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2006 magazine index

collisions of, 5:34–5:39 Crab (M1), 4:24, 10:10–10:11 Subject index and mergers, 5:32 craters, on , 8:40–8:51 Numbers in NGC 1275 (galaxy), 4:31 Crew Exploration Vehicle, 11:26 2M1207b (extrasolar ), 1:41–1:42 whether at core of Galaxy, Cygnus (), 7:62–7:66 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (S-W 3) 11:30 comet. See Comet 73P/Schwassmann- why emit jets of materials, 5:72 Wachmann 3 (S-W 3) why universe isn't supermassive D 2003 UB (Xena) (planet), 1:48, 2:72 hole, 12:62 dark clouds, 7:68–7:69 of, 1:32 Blue Infalling Group (BIG), 7:25 , 9:30–9:35 size of, 7:28 dwarf dark , 7:22 2004 XR (Buffy) (Kuiper Belt object), 4:30 closest known, 11:31 , and photons, 9:63 2204 MN (asteroid), 1:42 number of, 1:32 darkness, after Big Bang, 6:30–6:35 X-ray flare from, 11:31 Dawn mission, 10:24 Deep Impact (probe), impact with Comet A Temple 1 Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), 10:24 C data found, 1:30, 1:46 Advanced Observing Program (AOP), 5:84– CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and water produced from, 7:24 5:87 Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation), Deep Space Network (DSN) antenna, 11:27, Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM), 11:27 11:29 10:24 Canadarm2. See Space Station Remote (lunar crater), 8:27 AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere), Manipulator System (SSRMS) Denkmeier II Powerswitch Binoviewer, 10:24 Cancer (constellation), 4:20 1:94–1:95 Akari infrared satellite, 9:29 Canis Major (constellation), 2:18 deuterium, 1:30 Algol (), 11:20 Canon 20Da (camera), 7:90–7:93 dimensions, number of, 5:72–5:73 Andromeda (constellation), 1:22 (star system), 3:20 Dione (Saturn's moon), 2:26, 3:28 , 1:47 Cartwheel Galaxy, 5:30 DioptRx telescopic lenses, 11:74–11:75 distance to, 2:30 (spacecraft) Discovery (space shuttle), 1:43 Spitzer photos of, 10:22 Dione flyby, 2:26, 3:28 distances, cosmological, 9:62, 12:63 violent past of, 2:24 Saturn's secrets revealed by, 7:30–7:35 DSN (Deep Space Network) antenna, 11:27, , 12:30–12:35 Cassiopeia (constellation), 11:22 11:29 AOP (Advanced Observing Program), 5:84– CCD (charge-coupled-device) cameras, Dumbbell Nebula (M27), 10:18 5:87 11:76–11:79 dwarf spheroidal galaxies, 4:76–4:77 Apophis (asteroid), 5:46–5:51 Ceres (asteroid), 1:31 asteroids CG4 (nebula), 7:22 See also names of specific asteroids Chang e'l (lunar orbiter), 10:24 E color of, 6:36–6:41 Chaple's Arc, 9:18 Earth navigating asteroid belt, 12:63 charge-coupled-device (CCD) cameras, axis of, looping changes in position of, nucleus of, 7:73 11:76–11:79 11:29 between of Mars and Jupiter, Chasma Boreale (on Mars), 9:25 climate change, 10:29, 11:27, 12:27 8:38–8:39 Chile, astrophotography in, 4:82–4:87 craters on, 8:40–8:51 Astro (satellite), 10:28 Cigar Galaxy. See M82 (galaxy) crustal changes caused by earthquake, astronomy terminology, 6:14 Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder 11:25 astrophotography Satellite Observation (CALIPSO), 11:27 largest crustal oscillation on, 1:37 in Chile, 4:82–4:87 clouds eclipses, solar making lunar mosaic, 12:74–12:77 dark clouds, 7:68–7:69 of March 29, 2006, 3:52 in urban setting, 11:76–11:79 defining, 4:26 observing, 9:16 Atlantis (space shuttle), dismantling of, 6:26 cloudshine, 2:29 of September 22, 2006, 9:74–9:75 atmospheric aerosols, role in climate Cluster (spacecraft), 11:31 viewing from Mediterranean, 7:84–7:87 change, 11:27 CMB (cosmic background), Egypt, ancient, 6:62–6:67 ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle), 11:28 9:36–9:41 Elefant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), 12:28 August, observing in, 8:22 Columbus laboratory, 8:30 Enceladus (Saturn's moon), 6:24 Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), 11:28 Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (S- Eta Carinae (star), 3:28 W 3), 5:82–5:83, 8:31, 9:27 Europa (Jupiter's moon), 8:27 comets extrasolar B See also names of specific comets of, 11:96 Bacolor Crater (on Mars), 5:29 dust-to-ice ratio, 2:30 detecting from wobbles, 8:90–8:91 's Star, 3:24 nucleus of, 7:73 imaged, 1:41–1:42 Bennet objects, 7:76–7:81 straying close to , 3:36–3:41 search for, 11:30–11:37 BIG (Blue Infalling Group), 7:25 Comet Temple 1, Deep Impact (probe) extraterrestrial life, how Earth would be Big Bang theory impact with viewed by, 5:62–5:67 darkness after, 6:30–6:35 data found, 1:30, 1:46 as most-recent event in cataclysms water produced from, 7:24 forming universe, 10:26 Comet Wild 2, 7:23 F Big Dipper (constellation), 5:22, 6:20 COnvection, ROtation, and planetary flat universe, 11:70 Crater (of moon), 6:28 Transits (COnvection) spacecraft, 7:22 foothill gang, 3:78–3:85 binary stars, planets produced from, 6:27 COROT (satellite), 8:28 free-floating planets, 11:44–11:47 binoculars, using binoviewer with, 1:94– cosmic microwave background (CMB), 1:95 9:36–9:41 G black holes cosmic-structure evolution, 6:28 gabbro, 11:27 at center of NGC 1097 (galaxy), 2:22 cosmological distances, 9:62 Gabrielle (Xena's moon), 1:32, 1:48

