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2005 Astronomy Magazine Index

Subject index flyby of , 2:72–77 Einstein, Albert, 2:30–53 Cassiopeia (), 11:20 See also relativity, theory of Numbers Cassiopeia A (), stellar handwritten manuscript found, 3C 58 ( remnant), pulsar in, 3:24 remains inside, 9:22 12:26 3-inch , 12:84–89 Cat's Eye , dying star in, 1:24 Einstein rings, 11:27 (), two of, Celestron's ExploraScope , Elysium Planitia (on ), 5:30 12:33 2:92–94 ('s ), 11:32

2003 UB313, 10:27, 11:68–69 Cepheid , 1:72 atmosphere of water vapor, 6:22 2004, review of, 1:31–40 Boreale (on Mars), 7:28 Cassini flyby, 7:62–65, 10:32 25143 (asteroid), 11:27 chonrites, and gamma-ray bursts, 5:30 Eros (asteroid), 11:28 coins, celestial images on, 3:72–73 Eso Chasma (on Mars), 7:28 color filters, 6:67 Espenak, Fred, 2:86–89 A Hale-Bopp, 7:76–79 extrasolar , 9:30 Aeolis (on Mars), 3:28 comets extrasolar planets Alba Patera ( volcano), 2:28 from beyond , 12:82 first image of, 4:20, 8:26 Aldrin, Buzz, 5:40–45 dust trails of, 12:72–73 first light from, who captured, 7:30 (star), 9:20 evolution of, 9:46–51 newly discovered low- planets, Amalthea ('s moon), 9:28 extrasolar, 9:30 1:68–71 amateur telescopes. See telescopes, Conselice, Christopher, 1:20 smallest, 9:26 amateur whether have diamond layers, 5:26 Andromeda (M31), 10:84–89 See also names of specific extraterrestrial life, 4:28–34 disk of surrounding, 7:28 constellations eyepieces, telescope. See Tele Vue 13mm extended star clusters in, 7:27 appearance from different planets, eyepiece observing, 12:22 10:78 antimatter, 3:16 Constellation X mission, 10:52–58 Arizona, Meteor Crater in, 6:25 Coronado Technology Group's Personal F Aromatum Chaos (on Mars), 2:28 Solar Telescope (PST), 1:78–81 Fermi's paradox, 11:34–41 Arp 107 (galaxy), 10:26 cosmic magnification, 8:32 film, with, 4:64–69 Arp 299 (galaxy), 9:30 cosmic microwave background (CMB), filters Arsia Mons (Martian volcano), 10:30 3:28, 10:40–45 color filters, 6:67 Association of Lunar and Planetary cosmic rays, source of, 5:26 light-pollution reduction (LPR) Observers (ALPO), 3:74–77 cosmic strings, 10:46–51 filters, 8:82–85 Cosmo 1 (spacecraft), 10:28 nebula filters, 8:82–85 binary, 12:54–58 cost of astronomy as hobby, 6:14 Fobos-Grunt mission, 2:24 discovering, 3:68–71 Coyne, George, 3:46–51 fuel, for rockets/spacecraft, 10:18 astrophotography , size of dust particles in, with Canon's Digital Rebel camera, 10:24 6:72–75 G of 's moon, 11:80–83 with film, 4:64–69 D See also dwarf galaxies with Meade's Deep Sky imager, Daedalia Planum (Martian volcanic clusters of 6:80–83 plain), 9:28 center of, 6:34–39 permanent sites for, 10:96–100 Dark Ages, cosmic, 1:28 collision of, 1:26 techniques, 8:74–77, 9:78–81 , 2:22 collision of, 9:32–37 using small telescopes, 5:70–73 in elliptical galaxies, 7:26 earliest, 4:58–60 "astrospeak," 2:16 surrounding NGC 4555 (galaxy), elliptical, dark matter in, 7:26 2:25 low-surface-brightness (LSB) Deep Impact mission, 6:68–70, 10:72– galaxies, 4:42–47 B 75 observing, with amateur telescopes, B1257+12 (pulsar), 5:32 (star), 9:20 6:62–65 Bahcall, John, 12:26 Digital Rebel camera, 6:72–75 origin of, 2:28 Beta Centauri (star), 2:25 Discovery (space shuttle), 5:27 variety of in early universe, 6:24 Big Bang, sound waves from, 4:22 drawing celestial objects, 11:70–72 gamma-ray bursts Big Dipper (constellation), 3:40–45 dwarf galaxies, 2:27 and chonrites, 5:30 binary asteroids, 12:54–58 and extinctions on Earth, 11:34–41 binoculars transition stage between initial under $100, 4:70 E emission and X-ray afterglow, observing with, 6:20 Earth 12:29 black holes, 2:28, 10:80–81 core of, 12:28 Gemini (constellation), 4:16 books, astronomy, 8:78–81 extinctions on, 11:34–41 GL 3685A (star), 9:26 frequency of transiting (if seen glaciers, on Mars, 6:25 from Mars), 9:69 globular star clusters, 8:62–65 C future of, 5:18 Gould, Andrew, 5:22 Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope seasons on, 5:66–67 gravitational lenses, 4:63 (CFHT), 1:27 eclipses, lunar, on Jupiter, 2:25 gravitational of light, Canon's Digital Rebel camera, 6:72–75 eclipses, solar measuring, 6:66–67 Cassini (spacecraft) of April 8, 2005, 9:72–75 gravity, speed of, 4:62 flyby of Enceladus, 7:62–65, 10:32, expert Fred Espenak, 2:86–89 GRB 050509b, 8:26 11:32 of March 29, 2006, 7:75 Great Red Spot (of Jupiter). See Jupiter,

