Close & al. and again Esposito & al., PR (pics), S&T. GTC running out of cash? WB. GMT bang & mirror making & status: GMTO PR (more), Carnegie (earlier), CfA Releases, blast webcast recording, NaB, SI, S&T, NPR, SC (earlier), Ow. TMT wants NSF $$: PR. LMT ideas: DLF. Dome A astro action: Aussie-Chinese workshop. Project 1640: AMNH and JPL Releases, S&T. KMOS for VLT: Blog, BBC. HAWAII 4RG-15 image sensor: IfA PR. GREGOR ready: homepage, AIP & MPG PMn, S&T, Sp. Wendelstein 2-m ready: LMU PM. BTA refurbishment: S&T. CFHT shutter down: updates. DCT ready: Dsc. (more). HETDEX plans: S&T. CTIO Blanco secondary damaged prior to DES installation: notice; Eco. Subaru back; AO: NAOJ Ann., PR. PFS @ Subaru: IPMU PR. Keck laser improvements: Keck PR. MOSFIRE @ Keck I installed - and 1st light: Keck (earlier) and UCLA Releases, video, picture. Dome A astronomy: TAMU PR.LCOGT 1st light in TX: McD Obs. and LCOGT Releases. MKIDS detector: Nat. 1 billion stars pic: SC. DCT 1st light: S&T. LSST progress, partners, camera, visions: NSF and SLAC Releases, Nat., HP, NPR. FTD moves: NSO PR. Gemini book: abe. Keck movie, interferometry closure: Vm., S&T. IR detector progress: RIT PR. EHT planning: NwS. Hypertelescope: Forbes. VLA low frequency, renaming party: NRL and NRAO Releases. VLBI correlator: JIVE PR. Onsala gets 2 new dishes: Chalmers PR. Hat Creek management: Berkeley and SRI Releases. 8000-km telescope: CSIRO PR. ALMA science, upgrade & Cycle 1 call: NRAO and ESO (more) Releases, asb, S&T, MSNBC, asb, pre-ann. Also BBC (earlier), NYT, G, KLTV, asb (more and more), pretty pictures, JIVE gets RSA; review: PR (earlier). SCUBA new camera, 25 years JCMT: RASR, JACH (more) and Edinbg. Releases. LOFAR open for int'l community: Call (PR). LOFAR Finland: Blog. Repairing LOFAR storm damage; early science: paper by van Weeren & al., ASTRON PR. UK Blog, Dsc. eMERLIN results: Jodrell PM. Dwingeloo restoration: ASTRON PR. SKA decicion delayed, apparently RSA recommended, split possible: Apr. 4, Mar. 21 and Feb. 17 statements; ICRAR, Nat., PWB, FPJ, eAs, Conv., PrP, Tw. (more), numerous stories in German. Earlier: SKA PR, NaB, SMH, PW, Nat., BBC, AN, SC, RR, New Times (Rwanda), Age [alt.], ICRAR, Conv., ItD, W. U.K. astronomy - hard decisions: STFC and RAS Releases, Nat., S&T, EAs, Nat., SkM. H.E.S.S. II ready: MPIK PR and PM, NwSB, WdP. New detailled foreground maps from Planckreleased while actual cosmology is still a year away: ESA Science, BIS, ESA, Planck, UCSB and JPL Releases, Dsc., IO9, DLF. JWST progress report by a manager and releases and coverage of July 19: NASA Feat. June 14: NASA PR. May 29: SN. May 9: ESA, ASTRON and MPIA Releases. Apr. 24: NASA PR. Apr. 12: NASA PR. Feb. 27: Northrup PR. Feb. 25: AcN. Feb. 18: LAT. Feb. 17: SC. Feb. 15: LRB. Feb. 13: T. Spitzer image release, warm best-of: RAS and CfA Releases. SOFIA upgrade, early papers: 7-min. slide show, A&A, MPIfR [D], Uni K, DSI, DLR, MPG, NASA, A&A and JHU Releases, DSI PM. HST data mining plan: UCR Today. GALEX