1 2006 Astronomy magazine index galactic , and spin of stars, 6:70–6:71 J 12:35–12:41 galaxies Jules Verne (AutomatedTransferVehicle), Mars Rover Opportunity, 10:27 See also names of specific galaxies 3:25 MaxKuei 80HD (amateur telescope), 3:86– collisions of Jupiter 3:88 despite expanding universe, 3:72– asteroids between of Mars and, Meade LX series telescopes, 2:84–2:87 3:73 8:38–8:39 Mercury frequency of, 4:32 maps of, most detailed, 7:26 early impact on, 7:28 dark galaxies, 7:22 missions to, 11:58–11:63 observing with naked eye, 2:74–2:75 mergers of, and black holes, 5:32 opposition, 6:78–6:81 solar , 11:80–11:81 galaxy clusters, lensing, 10:27 Red Spot, Jr., 9:24 Messier Catalog, 3:74–3:77 Galle Crater (on Mars), 8:31 red spots, touching each other, 11:26 Meteor Crater, Arizona, 8:46–8:51 gamma ray bursts (GRBs), 1:34, 7:44–7:47 meteors and meteorites gamma rays, 6:28 collecting meteorites, 8:70–8:73 glaciers, melting, 6:25 K iron meteorites, 8:68–8:69 Global Positioning Satellite (GPS), 4:30 Kapteyn's Star, 1:50–1:55 meteorite dealer Robert Haag, 8:84–8:87 globular clusters Kasei Vallis (on Mars), 2:26, 12:29 meteorites originating from Mars' Gusev difference from dwarf spheroidal Crater, 11:28 galaxies, 4:76–4:77 origins of, 8:64–8:67 observing, 6:74–6:77 L recognizing meteorites, 8:90 GPS (Global Positioning Satellite), 4:30 Large Megellanic Cloud (LMC), 12:24 stone meteorites, 8:62–8:63 GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate lava tubes, 4:26 stony-iron meteorites, 8:74–8:75 Experiment), 11:25 LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and studying meteorite particles, 8:32–8:37 grand unified theory (GUT), 1:16 Sensing Satellite), 8:30 third-largest meteorite found, 3:28 Gravity Probe B satellite, 2:24 Leonid meteor shower, 11:74–11:77 Milky Way Galaxy Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment life, search for on other planets, 11:58–11:63 core of, whether consists of black hole, (GRACE), 11:25 light 11:30 GRBs (gamma ray bursts), 1:34, 7:44–7:47 forms of, 3:62–3:63 new satellites of, 9:29 Greenland, melting glaciers from, 6:25 speed of, 11:46 Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Gusev Crater (on Mars), meteorites LMC (Large Megellanic Cloud), 12:24 Robotic Camera (Mini AERcam), 7:24 originating from, 11:28 Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing moon (Earth's) GUT (grand unified theory), 1:16 Satellite (LCROSS), 8:30 Billy Crater, 6:28 De Gasparis (crater), 8:27 exploration of, effect of dust on, 3:46– H M 3:51 Haag, Robert, 8:84–8:87 M15 (globular cluster), 3:26 making lunar mosaic, 12:74–12:77 Hayabusa (probe), 3:32–3:35 M82 (galaxy), 8:24 observing, 3:18, 4:78–4:80 HD 69830 (star), 9:22 magnetars, 11:32–11:37 plans for return trip to, 10:16 HE0457-5439 (star), 3:30 magnetic fields ring around, 2:73 heavy hydrogen. See deuterium effect on jets from dying stars, 8:26 Robotic Lunar Exploration Program , 1:14–1:15, 5:27 of neutron stars, 8:16 (RLEP), 2:31 Hercules (constellation), 7:16, 8:20 magnifications, used by 19th-century terminator of, 4:76 Horkheimer, Jack, 1:88–1:91 astronomers, 9:63 MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), Horsehead Nebula, 12:66–12:71 Mars 12:35–12:41 , Advanced Camera asteroids between orbit of Jupiter and, for Surveys (ACS), 10:24 8:38–8:39 Hubble Ultra Deep Field, 4:77 Bacolor Crater, 5:29 N HUDF-JD2 (galaxy), 1:36 Chasma Boreale, 9:25 N44 superbubble, 5:32 hurricanes, and global warming, 12:27 crater on, unnamed, 3:30 Nanedi Valles (on Mars), 8:28 Huygens (probe), 1:48–1:49 dust-laden gas jets on, 12:26 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space hydrogen, heavy. See deuterium dust storm on, 2:30 Administration) Hyperion (Saturn's moon), 1:28 Galle Crater, 8:31 budget, 5:26 gullies west of Hellas Basin, 1:30 Moon landing plans, 2:62–2:67 Gusev Crater, 11:28 resignation of members of Advisory I Kasei Vallis, 2:26, 12:29 Council science committee, 12:25 Iapetus (Saturn's moon) last year's images of, 6:84–6:87 National Astronomy , 5:20 coloring of, 1:44–1:45 miniature probes to be sent to, 11:25 nebulae. See names of specific nebulae whether once had ring, 12:25 Nanedi Valles, 8:28 