1 Great Red Spot surface of, 12:30 volcanoes H Arsia Mons, 10:30 O Hadley rille (lava channel on Earth's near polar cap, 6:28 observation, astronomical moon), 12:29 potentially active, 4:24 with 3-inch telescopes, 12:84–89 Hass, Walter, 3:74–77 MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for in Autumn, 9:64–67 Hayabusa (Falcon, Japanese space Subsurface and Ionospheric drawing celestial objects during, probe), 11:27 Sounding), 1:28 11:70–72 HD 69830, 7:27 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), logbooks, 1:18 Helix Nebula, 3:24 7:26 of Mars, 11:76–79 Herschel, John, 12:48–53 math and astronomy, 9:16 in Spring, 3:62–65 Hewett 1 (nebula), 11:75 McKay, Chris, 2:20 in Summer, 7:68–71 (HST) Meade's 14-inch LX200GPS-SMT, 3:78– of Sun, 12:98–99 proposed robotic servicing mission 81 observation decks, building, 10:94–95 for, 4:20 Meade's Deep Sky imager, 6:80–83 observatories, club-run, 11:88–91 repairing Medusae Fossae (on Mars), 7:24 obsolete intercontinental ballistic positive hopes for, 12:32 Memnonia Sulcis (on Mars), 6:28 missiles (ICBM), 3:26 vs. replacing, 5:27 Mercury, 3:18 , 12:82 Hubble Space Telescope's Ultra Deep Meteor Crater, Arizona, 6:25 (), 8:40–45 Field (HUDF), 4:58–60, 11:46–49 meteors and meteorites, during Full Orion's IntelliScope XT10, 1:82–85 Huygens (spacecraft), 4:36–41 Moon, 12:20 OTS-44 (star), 5:26 Galaxy center of I bar of stars, dust, gas in, 12:26 P black holes in, 4:26 inflation of universe, 8:34–39 (IC 5067/70), 12:14–15 galaxy orbiting, 7:27 IntelliScope XT10, 1:82–85 Perseids (meteor showers), 8:70–73 hard-to-classify star clusters in, Isidis (on Mars), 3:28 Personal Solar Telescope (PST), 5:34–39 Coronado Technology Group's, 1:78– understanding origin/fate of 81 J universe by studying, 6:46–51 (Mars' moon) Mira A and Mira B (stars), 8:26 plans for Russian mission to, 2:24 jargon, astronomical, 2:16 missiles, use for space launches, 3:26 Jupiter resemblance to potato, 2:26 moon (Earth's) photography. See astrophotography Great Red Spot, 6:66 full moons, 1:73 triple eclipse, 2:25 planets, extrasolar Hadley rille (lava channel), 12:29 first image of, 4:20, 8:26 observing, 2:84–85 first light from, who captured, 7:30 K photographing, 11:80–83 made of diamonds, 11:42–45 rainbows caused by, 7:66–67 newly discovered low-mass planets, Kepler's supernova, 1:27 seas on, 5:68–69 1:68–71 kerosene, 10:18 South Pole-Aitken basin, 11:50–55 smallest, 9:26 Kinney, Anne, 1:48–53 surface of, calcium on, 10:26 whether have diamond layers, 5:26 KW Sagittarii (star), 4:20 youngest rock from, 3:24 Planet X, 2:79 KY Cygni (star), 4:20 moonbows, 7:66–67 planisheres, 10:20 moons (), 1:26, 1:74–77 L See also moon (Earth's); names of Pluto, orbit of, 8:66–67 specific moons Pollock Crater (on Mars), 8:30 Laser Interferometer Space Antenna orbiting gas-giant planets, 5:46–51 (LISA), 10:52–58 in solar system, 7:32–39 light, gravitational redshift of, 6:66–67 Moore, Patrick, 5:74–77 Q light pollution, in Canada, 10:28 mounts, telescope. See Sphinx (telescope Quaoar, 3:24 light-pollution reduction (LPR) filters, mount) 8:82–85 multiple universes, 10:34–39 logbooks, 1:18 R low-surface-brightness (LSB) galaxies, Radio-Astron (radio telescope), 9:24 4:42–47 N rainbows, caused by moonlight, 7:66–67 ray craters, on Mars, 6:25 LX200GPS-SMT telescope, 3:78–81 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) red dwarf stars, 9:68–69 relativity, theory of, 2:30–37, 2:46–53 Astronomy and Physics Division, M director of, 1:48–53 See also Einstein, Albert M101 (galaxy), 5:62–65 effect of hurricanes Katrina and Rita testing of, 2:24 (moon of asteroid 87 Sylvia), Major Ursa (constellation), 4:14 on, 12:28 for Advanced Concepts, 12:33 rockets, fuel for, 10:18 See also names of geographic features 1:26 on Mars nebulae (moon of asteroid 87 Sylvia), craters on, 11:26 dark, 8:62–65 12:33 Russia, use of missiles for space ice sheet in, 11:26 observing, in Winter, 12:76–79 Nicholson Crater, 12:30 nebula filters, 8:82–85