lend to Caltech! NASA, Caltech and JPL Releases, earlier Feb. 7 update, some pretty pics, a pre-history and coverage of May 16: SpN, SN. Feb. 10: SN. Chandra Deep Field North: Herschel News. WISE data free, all-sky map & blazar hunt: Update, JPL Release (more). ASTRO-H agreement: ESA PR. JPL and UCLA Releases, asb, G. Fermi sky map, mystery sources: S@N, SLAC Tidbit, SC. AGILE @5a: ASI PR. HST ESA archive moves: HST PR.Wild Early Lives of Today's Most Massive Galaxiesunveiled by APEX: ESO and STFC Releases. More APEX stuff: ESO PR, MPIfR & MPG PMn, DLF. LIRGs: CANDELS Blog. Earliest spiral galaxy: UCLA and Keck Releases, S&T, BBC, NwS. Ghost & dark galaxies: ESO, HST and HST ESA Releases, S&T, ST. Red spirals are not dead: asb. ULIRG: NAOJ PR. Rectangular galaxy: paper by Graham & al., NAOJ and Swinburne Releases, NwS, KSJ. Defining "galaxy": paper by Willman & Strader, asb. Fast galaxy growth: NBI PR. Under 'dark halo' old galaxies have many more stars: ASTRON and ING Releases. GOODS-Herschel & star formation: Jodrell Bank PR. Intense Starburst HDF850.1 in a Galaxy Overdensity at z=5.2 in the Hubble Deep Field: paper by Decarli & al., MPIA PR, MPG PM. NRAO & star formation: PR. Star formation & gamma rays: asb. Recycling & feeding galaxies: ESO, Keck and MPIA Releases. NGC 5907 swirls explained: paper by Wang & al., Obs. PM PR. M 31 proper motion means guaranteed MW merger: HST, NASA, STScI Releases, S@N, HST Blog, asb, Nat., S&T, ScN, BBC, Z., BdW, Sp. M 31 double core: S&T. Stealth merger of dwarfs: paper by Martinez-Delgado, Subaru, UCLA, MPIA and UCSC Releases, MPG PM, S&T. Neutral hydrogen in local galaxies: CSIRO PR. Calculations: U. Del. PR. Ultra-faint cluster: CFHT and Keck Releases. Globular cluster history & Sigma-M: asb, MPA and RAS Releases, Sp. MW center gamma beam: CfA PR. Distant galaxy stuff: NAOJ, ALMA and ASU Releases, KSJ. QSO, BH outflows: NASA Topic, ESA Release, asb. BHC HLX-1: CSIRO PR. BH growth: Leicester, CfA, Chandra and Utah Releases, ST. BH feeding: HST PR. BHC in Cen A: RAS PR. BHs & star formation: ESA, NASA, RAS, CXC, NASA and JPL Releases. Gas & dust around BHC: Jodell PR (pios), MPIA PM, BBC. B field origin: S&T. Sgr A* asteroid flares? Paper by Zubovas & al., CXC PR [NASA, RAS], asb, CD. Galaxy formation (Subaru & UKIRT): NAOJ PR. Sgr A* cloud visit: You., KL, Tw. MW oldest stars, components, archaeology: FNAL and HST Releases, ScN, asb, TAZ, BdW. MW dust filament w/APEX: ESO PR. MW B field: NRL PR. Big stellar cluster: ING PR. Cluster NGC 6774: PSU PR. MW escape: Dartmouth PR. IMBH seeds: NAO PR. Star cluster around IMBH: paper by Farrell & al., CfA, U. Sydney and ESA HST, NASA and HST Releases, KSJ, BdW. BH formation like planets: S&T. Build a Middleweight Black Hole: AMNH = RAS PR. Biggest BHs: asb.First ultraluminous source in M 31 unmasked as stellar mass black hole: MPE, RAS Releases. BH kick out: NASA and CfA Releases. BH light echoes: ESA and NASA Releases. Two (or three?) black holes in one galactic center: asb. Star-shredding BH: NASA, HST, GALEX, JPL, CfA and JHU Releases, Nat., NwS, asb, AT, KSJ. BH accretion, growth: NwS, asb. I Zw 18 details: Uni Porto PM, SwB. Quasar distance: PW. Quasars as lenses: HST PR. Lensed galaxy: U. Chic. PR, S&T. Galaxy cluster motion: paper by Hand & al., PW. Filament between galaxy clusters: JPL and McGill Releases. Merging galaxy clusters: ING PR. Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies: NAOJ PR. Musketball cluster: CXC PR. Distant galaxy cluster: TX A&M, Carnegie Releases. Z=9.6 galaxy: paper by Zheng & al., Nat., KSJ. KSZ effect: paper by Hand & al., Princeton and SDSS Releases, asb, NwS. SZ & ALMA: asb. Inflation helpful: Buffalo PR. Cosmic infrared background fluctuations in deep Spitzer/IRAC survey data: paper by Kashlinsky & al., JPL Release, CMB with SPT: CfA PR. CMB gravitational lensing: asb. CMB & clusters: Nat. Lensing cluster: asb. CMB knots not: BBC. EBL: CANDELS Blog. DE big picture: GP (more). BOSS delivers DE onset: MPE (links to 6 papers), RAS, CfA, SDSS, LBL Releases, BBC, AiG. 103,000 spectra in one month: SDSS Blog. Springel grant: HITS PR. Reionization & runaway stars: asb. Runaway in Ori: paper by Chatterjee & Tan, NwS. Lensing and DE: IPMU PR. A new heating source in cosmological structure formation: HITS PR [Deutsch]. Dark Matter clump left behind in Abell 520: CFHT, UCD, CXC, SFSU, HST Releases, S&Z. Dark matter detections, simulations & complications: U. Mich., TACC, IPMU and R.A.S. Releases, asb, PW, Nat., AT, ScN, LAT, NwS, KSJ, Sp. No DM near Sun - nope, paper all wrong: new paper by Bovy & Tremaine, Res., ItD, CV, NwS, UT vs. ESO PR, SC, SwB, VzS, Strassler, ScN, CV, ItD, Nat., ScN, NwS, SB. Universe simulation: CNRS Release. Wrinkle in spacetime: UCD PR. Cosmologist price: Stanford PR, NYT. Ho determination: asb. Galaxy handedness mystery: asb. Variable stars in old plates analyzedand even new types found: SC. Star merger witnessed: asb. Most very bright high-mass stars do not live alone: ESO and Uni BN Releases, NwS. Red dwarf orbits: paper by Nefs & al., AN. McNeil nebula: paper by Hamaguchi & al., RIT PR, S&T. Eta Car light echo: STScI, UCSB, Carnegie Releases, Nat., S&T, AT, T., CD, SwB, SC, Sp. More on the burst: paper by Davidson & Humphreys. SN physics: Caltech PR. SN 1957D X-rays: CXC and NASA Releases, Sp. SNe in 3D: asb. SN cocoon breakthrough: CXC PR. SN Ia - two mechanisms? Paper by Foley & al., Carnegie and CfA Releases, ScN, asb. SN shock break-out: NASA and CXS Releases. SN experiment: UIO PR. Polaris shrinking: ScN, WdP. Red giant mass loss: Uni Manchester PR, AT, SC. Sirius' evolution: ArP. WISE dust star: NASA PR. Betelgeuze's bowshock: asb. Yellow supergiants: NOAO PR. Super-close binary stars: RAS PR. White dwarf pulsations: asb. Old & close WDs: OU PR. SN rate from SDSS: SDSS PR. SN Ia mechanism: CfA and NASA Releases, S&T. SN physics analogues: APS. Pulsar with big glitch: paper by Pletsch & al., AEI PR, MPG, AEI, MPIfR PMn, NwS. Super-fast moving pulsar: Chandra = NASA