Neptune, missions to, 11:58–11:63 Imager for Magnetopause-to- Global Pollack Crater, 3:30 neutron stars Exploration (IMAGE), 6:27 Rabe Crater, 9:27 if two collide, 1:80–1:81 interferometry, 11:44–11:45 retreating dry ice mesas on, 1:32 magnetic fields of, 8:16 International Space Station (ISS) south pole of, branching pattern on, narrow jets spewing from, 9:26 continuation of assembly process, 11:28 7:48–7:51 New Horizons (spacecraft), 1:31, 4:32 expansion of, 3:26 strong early magnetism, 2:24 Nextsat (satellite), 10:28 golf balls shot from, 12:28 surface of, discoveries by Spirit and NGC 253 (galaxy), 2:10–2:11 Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Opportunity rovers, 1:44–1:45 NGC 265 (cluster), 8:29 Robotic Camera (Mini AERcam), 7:24 time on, 3:42–3:45 NGC 290 (cluster), 8:29 iron meteorites, 8:68–8:69 Valle Marineris, 5:68–5:71 NGC 346 (), 4:10–4:11 ISS. See International Space Station (ISS) water on, 12:35–12:41 NGC 1097 (galaxy), 2:22 Itokawa (asteroid), 1:34, 3:32–3:35 Mars Express (spacecraft), 4:28 NGC 1275 (galaxy), 4:31 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NGC 1309 (), 7:23

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NGC 1333 (galaxy), 3:22 RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph), 9:28 interior of, 4:16 NGC 1350 (galaxy), 1:36 sending spacecraft to, 12:42–12:47 NGC 1427A (galaxy), 6:10–6:11 supergiant stars. See red supergiant stars NGC 4579 (galaxy), 6:25 S supernovae Sagittarius (constellation), 9:20 effects of, 6:42–6:43 SALT (South African Large Telescope), observing, 9:64–9:67 O 1:34 in Sloan Digital Sky Survey, 5:26 observation, astronomical satellites, altitude of, 6:70 SV4 apochromatic refractor, 11:80–11:83 in August, 8:22 Saturn Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, favorite objects, 11:18 missions to, 11:58–11:63 Reorient Experimental Satellites in October, 10:20 of, 7:26, 9:24. See also names of (SPHERES), 9:26 in winter, 12:20 specific moons Opportunity (Mars rover), 1:44–1:45 observing, 1:82–1:85, 2:52 orbits, whether planets can share, 6:71 rings of, 7:28, 9:24 T Orion (constellation), 2:20 secrets of revealed by Cassini, 7:30–7:35 , 3:10–3:11, 8:30 Orion (Crew Exploration Vehicle), 11:26 storm on, 6:28 telescopes, amateur. See names of specific Orion Nebula (M42) SGR 1806-20 (magnetar), 1:40 telescopes dust grains in proplyds of, 5:26 Sgr A* ( source), 3:28 telescopes, professional. See names of most detailed image of, 5:24 short gamma ray bursts (GRBs), 1:34 specific telescopes observing, 1:72–1:79 Sloan Digital Sky Survey, 5:26 Tele Vue's DioptRx telescopic lenses, photographs of, 11:24 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory 11:74–11:75 star formation in, 5:26 (SOHO), 9:24 Tele Vue TV-60is telescope, 9:78–9:81 stars in, 9:10–9:11 solar system, asteroid bombardment of, 3:24 terminology, astronomy, 6:14 South African Large Telescope (SALT), time, traveling through, 2:32–2:39 1:34 Titan (Saturn's moon), 5:40–5:45 P spacecraft, inflatable, 4:28 clouds in atmosphere of, 2:24 particle astrophysics, 9:42–9:47 space shuttle missions. See names of specific Huygens landing on, 1:48–1:49 Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1:56–1:59 space shuttles possible methane lakes on, 11:30 Perseids (meteor showers), 8:76–8:77 Space Station Remote Manipulator System Xanadu region of, 11:30–11:31 Phoenix 80S (amateur telescope), 3:86–3:88 (SSRMS), 5:28 Titan IV-B (rocket), 2:28 photons speed of objects in space, 9:58–9:59 Titius- law, 11:70 and dark matter, 9:63 SPHERES (Synchronized Position, Hold, Tombaugh, Clyde, 2:40–2:45 whether have force, 8:90 Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites), Trifid-2 camera, 9:68–9:71 photon-to-baryon ratio, 1:30 9:26 Tye, Henry, 11:64–11:69 pinwheels, in Quintuplet cluster, 12:29 Spirit (Mars rover), 1:44–1:45 planets SSETI (Student Space Exploration and See also extrasolar planets; names of Technology Initiative), 2:29 U specific planets SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ulirgs), 7:26 free-floating, 11:44–11:47 System), 5:28 universe interiors of, 4:16 star clusters, in Milky Way, 4:26 flat, 11:70 pulsar planets, 9:25 Stardust (spacecraft), 4:32 future of, 7:36–7:43 search for life on, 11:58–11:63 stars Uranus, blue outer ring of, 7:28 whether can share same orbit, 6:71 See also binary stars; brown dwarf stars; Ursa Major (constellation), 11:8–11:9 plasma, 7:72–7:73 neutron stars; specific types of stars; Pleiades (star cluster), 4:52, 11:48 star clusters Pluto chemistry of, 4:38 V demoted to dwarf planet, 12:14, 12:78– determining age of, 11:71 vacuums, 3:16 12:79 dying, effect of magnetic fields