in northern Meridiani, 12:30 neutron stars, 3:66–67 glaciers on, 6:25 NGC 300 (galaxy), 11:24 launches, 3:26 ice sheet on, 11:26 NGC 1300 (galaxy), 4:26, 10:14–15 RY Tauri (star), 8:30 meteor shower on, 10:30 NGC 1316 (galaxy), 7:30 north polar cap, sand dunes NGC 1427A (galaxy), 6:30 surrounding, 5:30 NGC 3370 (galaxy), 5:14–15 S observing, 11:16, 11:76–79 NGC 4555 (galaxy), 2:25 Sagittarius (constellation), 8:22 ray craters on, 6:25 NGC 4625 (galaxy), 11:28 Saturn, moons of soil of, 3:28 NGC 7424 (galaxy), 3:30 13 more found, 8:26 south polar cap, mesas at, 1:29 Nicholson Crater (Mars), 12:30 Enceladus, 6:22, 7:62–65, 10:32, and Opportunity rovers on, nitrogen, 9:45 11:32 8:40–45 Noachis Terra (on Mars), 4:24, 6:28 , 11:30 Titan, 10:26 2 Scorpius (constellation), 7:22 possible methane lake on, 10:26 planetary pioneer, A, 3:74–77 SDSS J090745.0+24507 (star), 5:26 volcano on, 9:26 Benchich, Elisabeth A. seasons on Earth, 5:66–67 Tithonium Chasma (on Mars), 2:28 What happens when galaxies collide, SIPS 1259-4336 (star), 3:30, 11:75 Trifid Nebula, 4:22 9:33–37 (double star), 11:26 Tyson, Neil deGrasse, 3:20 Berman, Bob sky, why blue, 11:30 Annihilate this, 3:16 Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), 11:28 Astrospeak, 2:16 Small Magellanic Clouds (SMC), infant U Can't price passion, 6:14 stars in, 4:18 universe Expect a surprise, 7:16 SN 1987 A (supernova), 12:24 early, variety of galaxies in, 6:24 Good planets gone bad, 5:18 SN 2005cs (supernova), 11:30 evolution of, computer simulation Major Ursa phobia, 4:14 solar system, exploring outside of, 11:30 of, 9:24 masked ball, The, 8:16 (M104), 8:24 understanding by studying Milky Meet "Mr. Eclipse," 2:86–89 sound, in space, 12:36–41 Way, 6:46–51 Ode to kerosene, 10:18 sound waves, from Big Bang, 4:22 universes, multiple, 10:34–39 Stand back, Edison, 1:16 South Pole-Aitken basin (on Earth's , weather on, 2:26 You do the math, 9:16 moon), 11:50–55 USSR (United Soviet Socialists You go, I'll stay, 11:16 space Republic) space program, 8:28 Boyle, Alison effect on humans, 11:16 Uzboi Vallis (on Mars), 8:30 music of the spheres, The, 12:36–41 temperature of, 12:83 Burnham, Robert spacecraft, fuel for, 10:18 Amateur astronomer images nebula space shuttle missions, 6:24 V with HST, 3:22 spheres, why celestial objects shaped as, V354 Cephei (star), 4:20 Amateurs explore stellar cocoon, 8:16 V838 Monocerotis (star), 5:32 8:30 Sphinx (telescope mount), 11:94–97 Vega (star), 9:20 BANG, BANG, 11:26 Spirit (Mars rover), 8:40–45 , brightness if switched places Big Bang sound waves influenced , 12:26 with Mars, 11:74–75 the clustering of galaxies, 4:22 SS 433 (star), 3:34–39 Venus Express (probe), 10:27 Big KBO got a face-lift, 3:24 star clusters, hard-to-classify, 5:34–39 volcanoes, on Mars biggest stars, The, 4:20 stars near polar cap, 6:28 Black holes swarm the galactic See also neutron stars; red dwarf potentially active, 4:24 center, 4:26 stars; star clusters Voyagers 1 and 2 (spacecrafts), 2:78–79 Botox for asteroids, 11:28 classification of, 10:78–79 Cassini spots icy volcano on Titan, death of, observing, 2:80–83 9:26 dusty disks around, 3:26 W Chandra finds dark matter wraps a earliest, 12:42–47 webcams, astrophotography using, lonely galaxy, 2:25 first in universe, 1:42–47 5:70–73 Chipping pieces off Mars, 6:25 largest, 4:20 William 1 object, 2:27 Cosmic-ray source found, 5:26 names of, 2:18, 10:90–93 Do carbon-rich planets have size of at birth, 6:30 diamond