Release. Pulsar recycling: MPG und Uni BN PMn, MPIfR PR, PW. GR testing w/PSRs: S&T. Disappearing pulsar: NwS. Heavy PSR: NwS. Crab wind: MPK PR, AT. Vela pulsar wind nebula: ESA PR. Magnetar modelling: ESA PR. RXTE & n *: NASA PR. Cas A inside out: NASA Release (picture). CO in Cas A: ISAS PR. Black hole candidate wind: NASA and U. Mich Releases, CXC 'pic'. GRB physics, use: Nat. (more), asb (more). Star birth: RAS PR. Stellar rotation: AIP PR. Ultracool star: PSU PR. Tellurium in ancient stars: MIT Release. H3+: UA News. Solid buckyballs in space: JPL = RAS Releases. ISM in the lab: MPK PM. M dwarf problem? asb.Does imaged exoplanet Fomalhaut-b exist?The 2008 discovery, apparently confirmed since, is being questioned: paper by Janson & al., HST Blog, Nat. Earlier: USAT, UT, ScN, asb, NwS. Follow-up - and Herschel als ALMA images: paper by Acke & al. [alt.], NRAO, U. Fla., ESA [alt.], ESO, ALMA, Herschel, JPL and Leuven Releases, asb, S&T, ScN, AlJ. Kepler mission extension ok'd: Ames, Boulder, JPL and LASP Releases, asb, S&T, SN, SFG, KSJ, ST. Stats: PHB, ScN. Follow-up ideas: S@N. Manager Updates of Aug. 1, July 24 and Mar. 22, NwS. Evaporating Kepler planet? Paper by Rappaport & al., NASA, JPL and and MIT Releases, asb, BdW. 11 more confirmed Kepler planetary systems: NASA [alt., JPL] and U Fl. Releases, NaB, ST. Now 2321 candidates 'official': paper by Batalha & al., Kepler News, asb (earlier), ZoB. More statistics: U Fla. PR. Kepler & flaring stars: Nat., S&T, NG, BBC, LAT, WdP, Nat. Podc. (from 6:30). Kepler-30 details: paper by Sanchis-Ojeda & al., Dsc., NwS, TP. Kepler-16 details, circumbinary planets in general: paper by Bender & al., PSU PR, axb. CoRoT-20b extremely dense: paper by Deleuil & al., NG. Habitability & Jupiter: CD, AB. GJ 1214b H2O atmo: paper by Berta & al., HST, CfA Releases, S&T, BBC, NYT, KSJ, ST, Sp. 'Nomad' extrapolation: paper by Strigari & al., Stanford PR, S&T, UT, KSJ, DLF. Exoplanet evolution: asb. Oldest exoplanet: MPIA PM, NG. Close exoplanet pair at Kepler-36: papers by Carter & al. and Deck & al., UFl., U. Wash., IAS, CfA and JPL Releases, NwS, AT, KSJ. Destroying super-Mercury: asb. Interview D. Fischer: YDN. That microlensing one-planet-for-every-star paper for free - so why not talk again about it. And again ... Wandering planets - one for Sol, too? Paper by Perets & Kouwenhoven, ScN, IO9. Moon spectroscopy as life detection test: ESO PR, Nat., NwS, PW, ScN, AT, BdW, DLF, WdP. TYC 8241 2652 disk: Gemini, UCLA and JPL Releases, asb, ScN, Rtr, ST. HD 202862 disk: ScN. Planet accretion model, disk physics: Carnegie and WUStL Releases. Russian exoplanet plans: Nov. (acknowledging one of the 1980s Canadian planets).Red dwarf planet in HZ, Gliese 667Cc: papers by Angala-Escude & al., Delfosse & al. and Bonfils & al., Encyc. page, UCSC, IfA, Carnegie, Keck, PHL and UiO Releases, Uni Goettingen PM, SC, PW, Dsc. (more), Tel., DM, CD, UT, IO9, KSJ (more, still more), C&E, WL (mehr), BdW, W., Post. :-) Gliese 581 controversy: SC. 55 Cnc e light: paper by Demory & al., JPL Release, S@N, asb, PW. Evaporating & changing HD 189733b: paper by Lecavelier des Etangs & al., ESA, HST [alt.], NASA and McD Releases, S@N. Vaporizing Earths: WUStL PR. Further HARPS M dwarf planets extrapolation: ESO PR, PWB, ST, Sp. CoRoT-7b: SyT. Tau Boo b study: papers by Brogi & al. and Rodler % al., ESO and Carnegie Releases, PW, S&T, ST. UCF 1.01: paper by Stephenson & al., NASA and UCF Releases, OS, CD, AS, ST, TP. Laser combs: PW, MPQ PM. Earth-like hunt: PHB. HZ questions: Nat., DlC, BdW. Giant planet formation: ESA Release. TTV detection: SwRI PR, PW, KSJ. Dust rings & exoplanets: HST PR, NwS. Life transfer: Purdue PR. Small exoplanets don't need metals: NBI, CfA and JPL Releases, S&T, HP, CD, BdW. Exoplanet orbit stats: UA News and Leicester PR. Nine planets for HD 10180? Paper by Tuomi; Encyc., graphic, Nat., USAT, PSB, Dsc., CD. Solar system 'normal' after all? CAUP PR. White dwarfs & planet remains: AT. Runaway planets: CfA PR. Capturing planets: CfA PR, KSJ. Planet-star merger transients: asb. Pre-brown dwarf detection: paper by Andre & al., AT. Brown dwarf in transit, KELT-1b: OSU PR [alt.], S&T. Brown dwarf formation: UWO PR. Ultra-cool BD: RAS PR. WISE BD tally: paper by Kirkpatrick & al., JPL and NASA Releases, S&T. Dawn back at 680 km in final science orbitaround asteroid Vesta: New 3D video, EGU Apr. 25 presser recording, Approach data, Dawn Journal of July 25, Mar. 29, Feb. 29 and Jan. 27, JPL / NASA Releases of June 14, June 6, May 10 [NASA], Apr. 25, Apr. 18, Mar. 21 and Jan. 25, SwRI and ASU Releases and coverage of May 14: ST. Apr. 26: SN. Apr. 19: PSB. Apr. 5: SC. March 29: S&T. March 21: Nat. March 7: UT. Feb. 17: PSB. Feb. 14: PSB. Hayabusa 2 o.k.: UCF PR, SN, NwS, UT. Samples from #1: JAXA Feature, AsS, SC, AT, NwSB, WdP, BdW. Planetarium show: Goo. GRAIL early science, primary mission finshed ahead of time, extension follows. Lunar Highlands abstract, NASA / JPL Releases of May 29, Mar. 27, Mar. 7 and Feb. 1 [alt.; JPL] and coverage of May 30: SpN. Apr. 10: CbS. Mar. 21: SN. Feb. 1: PSB. Chang'e 2 moon map: X, PSB. Chang'3 on track for 2013: CO, X., Rtr. LRO moon map, analysis, citizen science: LGM model, AGU Hilights, UNH, NLSI [Ames], USRA, NASA (more) and CosmoQuest Releases, LNW, S&T, Wir. Chandrayaan 2 set for 2014: DNA; Hin. Chandrayaan 1 lunar volcanism: paper by Chauhan & al., DcH, AsS. Russian 2020s and other geberal plans: Roskosmos, Nov. ESA Lunar Lander testing: ESA Release. Apollo analysis: ESRF PR. Moon formation: BBC. Regolith bubbles: LSI. Understanding lunar orientation, B field, impact history: Caltech, NLSI and Harvard Releases, NwS, SC, ST, BdW, DLF. Electric Moon: LnS, GSFC Feature. Lunar interview: DLR. Venus Express NASA Release of March 5, ESA Releases of Apr. 5, Mar. 16 and Feb. 10 (more), NaB, SC, ABC, NG, ST. Star tracker trouble, resolved: PSB (earlier), ESA Release, SC. New Horizons update of Jan. 27.
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