on jets Valle Marineris (on Mars), 5:68–5:71 moons of, 6:44–6:51 from, 8:26 Venus Polaris (North Star), 4:62–4:67 early, faint glow from, 3:24 acidic clouds and hot surface, 2:46–2:51 Pollack Crater (on Mars), 3:30 hottest, 4:39 probes that have landed on, 2:72–2:73 pulsar planets, 9:25 how close can get to each other, 1:81 Venus Express (probe), 6:25, 7:20 large, but short-lived, 4:40–4:45 Versa amateur telescopes, 4:90–4:93 largest, 4:36 Virgo (constellation), 4:68–4:73 Q most distant, 4:37 Vixen ED80Sf (refractor), 6:90–6:93 quantum mechanics, 7:12 nearest, 4:46–4:51 , why emit jets of materials, 5:72 planet-bearing, heavy elements in, 1:30 W Quintuplet cluster, pinwheels in, 12:29 spin of, and galactic equator, 6:70–6:71 W5 (star-forming region), 3:25 Stellafane Convention, 7:14 watches, 2:76–2:79 Stellarvue Telescopes SV4 apochromatic R water, whether needed for life, 11:38–11:43 refractor, 11:80–11:83 Rabe Crater (on Mars), 9:27 whale sharks, 2:26 stone meteorites, 8:62–8:63 , protection from, 3:64–3:69 Whirlpool Galaxy, 5:74–5:79, 8:10–8:11 stony-iron meteorites, 8:74–8:75 Red Spot, Jr. (on Jupiter), 9:24 Wild 2 (comet). See Comet Wild 2 string theory, 1:16 red supergiant stars, 5:27 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe stromatolites, 10:24 relativity, theory of, 3:28 (WMAP), 6:22 Student Space Exploration and Technology RLEP (Robotic Lunar Exploration winter, observing in, 12:20 Initiative (SSETI), 2:29 Program), 2:31 WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy SuitSat, 6:24 Robert's Quartet, 3:25 Probe), 6:22 Sun Robotic Lunar Exploration Program Wolf-Rayet stars, 2:68–2:71 coronal mass ejections, 12:60–12:61 (RLEP), 2:31

3 2006 Astronomy magazine index

X Get ready for the Leonids, 11:74–77 K Xena. See 2003 UB The great interplanetary rock swap, Kaler, James B. X rays, from Comet 73P/Schwassmann- 8:64–69 Meet the neighbors, 4:46–51 Wachmann 3 (S-W 3), 9:27 An icy interior for asteroid Ceres, 1:31 Kring, David A. Croswell, Ken BLAST from the PAST, 8:46–51 100 billion brown dwarfs, 1:32 Unlocking the solar system's past, 8:32– Y All about the North Star, 4:63–67 45 Yankee Robotics Trifid-2 camera, 9:68–9:69 Death looms in the Darkness, 7:68–69 Kruesi, Liz First direct distance to Andromeda, 2:30 Cold mountains of dust, 3:25 A flare for Barnard's Star, 3:24 validated again, 5:29 A fugitive from the galaxy's edge, 1:50– Family circus, 3:25 Author index 55 Far-reaching black hole, 4:31 B A giant surprise, 1:30 Feeding frenzy, 2:22 Baird, Laura A globular's interstellar gas, 3:26 Has Spitzer sensed the first stars, 3:24 Cloudy day on Titan, 2:24 HESS finds galactic-center gamma rays, Deep Impact's unexpected results, 1:30 D 6:28 Details on the Sun, 1:34 Hubble views a zoo, 1:37 Dorminey, "Exploding cigar" marks Hubble's 16th New cosmological clue, 1:30 Cool science on a hot world, 2:47–51 year, 8:24 New set of rings, 3:30 Giant scope ready for work, 1:34 Old galaxy provides new clues, 5:30 Under the surface, 4:28 E Pinwheel with a purpose, 7:23 Water geysers on Enceladus, 6:24 Eicher, David J. Punched by a neighbor, 2:24 Bakich, Michael E. Astronomy goes Mediterranean, 7:84–85 Right on time, 4:32 All hail the king, 6:78–81 SDSS finds 139 new supernovae, 5:26 The little comet that might, 5:82–83 Short GRBs explained, 1:34 Mercury crosses the Sun, 11:80–81 F A simpler cosmic relation, 6:28 Observe fall's top galaxies, 11:66–71 Falk, DAn Spitzer sees young stars, 4:31 One tough observation, 12:70 More than a one-hit wonder, 2:41–45 Stellar jet makes a space tornado, 5:29 Party with the Perseids!, 8:76–77 , James R. Stellar speedster, 3:30 A southern-sky Messier catalog, 7:76–81 Shooting through the light, 10:76–79 Two types of bursters, 11:34 Take a deep-sky treasure hunt, 3:74–77 Frank, Adam WMAP spies inflated cosmos, 6:22 , Trudy E. The first billion years, 6:30–35 Warning: Dust Ahead, 3:46–51 A wrinkle in space-time, 9:36–41 Berman, Bob L Center of the action, 4:16 Layton, Laura Goodbye, Pluto, 12:14 G Aerosol climate, 11:27 If IT talks , 2:16 Garget, Jacqueline Akari sees first light, 9:29 Invasion of privacy, 5:18 Who knows what dangers lurk in space, Australian mounds formed by ancient Playing favorites, 11:18 3:64–69 life, 10:24 Power from nothing, 3:16 Gary, Patricia Blackwell Binary stars may make more planets, Space-travel woes, 10:16 Stargazing in ancient Egypt, 6:62–67 6:27 Tangled up in strings, 1:16 Gottlieb, Steve Butterfly on Mars, 6:26 Berry, Dana How to observe cosmic bubbles, 2:68–71 CG4's last stand, 7:22 aftermath, 6:42–43 How to observe exploded stars, 9:64–67 A cloudy definition, 4:26 , Alan P. Cluster scores a bull's-eye, 