layers, 5:26 StarStructure telescope, 5:78–81 Dust devil gives rover the brushoff, stellar halos, 10:28 6:25 , 10:79 Author index Dying star's heartbeat changes its Sun rhythm, 1:24 magnetic field of, 6:40–45 A Einstein passes test, 2:24 observing, 6:16, 7:20 Adler, Robert supports formation possible hidden stellar companion Big Bang in a bottle, 8:32 theory, 10:33 Black-hole breakfast, 9:30 of, 7:40–45 Exoworlds: fights over first light, whether planets would orbit if died, Chondrites and GRBs, 5:30 7:30 5:66 First stars? Not yet, 10:28 Explore a lunar debris field, 2:84–85 Szalay, Alex, 7:46–51 Making chondrules with shock First exoplanet imaged, 4:20 waves, 7:27 Frozen sea underground on Mars, Missing dark matter found in 5:30 T ellipticals, 7:26 Galaxy clusters collide, 1:26 Skewed supernovae spawn GRBs, Tarantula Nebula, 3:22 , 6:25 9:28 telescopes, amateur Going wide, going deep, 1:27 Armstrong, Jerry See also filters How far is the Pleiades, 1:26 Striking ancient skies, 3:72–73 3-inch, 12:84–89 Icy domes, flows on Titan, 2:26 Ashford, Adrian R. astrophotography using, 5:70–73 Icy Enceladus wrapped in water Orion's IntelliScope XT10, 1:82–85 centering objects in, 12:82–83 vapor, 6:22 choosing, 6:76–79, 12:18 B Infant stars in the Small Magellanic determining if has high-quality Baird, Laura Cloud, 4:18 optics, 2:79 Asteroid times 3, 12:33 Jupiter: triple eclipse, 2:25 locating faint, out-of-way objects Bakich, Michael E. Kepler's supernova turns 400, 1:27 with, 5:20 Bye-bye, Milky Way, 5:26 Last new cluster, 1:26 observing galaxies with, 6:62–65 Drama at sea, 9:75–77 M31 has "extended" giant star telescopes, professional, antique, 9:84– First exoplanet imaged, 8:26 clusters, 7:27 87 Paging through the past, 8:78–81 man who remade the universe, The, Tele Vue 13mm eyepiece, 12:90–95 Set your sights on Mars, 11:76–79 2:38–45 temperature of space, 12:83 Sketch the universe, 11:70–73 Mars cold & dry for billions of , terminology, astronomical, 2:16 Stars and the dusty disks around 11:26 Tethys (Saturn's moon), 11:30 them, 3:26 Mars Express spots ice in crater, Titan (Saturn's moon) Bartusiak, Marcia 11:26 Cassini flyby, 2:72–77 How the universe has surprised us, Mars Odyssey: Geological tangle in Huygens landing on, 4:36–41 9:38–43 Meridiani, 12:30 icy domes on, 2:26 Bell, Trudy E. Mars volcanoes may be active, 4:24

3 Martian meteor shower, 10:30 7:28 tail's tale, A, 7:22 Medusae Fossae: the view from Mars New Milky Way satellite, 7:27 visitor's guide to the Andromeda Express, 7:24 "New" star found near , 3:28 Galaxy, A, 12:22 moon among shadows, A, 11:30 Ready, set, BOOM, 9:45 You connect the dots, 11:20 More Mars water, 1:29 Stellar halos may hold cosmic clues, Healy, David NASA's latest, hottest ideas, 1:26 10:28 Join the search for space rocks, 3:68– New , 2:27 71 North polar , Hond, Bas Den 6:28 D hazy view of dark matter, A, 2:22 "Old" galaxy has new arms, 11:28 Dorminey, Bruce Oppy gets unstuck, 10:30 Dark threat, 7:40–45 Planetary Nebulae, 3:24 Darker than the night, 4:42–47 J Possible methane lake found on Durda, Dan Jakiel, Richard Titan, 10:26 Odd couples, 12:54–58 Catching the galactic carnival, 6:62– Rover finds Iron meteorite on Mars, Vagabond Moons, 5:47–51 65 4:24 Jayawardhana, Ray Roving into Martian spring, 1:29 In search of the first stars, 12:42–47 Rubble-pile moon: Amalthea, 9:28 E Jones, Jane Houston Shoot the Moon, 11:80–83 Eicher, Dave Discover fall's splendid sky sights, Short GRB puzzle, 8:26 big for astronomy, A, 1:06 9:64–67 Smallest exoplanet found - and it Eicher, David J. orbits a pulsar, 5:30 Catching up with Buzz Aldrin, 5:06 Spitzer probes the Sombrero Galaxy, cosmology special issue, The, 10:6 K 8:24 Darwin's eclipse, 9:72–74 Kenworthy, Matthew Spitzer sees dusty, "invisible" ever-weirder universe, The, 8:6 One-in-a-trillion comet, 2:26 galaxies, 7:28 Galaxy clusters heat up, 6:6 Kinney, Anne Spitzer spots an alien , Help us choose our cover, 11:6 Beyond