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 | Space agency leaders gather to discuss the future of the International Space Station.
By Andrew Fazekas
Published: January 31, 2005 |
 | CREAM of the crop, AAVSO's new director, SpongeBob on Mars, and more
Published: January 28, 2005 |
 | Two merging clusters of galaxies appear to be showering Earth with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. By Robert Burnham
Published: January 27, 2005 |
 | Whiting 1 may be as young as the Sun. By Ken Croswell
Published: January 27, 2005 |
 | New simulations show cosmic structure began with dark matter mini-halos. By Liz Kruesi
Published: January 26, 2005 |
 | The upstart satellite imaged a gamma-ray burst even before it was fully operational. By Matthew Quandt
Published: January 25, 2005 |
 | Thanks to Huygens, planetary scientists have begun piecing together a picture of Saturn's moon Titan. What they see is a landscape of ice carved by rivers of liquid methane. By Francis Reddy, Richard Talcott
Published: January 21, 2005 |
 | The Canadian Space Agency sets its course for the year ahead.
By Andrew Fazekas
Published: January 20, 2005 |
 | New computer simulations suggest Sedna could have formed where we find it today. By Francis Reddy
Published: January 20, 2005 |
 | Astronomy senior editor Robert Burnham reports from the 205th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego, California. By Robert Burnham
Published: January 19, 2005 |
 | Rapid rotation flattens Regulus. By Ken Croswell
Published: January 19, 2005 |
 | Astronomers measure the ages of Procyon and Eta Boötis using stellar seismology.
By Ken Croswell
Published: January 19, 2005 |
 | World's largest astronomers' group supports saving the Hubble Space Telescope. By Michael E. Bakich
Published: January 18, 2005 |
 | Radio astronomers find 21 new, fast-spinning pulsars in a single globular cluster. By Robert Burnham
Published: January 14, 2005 |
 | The ringed planet reaches its closest point to Earth. By Francis Reddy
Published: January 13, 2005 |
 | A famous statue carries the only surviving record of a star catalog lost for 2,000 years. By Robert Burnham
Published: January 13, 2005 |
 | After much debate about the space-based telescope's future, NASA has taken a step toward, or away from, a solution. By Liz Kruesi
Published: January 7, 2005 |
 | Astronomers pinpoint the parallax of T Tauri. By Ken Croswell
Published: January 7, 2005 |
 | In its youngest days, our galaxy may have favored producing stars like Vega and Regulus. By Ken Croswell
Published: January 6, 2005 |
 | A close look at a split-personality world caps off 2004. By Michael E. Bakich
Published: January 4, 2005 |
 | As the rovers begin their second terrestrial year on Mars, Spirit finds an odd rock with a strange chemistry in the Columbia Hills, and Opportunity prepares for a long drive south. By Robert Burnham
Published: January 3, 2005 |
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