11:31 How do you make a giant ?, Comet breakup sends X rays flying, 9:27 10:38–43 H COROT set to join planet search, 7:22 , Robert Harrington, Phil Cosmic lens reveals early galaxies, 10:27 Mars had strong early magnetism, 2:24 A celestial bull ride, 12:20 Deep Impact shed lots of water, 7:24 Red Planet Rendezvous, 5:68–71 Entertain the Queen, 11:22 Does the Milky Way blow Head of the glass, 10:80–83 bubbles?, 11:30 Meet Mr. October, 10:20 Exiled from the Milky Way, 6:25 C Meet the hunter, 2:20 Expect more pulsar planets, 9:25 Carroll, Michael Hester, J. Eye for clouds, 10:29 Stars from violent past, 3:24 Death's dramatic debris, 10:10–11 A frosty blanket covers Mars dunes, 9:28 Titan may be land of lakes, 11:30 Hond, Bas Den Galaxies spew crushed glass, 7:26 Chaple, Glenn Scientists predict GPS failures, 4:30 Galaxies' urge to merge, 4:32 Diverse interests, 4:18 Growth limit, 10:29 A dumbbell for you, 10:18 Hot origins for Comet Wild 2, 7:23 Get into observing, 12:16 J Hubble images Magellanic jewels, 8:29 Go public, 5:20 James, C. Renee Hubble images Red Spot, Jr., 9:24 Lunar spectacular, 3:18 The woman who cracked the stellar Is "Buffy" an interstellar fugitive, 4:30 A view to an eclipse, 11:20 code, 1:56–59 Keck, Gemini watch red-spot encounter, Visit the dog pound, 2:18 X-treme stars of the cosmos, 4:34–39 11:26 Coe, Steve Jayawardhana, Ray Low-tech path to an exoplanet, 9:27 Explore great nebulae in Cygnus, 7:62– Does antimatter matter, 12:30–35 Magnetic fields shape dying star's jets, 66 Jedicke, Peter 8:26 Tour summer's great globulars, 6:74–77 Seeing Red, 6:36–41 Martian springtime brings dusty jets, Cooke, Bill Jedicke, Robert 12:26 Fatal attraction, 5:46–51 Seeing Red, 6:36–41 Miles of smile, 8:31

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MIT pitches baseball-size Mars probes, 9:26 GRACE finds earthquake changes, 11:25 11:25 High-tech arm lifts space loads, 5:28 Grains grow in Orion proplyds, 5:26 Multisun , 8:30 How do you say "Fore!" in Russian?, Greenland ice is melting fast, 6:25 NASA advisers resign, 12:25 12:28 High-plains crater dated, 4:32 New Horizons aims at Jupiter, 4:32 It's tricky launching a satellite from a Hubble images quintuple , 10:28 Opportunity rover frees itself again, satellite, 6:24 Hubble's ACS shuts down, 10:24 10:27 Jules Verne prepares for flight, 11:28 Hubble snaps billion-pixel M42, 5:24 Space "spider" close-up, 8:30 New Horizons set for wild ride, 1:31 Hypergiants may have hyperdisks, 5:30 Spitzer finds neutron-star jets, 9:26 Robots to precede humans on moon, Hyperion scarred by heavy Spitzer finds red supergiant cluster, 5:27 2:31 bombardment, 1:28 Spitzer images a dying star, 5:27 Small satellite big potential, 8:28 Icy moons make blue rings, 7:28 Spitzer snaps NGC 4579, 6:25 Space station may get its own satellite, Is Einstein's "blunder" right after all, Students, teachers make Spitzer finds, 7:24 3:28 9:29 Space station set to grow, 3:26 Is the Big Bang an encore?, 10:26 Swift captures RS Oph flare-up, 9:28 Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero Jules Verne delayed, 3:25 Titan's Xanadu resembles Earth, 11:30– Planets without , 10:44–47 A larger Cartwheel, 5:30 31 Lines in the sand, 1:30 Loll, A. Mach 2, 8:30 Death's dramatic debris, 10:10–11 P Main-belt comets, 6:28 Palucka, Tim Mars Express views Kasei Valles, 12:29 Living on Mars time, 3:42–45 Mars hot and cold, 2:30 M Parker, Donald C. Martian features disappear, 1:32 Marcy, Geoffrey W. Relive the Red Planet's big show, 6:84– Martian splash, 5:29 The new search for distant planets, 87 Mercury blast splashed earth, 7:28 10:30–37 The Milky Way's compact source, 3:28 Marion, Howie Moons over F ring, 7:26 X-treme stars of the cosmos, 4:34–39 Q Most Milky Way stars are single, 5:30 McComas, David J. Quandt, Matthew NASA antenna network needs upgrades, Can we send a spacecraft to the Sun?, Best-ever view of the Crab, 4:24 repairs, 10:29 12:42–47 Satellite falls silent, 6:27 NASA names CEV, rockets, 11:26 McEwen, Alfred S. NASA's budget an "attack on science," Cassini unveils Saturn, 7:30–35 R 5:26 Zeroing in on martian water, 12:36–41 NASA's next giant leap, 2:61–67 Ratcliffe, Martin McGovern, Jeremy New dark galaxy found, 7:22 Saturn spectacular, 1:82–85 Hayabusa meets asteroid, 1:34 Oceans connected, 7:28 Reddy, Francis Hubble spies dusty Mars, 2:30 Orion's stellar birth cries, 5:26 Akari views Cepheus star birth, 12:28 Icy dirtball or dirty snowball, 2:30 Pasting over a martian channel, 2:26 Antarctic ice may hide giant crater, Impact probe hitches a ride, 8:30 Pluto gets the boot!, 12:78–79 10:29 Putting Einstein to the test, 2:24 Pollack Crater's "White