Einstein, 10:52–58 7:27 Is anyone out there, 4:06 Kruesi, Liz Star incubators dot the Trifid Meet Astronomy's new art team, 9:6 Building a universe by computer, Nebula, 4:22 Meet the Vatican's astronomer, 3:06 9:24 Taking Meteor Crater by swarm, Remembering Einstein, 2:06 Chandra sees stars interacting, 8:26 6:25 Space Buzz, 5:40–45 Cosmic rays radiate radio waves, Tiny star has a planet-making disk, Too many moons, 7:6 9:30 5:26 Espenak, Fred Cosmic structure began with mini- Vega's dustup, 4:20 Corona light, 7:72–75 halos, 5:24 Where valley meets crater, 8:30 Cosmos 1 lost, 10:28 X-ray super-flares safeguard planets, Early universe a "zoo" of galaxies, 8:28 F 6:24 X-raying a starbirth, 6:28 Falk, Dan Mapping the sky, 11:28 Youngest Moon rock found, 3:24 Cosmic anomalies, 3:28 Probing neutron stars, 11:32 Burnman, Robert Magnified quasars confirm Einstein, Right place, right time, 11:30 Sail a hidden sea, 5:68–69 8:32 supernova's colliding winds, A, Byrne, Gerry Fazekas, Andrew 12:24 Cycle of the Sun, 6:40–45 Battle for the night sky, 10:28 Swiftly refining GRBs, 12:29 Frank, Adam Will Dextre fly to HST's rescue, 4:20 Seeing the dawn of time, 8:34–39 C Carroll, Michael L Exotic destinations, 11:30 G Ling, Alister Postcards from Mars, 8:40–45 Garget, Jacqueline Fireworks on the Fourth, 6:68–70 Chaple, Glenn Mysterious microworlds, 7:32–39 Mercury and Venus do the tango, Blinded by the moonlight, 12:20 Goldstein, Alan 6:52–56 Do the hop, 5:20 spiral masterpiece, A, 5:62–65 month of shadows, A, 5:52–56 Gemini secrets, 4:14 Greaney, George Longstaff, Alan Good Sun behavior, 6:16 Anchored to the stars, 10:96–100 Quest for a living universe, 4:28–34 Hear ye, hear ye, 11:18 Grimes, Ken Lula, Brian How to navigate the heavens, 10:20 music of the spheres, The, 12:36–41 Image like a pro, 8:74–77 Jealous Copernicus, 3:18 Observing logs, 1:18 Solar observing, 7:20 H M star by any other name, A, 2:18 Haldeman, Philip Malhotra, Sangeeta Summer sledding, 8:20 Maestro of the planets, 10:17 As far as Hubble can see, 11:46–49 Swimming with the Dolphin, 9:18 Hale, Alan Marcotte, Mike Coe, Steve Hale-Bopp + 10, 7:76–79 Meade's new 14-inch SCT: an Explore winter's overlooked Hamilton, Doug instant classic, 3:78–81 nebulae, 12:76–79 Vagabond Moons, 5:47–51 McGovern, Jeremy Covington, Michael Harrington, Phil Hot shell envelops dying star, 9:26 How stars got named, 10:90–93 Backpack this scope, 2:92–94 Hubble loses a friend, 12:26 Croswell, Ken Binoculars under $100, 4:70–74 Planet of the three stars, 10:26 Beta Centauri weighs in, 2:25 Bringing the stars down to Earth, Smallest exoplanet yet, 9:26 Descendants of the Dipper, 3:40–45 11:88–91 SOHO hits 1,000, 12:26 How to see comets around other I'm a little teapot, 8:22 super-size galaxy raises big stars, 9:30 Open a star window, 9:20 questions, A, 11:24 life and times of Sirius B, The, 11:26 Star clusters close-up, 6:20 Medkeff, Jeff M31 is much bigger than it looks, Swan delights, The, 10:22

4 Wheat, Kenneth D. Coronado's Personal Solar central mystery, 12:30 Telescope, 1:78–81 Invisible observatory, 10:94–95 Mars' groovy moon, 2:26 White, Nicholas NASA's storm watch, 12:28 Beyond Einstein, 10:52–58 N Nothin' but blue skies, 11:30 Whitman, Alan Spitzer: Crab Nebula is "smoke- Jewels on velvet, 8:62–65 Nadis, Steve free," 10:24 Cosmic music man, 7:46–51 Spitzer maps Milky Way's bar, 12:26 Do we live in a cosmic shooting Stellar archaeology, 5:34–39 gallery, 11:34–41 Z Sun flash shows Moon's calcium, Zimmerman, Robert hot, violent world of galaxy clusters, 10:26 The, 6:35–39 man who doubled the sky, The, Super-cool pulsar, 3:24 12:48–53 Making multiverses, 10:34–39 Supernova factory annex, 9:30 Neighborhood secrets, 6:46–51 Tenth planet discovered, 10:27 return of cosmic strings, The, 10:46– tenth planet, The, 11:68–69 51 Tycho's runaway star, 2:25 light, 1:42–47 Wacky weather, 2:26 Before there was light, 8:46–51 Year in astronomy, The, 1:31–40 Title index Reynolds, Mike A Explore the sky with classic glass, accident that saved the Big Bang, The, O 9:84–87 Oberg, James 10:40–45 Star shower, 8:70–73 Amateur astronomer images nebula astronomy of launching a shuttle, Ridpath, Ian The, 5:27 with HST, 3:22 Explore the spring sky, 3:62–65 Amateurs explore stellar cocoon, 8:30 biggest hole in the MOON, The, Summer splendors, 7:68–71 11:50–55 Anchored to the stars, 10:96–100 Doing Venus on the cheap, 10:27 Annihilate this, 3:16 Falcon approaches Itokawa, 11:27 S As far as Hubble can see, 11:46–49 Making a space partnership work, Asteroid times 3, 12:32 Schomaker, William astronomy of launching a shuttle, The, 8:28 Christopher Conselice, 1:20 MARSIS: shake, rattle, and roll, 1:28 5:27 NASA's visionary, 1:48–52 Astrospeak, 2:16 Out of the attic: a Russian radio Sheehan, William probe, 9:24 sky's knight, The, 5:74–77 Prospects improve for Hubble Shubinski, Raymond B repair, 12:32 Hitch a ride on a cosmic spiral, Russia prepares a return to Mars, Backpack this scope, 2:92–94 10:84–89 BANG, BANG, 11:26 2:24 Lure of the Pleiades, 1:74–77 Super-snooper goes to Mars, 7:26 Barred spiral prototype NGC 1300, 4:26 Sietzen, Frank Jr. Battle for the night sky, 10:28 Turning swords into space Can Hubble see the earliest galaxies, plowshares, 3:26 Before there was light, 8:46–51 1:28 Beta Centauri weighs in, 2:25 Watching space shuttles come home, Seeking the first galaxies, 4:58–60 6:24 Beyond Einstein, 10:52–58 Snyder, Doug Big Bang in a bottle, 8:32 See a star die, 2:80–83 Big Bang sound waves influenced the Stern, S. Alan clustering of galaxies, 4:22 P Evolution at the edge, 9:46–51 Panek, Richard Big KBO got a face-lift, 3:24 Relativity turns 100, 2:32–37 T big year for astronomy, A, 1:06 Peach, Damian A. Talcott, Richard biggest hole in the MOON, The, 11:50– Small eyes on the sky, 5:70–73 Blasting the past, 10:72–75 55 Phillips, Daniel B. Cassini targets Titan, 2:72–77 biggest stars, The, 4:20 Stalking star clouds, 9:78–81 ice moon revealed, An, 7:62–65 Binoculars under $100, 4:70–74 Saturn's small-but-active moon, Black-hole breakfast, 9:30 11:32 Black holes swarm the galactic center, R Scientists find 13 new Saturn 4:26 Ratcliffe, Martin moons, 8:26 Blasting the past, 10:72–75 Mercury and Venus do the tango, Titan touchdown, 4:36–41 Blinded by the moonlight, 12:20 6:52–56 What makes a , 10:80–81 Botox for asteroids, 11:28 month of shadows, A, 5:52–56 Totten, Patricia Bringing the stars down to Earth, 11:88– Reddy, Francis Corona light, 7:72–75 91 Cassiopeia A: Spitzer finds Trefil, James Building a universe by computer, 9:24 supernova echo, 9:22 accident that saved the Big Bang, Bye-bye, Milky Way, 5:26 Coyne of the realm, 3:46–51 The, 10:40–45 Did galaxies start with black holes, Relativity's infinite beauty, 2:46–53 2:28 C Earth spins faster inside than out, Can Hubble see the earliest galaxies, 12:28 V 1:28 Far-out Einstein ring, 11:27 Villard, Ray Can't price passion, 6:14 Fix Hubble - or replace it, 5:27 Lucifer's planets, 1:68–71 Cassini spots icy volcano on Titan, 9:26 Galaxy "smiles" after collision, 10:26 search for diamond worlds, The, Cassini targets Titan, 2:72–77 GALEX sees dwarf star superflare, 11:42–45 Cassiopeia A: Spitzer finds supernova 9:26 weirdest star in the sky, The, 3:34–39 echo, 9:22 Handwritten Einstein manuscript Catching the galactic carnival, 6:62–65 found, 12:26 Catching up with Buzz Aldrin, 5:06 How did Mars get so rusty, 3:28 W Chandra finds dark matter wraps a Kaleidoscope landscape, 12:30 Wanjek, Christopher lonely galaxy, 2:25 Lunar landing site, 12:29 Beyond Einstein, 10:52–58 Chandra sees stars interacting, 8:26 Mars Express: Nichilson Crater's Ware, Jason Chipping pieces off Mars, 6:25 Sharper photos with film, 4:64–69 5 Good Sun behavior, 6:16 Chondrites and GRBs, 5:30 man who remade the universe, The, grand design: NGC 7424, 3:30 Christopher Conselice, 1:20 2:38–45 Corona light, 7:72–75 Mapping the sky, 11:28 Coronado's