Rock," 3:30 Astronomy and biology unite, 2:26 SOHO will continue mission, 9:24 Quintuplet stars sport "pinwheels," 12:29 Cassini drives past Dione, 2:26 Spitzer snaps infrared Orion Nebula, Radar reveals lava tubes, 4:26 Cassini spots Saturn storm, 6:28 11:24 Record meteorite, 3:28 Cassini team releases best Jupiter map Moomaw, Bruce Remember the Titans, 2:28 ever, 7:26 Defining a mission to Europa, 8:27 Satellite galaxies warp Milky Way, 5:30 Chandra sees brown-dwarf X-ray flare, NASA targets distant worlds, 11:58–63 Saturn moons, large and small, 9:24 11:31 Scientists take the Amazon's pulse, 1:37 Chasma Boreale vista, 9:25 SDSS finds new Milky Way neighbor, Columbus lab is ready for ISS, 8:30 N 5:28 Comet crackup, 8:31 Nadis, Steve SDSS finds new Milky Way satellites, Comet sampling a blazing success, 4:32 Does life really need water?, 11:38–43 9:29 Cool dwarf is a solar neighbor, 11:31 On the hunt for magnetars, 11:32–37 Shuttle Atlantis to be "part donor," 6:26 Crash report, 9:28 The most important cosmologist you've SMART-1 snaps Billy Crater, 6:28 Crater on a pedestal, 3:30 never heard of, 10:64–69 SMART-1 snaps wrinkly crater, 8:27 Dark nebulae shine, too, 2:29 Tales from the dark side, 9:30–35 Spiders on Mars, 7:48–51 Deep dino, 8:30 What happens when black holes collide, Spirit finds possible meteorites, 11:28 Did Iapetus once have a ring?, 12:25 5:34–39 Spitzer gives best view yet of dusty DSN woes, 11:27 Nazé, Yaël M31, 10:22 Earmarks drain NASA, 9:28 Live fast, die young, 4:40–45 Spitzer mosaic shows cosmic recycling, Earthly gammas, 7:28 Newton, Jack 12:24 Earth's crust explored, 11:27 Designed to shoot the sky, 7:90–93 Spitzer search yields new clusters, 4:26 Earth wobbles, 10:29 Norton, Richard Stellar jets stir NGC 1333, 3:22 Falling galaxies trail gas, 7:25 How to start your meteorite collection, Students build satellite, 2:29 FUSE finds Eta Carinae's companion, 8:71–73 The Sun's biggest blasts, 12:60–61 3:28 Supernova aftermath, 6:42–43 A galaxy at the frontier, 1:36 The tenth planet has a sidekick, 1:32 O Galaxy stands out in a crowd, 1:36 Three "Neptunes" orbit a Sun-like star, Oberg, James Gamma-ray bursts unlikely to toast 9:22 Around the world in 80 minutes, 4:28 Earth, 8:27 Tidal sound, 4:32 Astro, Nextsat to test robotic docking, Global warming makes stronger Top 10 astronomy stories of 2005, 1:38– 10:28 hurricanes, 12:26 49 Formation-flying satellites test in ISS, Gold-flecked crater, 9:27

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U.S. sci-tech position at risk, 2:28 A Does antimatter matter, 12:30–35 Venus Express arrives, 7:20 Aerosol climate, 11:27 Does life really need water?, 11:38–43 Venus Express wants you, 6:25 Akari sees first light, 9:29 Does the Milky Way blow axion bubbles?, Winding Mars valley, 8:28 Akari views Cepheus star birth, 12:28 11:30 "Xena" downsized, 7:28 All about the Horsehead Nebula, 12:66–71 DSN woes, 11:27 Reeves, Robert All about the North Star, 4:63–67 dumbbell for you, A, 10:18 How to make a lunar mosaic, 12:74–77 All about the Whirlpool Galaxy, 5:74–79 Reynolds, Mike D. All hail the king, 6:78–81 E The sharpest image, 10:74–75 America's stargazer, 1:88–91 Earmarks drain NASA, 9:28 Rizk, Bashar Antarctic ice may hide giant crater, 10:29 Earthly gammas, 7:28 Saturn's TITAN reveals earthlike Are Pluto and Earth two of a kind?, 6:48–51 Earth's crust explored, 11:27 surprises, 5:40–45 Around the world in 80 minutes, 4:28 Earth wobbles, 10:29 Astro, Nextsat to test robotic docking, 10:28 Einstein validated again, 5:29 S Astronomy and biology unite, 2:26 Entertain the Queen, 11:22 Schomaker, William Astronomy goes Mediterranean, 7:84–85 Exiled from the Milky Way, 6:25 America's stargazer, 1:88–91 Atlas of extrasolar planets, 10:96–100 Expect more pulsar planets, 9:25 Seager, Sara Australian mounds formed by ancient life, "Exploding cigar" marks Hubble's 16th year, Searching for signs of life, 5:62–67 10:24 8:24 Sekanina, Zdenek Explore great nebulae in Cygnus, 7:62–66 Sungrazing comets, 3:36–41 Eye for clouds, 10:29 Shubinski, Raymond B All about the Horsehead Nebula, 12:66– Best-ever view of the Crab, 4:24 71 Big Dipper, part two, The, 6:20 F Binary stars may make more planets, 6:27 All about the Whirlpool Galaxy, 5:74–79 Falling galaxies trail gas, 7:25 BLAST from the PAST, 8:46–51 Pieces of time, 2:76–79 Family circus, 3:25 Butterfly on Mars, 6:26 View the sky's greatest nebula, 1:72–79 Far-reaching black hole, 4:31 Stern, S. Alan Fatal attraction, 5:46–51 How we discovered Pluto's new worlds, Feeding frenzy, 2:22 6:44–47 C Can we send a spacecraft to the Sun?, first billion years, The, 6:30–35 12:42–47 First direct