Personal Solar Telescope, Mars cold & dry for billions of years, 1:78–81 H 11:26 Cosmic anomalies, 3:28 Hale-Bopp + 10, 7:76–79 Mars Express: Nichilson Crater's central Cosmic music man, 7:46–51 Handwritten Einstein manuscript mystery, 12:30 Cosmic-ray source found, 5:26 found, 12:26 Mars Express spots ice in crater, 11:26 Cosmic rays radiate radio waves, 9:30 hazy view of dark matter, A, 2:22 Mars' groovy moon, 2:26 Cosmic structure began with mini- Hear ye, hear ye, 11:18 Mars Odyssey: Geological tangle in halos, 5:24 Help us choose our cover, 11:6 Meridiani, 12:30 cosmology special issue, The, 10:6 Hitch a ride on a cosmic spiral, 10:84– Mars photo journal, 1:29, 2:27, 3:28 Cosmos 1 lost, 10:28 89 Mars volcanoes may be active, 4:24 Coyne of the realm, 3:46–51 Hot shell envelops dying star, 9:26 MARSIS: shake, rattle, and roll, 1:28 Cratered layers, 1:29 hot, violent world of galaxy clusters, Martian meteor shower, 10:30 Cycle of the Sun, 6:40–45 The, 6:35–39 masked ball, The, 8:6 How did Mars get so rusty, 3:28 Meade's new 14-inch SCT: an instant How far is the Pleiades, 1:26 classic, 3:78–81 D How stars got named, 10:90–93 Medusae Fossae: the view from Mars How the universe has surprised us, Dark threat, 7:40–45 Express, 7:24 9:38–43 Darker than the night, 4:42–47 Meet Astronomy's new art team, 9:6 Darwin's eclipse, 9:72–74 How to navigate the heavens, 10:20 Meet "Mr. Eclipse," 2:86–89 How to see comets around other stars, Descendants of the Dipper, 3:40–45 Meet the Vatican's astronomer, 3:06 9:30 Did galaxies start with black holes, 2:27 Mercury and Venus do the tango, 6:52– Hubble loses a friend, 12:26 Discover fall's splendid sky sights, 9:64– 56 67 Missing dark matter found in ellipticals, Do carbon-rich planets have diamond 7:26 layers, 5:26 I month of shadows, A, 5:52–56 Do the hop, 5:20 ice moon revealed, An, 7:62–65 moon among shadows, A, 11:30 Do we live in a cosmic shooting gallery, Icy domes, flows on Titan, 2:26 More Mars water, 1:29 11:34–41 Icy Enceladus wrapped in water vapor, music of the spheres, The, 12:36–41 Doing Venus on the cheap, 10:27 6:22 Mysterious microworlds, 7:32–39 Drama at sea, 9:75–77 I'm a little teapot, 8:22 Dust devil gives rover the brushoff, 6:25 Image like a pro, 8:74–77 Dying star's heartbeat changes its In search of the first stars, 12:42–47 N rhythm, 1:24 Infant stars in the Small Magellanic NASA's latest, hottest ideas, 1:26 Cloud, 4:18 E NASA's storm watch, 12:28 Invisible observatory, 10:94–95 NASA's visionary, 1:48–52 Early universe a "zoo" of galaxies, 6:24 Is anyone out there, 4:06 Earth spins faster inside than out, 12:28 Neighborhood secrets, 6:46–51 Einstein passes test, 2:24 New dwarf galaxy, 2:27 ever-weirder universe, The, 8:6 New Milky Way satellite, 7:27 J "New" star found near Sol, 3:30 Evolution at the edge, 9:46–51 Jealous Copernicus, 3:18 Exhumation, 5:30 North polar volcanism on Mars, 6:28 Jewels on velvet, 8:62–65 Nothin' but blue skies, 11:30 Exoplanet supports formation theory, Join the search for space rocks, 3:68–71 10:33 Jupiter: triple eclipse, 2:25 Exotic destinations, 11:30 Exoworlds: fights over first light, 7:30 O Expect a surprise, 7:16 K Observing logs, 1:18 Explore a lunar debris field, 2:84–85 Odd couples, 12:54–58 Kaleidoscope landscape, 12:30 Ode to kerosene, 10:18 Explore the sky with classic glass, 9:84– Kepler's supernova turns 400, 1:27 87 "Old" galaxy has new arms, 11:28 Explore the spring sky, 3:62–65 One-in-a-trillion comet, 2:26 Explore winter's overlooked nebulae, L Open a star window, 9:20 Oppy gets unstuck, 10:30 12:76–79 Last new cluster, 1:26 Orion's IntelliScope XT10, 1:82–85 Lava flows on Alba Patera, 2:27 life and times of Sirius B, The, 11:26 Out of the attic: a Russian radio probe, 9:24 F Looking into Tithonium Chasma, 2:27 Falcon approaches Itokawa, 11:27 Lucifer's planets, 1:68–71 Far-out Einstein ring, 11:27 Lunar landing site, 12:29 Fireworks on the Fourth, 6:68–70 Lure of the Pleiades, 1:74–77 P Paging through the past, 8:78–81 First exoplanet imaged, 4:20, 8:26 First stars? Not yet, 10:28 Pedestal crater, 4:24 Fix Hubble - or replace it, 5:27 M Planet of the three stars, 10:26 Frozen sea underground on Mars, 5:30 M31 has "extended" giant star clusters, Planetary Nebulae, 3:24 7:27 planetary pioneer, A, 3:74–77 M31 is much bigger than it looks, 7:28 Polar cap's dune collar, 5:30 G Maestro of the planets, 10:17 Possible methane lake found on Titan, Galaxy clusters collide, 1:26 Magnified quasars confirm Einstein, 10:26 Galaxy clusters heat up, 6:6 8:32 Postcards from Mars, 8:40–45 Galaxy "smiles" after collision, 10:26 Major Ursa phobia, 4:14 Probing neutron stars, 11:32 GALEX sees dwarf star superflare, 9:26 Making a space partnership work, 8:28 Prospects improve for Hubble repair, Gemini secrets, 4:16 Making chondrules with shock waves, 12:32 Glaciers on Mars, 6:25 7:27 Going wide, going deep, 1:27 Making multiverses, 10:34–39 Good planets gone bad, 5:18 man who doubled the sky, The, 12:48– Q 53 Quest for a living universe, 4:28–34

6 Swimming with the Dolphin, 9:18 R Ready, set, BOOM, 9:45 T Relativity turns 100, 2:32–37 tail's tale, A, 7:22 Relativity's infinite beauty, 2:46–53 Taking Meteor Crater by swarm, 6:25 Remembering Einstein, 2:06 Tenth planet discovered, 10:27 return of cosmic strings, The, 10:46–51 tenth planet, The, 11:68–69 Right place, right time, 11:30 Tiny star has a planet-making disk, 5:26 Rover finds Iron meteorite on Mars, Titan touchdown, 4:36–41 4:24 Too many moons, 7:6 Roving into Martian spring, 1:29 Turning swords into space plowshares, Rubble-pile moon: Amalthea, 9:28 3:26 Russia prepares a return to Mars, 2:24 Tycho's runaway star, 2:25

S V Sail a hidden sea, 5:68–69 V838 Mon's evolving dust shroud, 5:30 Saturn's small-but-active moon, 11:32 Vagabond Moons, 5:47–51 Scientists find 13 new Saturn moons, Vega's dustup, 4:20 8:26 visitor's guide to the Andromeda search for diamond worlds, The, 11:42– Galaxy, A, 12:22 45 Second light, 1:42–47 Sedimentary MESA, 4:24 W See a star die, 2:80–83 Wacky weather, 2:26 Seeing the dawn of time, 8:34–39 Watching space shuttles come home, Seeking the first galaxies, 4:58–60 6:24 Set your sights on Mars, 11:76–79 weirdest star in the sky, The, 3:34–39 Sharper photos with film, 4:64–69 What happens when galaxies collide, Shoot the Moon, 11:80–83 9:33–37 Short GRB puzzle, 8:26 What makes a black hole, 10:80–81 Sketch the universe, 11:70–73 Where valley meets crater, 8:30 Skewed supernovae spawn GRBs, 9:28 Will Dextre fly to HST's rescue, 4:20 sky's knight, The, 5:74–77 winds of Aeolis, The, 3:28 Small eyes on the sky, 5:70–73 Smallest exoplanet found - and it orbits a pulsar, 5:30 X Smallest exoplanet yet, 9:26 X-ray super-flares safeguard planets, SOHO hits 1,000, 12:26 8:28 Solar observing, 7:20 X-raying a starbirth, 6:28 Space Buzz, 5:40–45 spiral masterpiece, A, 5:62–65 Spitzer: Crab Nebula is "smoke-free," Y 10:24 Year in astronomy, The, 1:31–40 Spitzer maps Milky Way's bar, 12:26 You connect the dots, 11:20 Spitzer probes the Sombrero Galaxy, You do the math, 9:16 8:24 You go, I'll stay, 11:16 Spitzer sees dusty, "invisible" galaxies, Youngest Moon rock found, 3:24 7:28 Spitzer spots an alien asteroid belt, 7:27 Stalking star clouds, 9:78–81 Stand back, Edison, 1:16 star by any other name, A, 2:18 Star clusters close-up, 6:20 Star incubators dot the Trifid Nebula, 4:22 Star shower, 8:70–73 Stars and the dusty disks around them, 3:26 Stellar archaeology, 5:34–39 Stellar halos may hold cosmic clues, 10:28 Striking ancient skies, 3:72–73 Summer sledding, 8:20 Summer splendors, 7:68–71 Sun flash shows Moon's calcium, 10:26 Super-cool pulsar, 3:24 super-size galaxy raises big questions, A, 11:24 Super-snooper goes to Mars, 7:26 Supernova factory annex, 9:30 supernova's colliding winds, A, 12:24 Swan delights, The, 10:22 Swiftly refining GRBs, 12:29

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