distance to Andromeda, 2:30 T Cassini drives past Dione, 2:26 flare for Barnard's Star, A, 3:24 Talcott, Richard Cassini rushes past Dione, 3:28 Formation-flying satellites test in ISS, 9:26 Atlas of extrasolar planets, 10:96–100 Cassini spots Saturn storm, 6:28 frosty blanket covers Mars dunes, A, 9:28 Cassini rushes past Dione, 3:28 Cassini team releases best Jupiter map ever, fugitive from the galaxy's edge, A, 1:50–55 Is TIME on our side, 2:32–39 7:26 FUSE finds Eta Carinae's companion, 3:28 Making waves, 11:44–45 Cassini unveils Saturn, 7:30–35 A Turkish delight, 7:86–87 celestial bull ride, A, 12:20 G Trefil, James Center of the action, 4:16 Galaxies spew crushed glass, 7:26 Where is the universe heading, 7:36–43 CG4's last stand, 7:22 Galaxies' urge to merge, 4:32 Turnbull, Margaret Chandra sees brown-dwarf X-ray flare, galaxy at the frontier, A, 1:36 Where is life hiding, 10:58–63 11:31 Galaxy stands out in a crowd, 1:36 Chasma Boreale vista, 9:25 Gamma-ray bursts unlikely to toast Earth, Cloudy day on Titan, 2:24 V 8:27 cloudy definition, A, 4:26 Villard, Ray Get into observing, 12:16 Cluster scores a bull's-eye, 11:31 Are Pluto and Earth two of a kind?, Get ready for the Leonids, 11:74–77 Cold mountains of dust, 3:25 6:48–51 Giant scope ready for work, 1:34 Columbus lab is ready for ISS, 8:30 giant surprise, A, 1:30 Comet breakup sends X rays flying, 9:27 Global warming makes stronger hurricanes, W Comet crackup, 8:31 12:26 Wakely, Scott Comet sampling a blazing success, 4:32 globular's interstellar gas, A, 3:26 The Universe is the details, 9:42–47 Cool dwarf is a solar neighbor, 11:31 Gold-flecked crater, 9:27 Weaver, Hal Cool science on a hot world, 2:47–51 Goodbye, Pluto, 12:14 How we discovered Pluto's new worlds, Cosmic lens reveals early galaxies, 10:27 Go public, 5:20 6:44–47 Crash report, 9:28 GRACE finds earthquake changes, 11:25 Crater on a pedestal, 3:30 Y Grains grow in Orion proplyds, 5:26 great interplanetary rock swap, The, 8:64–69 Yeomans, Don Greenland ice is melting fast, 6:25 Japan visits an asteroid, 3:32–35 D Growth limit, 10:29 Dark nebulae shine, too, 2:29 Z Death looms in the Darkness, 7:68–69 Death's dramatic debris, 10:10–11 Zimmerman, Robert H Deep dino, 8:30 Witness to cosmic collisions, 7:44–47 Has Spitzer sensed the first stars, 3:24 Deep Impact shed lots of water, 7:24 Hayabusa meets asteroid, 1:34 Deep Impact's unexpected results, 1:30 Head of the glass, 10:80–83 Defining a mission to Europa, 8:27 HESS finds galactic-center gamma rays, Designed to shoot the sky, 7:90–93 6:28 Details on the Sun, 1:34 Title index High-plains crater dated, 4:32 Did Iapetus once have a ring?, 12:25 Numbers High-tech arm lifts space loads, 5:28 Diverse interests, 4:18 100 billion brown dwarfs, 1:32 Hot origins for Comet Wild 2, 7:23

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How do you make a giant exoplanet?, Meet the hunter, 2:20 S 10:38–43 Meet the neighbors, 4:46–51 Satellite falls silent, 6:27 How do you say "Fore!" in Russian?, 12:28 Mercury blast splashed earth, 7:28 Satellite galaxies warp Milky Way, 5:30 How to make a lunar mosaic, 12:74–77 Mercury crosses the Sun, 11:80–81 Saturn moons, large and small, 9:24 How to observe cosmic bubbles, 2:68–71 Miles of smile, 8:31 Saturn spectacular, 1:82–85 How to observe exploded stars, 9:64–67 Milky Way's compact source, The, 3:28 Saturn's TITAN reveals earthlike surprises, How to start your meteorite collection, MIT pitches baseball-size Mars probes, 5:40–45 8:71–73 11:25 Scientists predict GPS failures, 4:30 How we discovered Pluto's new worlds, Moons over F ring, 7:26 Scientists take the Amazon's pulse, 1:37 6:44–47 More than a one-hit wonder, 2:41–45 SDSS finds 139 new supernovae, 5:26 Hubble images Magellanic jewels, 8:29 most important cosmologist you've never SDSS finds new Milky Way neighbor, 5:28 Hubble images quintuple quasar, 10:28 heard of, The, 10:64–69 SDSS finds new Milky Way satellites, 9:29 Hubble images Red Spot, Jr., 9:24 Most Milky Way stars are single, 5:30 Searching for signs of life, 5:62–67 Hubble's ACS shuts down, 10:24 Multisun exoplanets, 8:30 Seeing Red, 6:36–41 Hubble snaps billion-pixel M42, 5:24 sharpest image, The, 10:74–75 Hubble spies dusty Mars, 2:30 N Shooting through the light, 10:76–79 Hubble views a zoo, 1:37 Short GRBs explained, 1:34 NASA advisers resign, 12:25 Hypergiants may have hyperdisks, 5:30 Shuttle Atlantis to be "part donor," 6:26 NASA antenna network needs upgrades, Hyperion scarred by heavy bombardment, simpler cosmic relation, A, 6:28 repairs, 10:29 1:28 Small satellite big potential, 8:28 NASA names CEV, rockets, 11:26 SMART-1 snaps Billy Crater, 6:28 NASA's budget an "attack on science," 5:26 SMART-1 snaps wrinkly crater, 8:27 I NASA's next giant leap, 2:61–67 SOHO will continue mission, 9:24 Icy dirtball or dirty snowball, 2:30 NASA targets distant worlds, 11:58–63 southern-sky Messier catalog, A, 7:76–81 icy interior for asteroid Ceres, An, 1:31 New cosmological clue, 1:30 Space "spider" close-up, 8:30 Icy moons make blue rings, 7:28 New dark galaxy found, 7:22 Space station may get its own satellite, 7:24 If IT talks back, 2:16 New Horizons aims at Jupiter, 4:32 Space station set to grow, 3:26 Impact probe hitches a ride, 8:30 New Horizons set for wild ride, 1:31 Space-travel woes, 10:16 Invasion of privacy, 5:18 new search for distant planets, The, 10:30– Spiders on Mars, 7:48–51 Is "Buffy" an interstellar fugitive, 4:30 37 Spirit finds possible meteorites, 11:28 Is Einstein's "blunder" right after all, 3:28 New set of rings, 3:30 Spitzer finds neutron-star jets, 9:26 Is the Big Bang an encore?, 10:26 Spitzer finds red supergiant cluster, 5:27 Is TIME on our side, 2:32–39 Spitzer gives best view yet of dusty M31, It's Superman, 7:16 O 10:22 It's tricky launching a satellite from a Observe fall's top galaxies, 11:66–71 Spitzer images a dying star, 5:27 satellite, 6:24 Oceans connected, 7:28 Off to Vermont, 7:14 Spitzer mosaic shows cosmic recycling, Old galaxy provides new clues, 5:30 12:24 J One tough observation, 12:70 Spitzer search yields new clusters, 4:26 Japan visits an asteroid, 3:32–35 On the hunt for magnetars, 11:32–37 Spitzer sees young stars, 4:31 Jules Verne delayed, 3:25 Opportunity rover frees itself again, 10:27 Spitzer snaps infrared Orion Nebula, 11:24 Jules Verne prepares for flight, 11:28 Orion's stellar birth cries, 5:26 Spitzer snaps NGC 4579, 6:25 Stargazing in ancient Egypt, 6:62–67 Stars from violent past, 3:24 K P Stellar jet makes a space tornado, 5:29 Keck, Gemini watch red-spot encounter, Party with the Perseids!, 8:76–77 Stellar jets stir NGC 1333, 3:22 11:26 Pasting over a martian channel, 2:26 Stellar speedster, 3:30 Pieces of time, 2:76–79 Students, teachers make Spitzer finds, 9:29 Pinwheel with a purpose, 7:23 Students build satellite, 2:29 L Planets without suns, 10:44–47 Sungrazing comets, 3:36–41 larger Cartwheel, A, 5:30 Playing favorites, 11:18 Sun's biggest blasts, The, 12:60–61 Lines in the sand, 1:30 Pluto gets the boot!, 12:78–79 Supernova aftermath, 6:42–43 little comet that might, The, 5:82–83 Pollack Crater's "White Rock," 3:30 Swift captures RS Oph flare-up, 9:28 Live fast, die young, 4:40–45 Power from nothing, 3:16 Living on Mars time, 3:42–45 Punched by a neighbor, 2:24 Low-tech path to an exoplanet, 9:27 Putting Einstein to the test, 2:24 T Lunar spectacular, 3:18 Take a deep-sky treasure hunt, 3:74–77 Tales from the dark side, 9:30–35 Q Tangled up in strings, 1:16 M Quantum weirdness, 7:12 tenth planet has a sidekick, The, 1:32 Mach 2, 8:30 Quintuplet stars sport "pinwheels," 12:29 Three "Neptunes" orbit a Sun-like star, 9:22 Magnetic fields shape dying star's jets, 8:26 Tidal sound, 4:32 Main-belt comets, 6:28 Titan may be land of lakes, 11:30 Making waves, 11:44–45 R Titan's Xanadu resembles Earth, 11:30–31 Mars Express views Kasei Valles, 12:29 Radar reveals lava tubes, 4:26 Top 10 astronomy stories of 2005, 1:38–49 Mars had strong early magnetism, 2:24 Record meteorite, 3:28 Tour summer's great globulars, 6:74–77 Mars hot and cold, 2:30 Red Planet Rendezvous, 5:68–71 Turkish delight, A, 7:86–87 Martian features disappear, 1:32 Relive the Red Planet's big show, 6:84–87 Two types of bursters, 11:34 Martian splash, 5:29 Remember the Titans, 2:28 Martian springtime brings dusty jets, 12:26 Right on time, 4:32 Meet Mr. October, 10:20 Robots to precede humans on moon, 2:31

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U Under the surface, 4:28 Universe is the details, The, 9:42–47 Unlocking the solar system's past, 8:32–45 U.S. sci-tech position at risk, 2:28

V Venus Express arrives, 7:20 Venus Express wants you, 6:25 View the sky's greatest nebula, 1:72–79 view to an eclipse, A, 11:20 Visit the dog pound, 2:18

W Warning: Dust Ahead, 3:46–51 Water geysers on Enceladus, 6:24 What happens when black holes collide, 5:34–39 Where is life hiding, 10:58–63 Where is the universe heading, 7:36–43 Who knows what dangers lurk in space, 3:64–69 Winding Mars valley, 8:28 Witness to cosmic collisions, 7:44–47 WMAP spies inflated cosmos, 6:22 woman who cracked the stellar code, The, 1:56–59 wrinkle in space-time, A, 9:36–41

X "Xena" downsized, 7:28 X-treme stars of the cosmos, 4:34–39

Z Zeroing in on martian water, 12:36–41

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