First light for the 4th VLT telescope! / Ground broken for SALT / CELT, a proposed 30-meter optical telescope / 60-cm remote telescope at OHP / Observing atomic carbon from the South Pole (AST/RO) / 2000 QW7 captured by Arecibo radar / The current status of the NEA surveys / Meteorite contains radioactivity markers / Meteorites & Moon rocks collect the solar wind / "Yukon" chondrite as primitive as it gets / Mars meteorites sell for $3000 per gram / Mars meteorites' young age questions planet's dating / Meteors in Mars' atmosphere / Why so many SOHO comets come in pairs / 200 SOHO comets and counting / Ulysses returns to the Sun's polar regions / Cluster satellites to release their 16 wire booms / Why the high solar activity doesn't endanger humans
A close quasar pair at z=4.25 / A remote extremely dusty starburst galaxy / Omega Centauri - a former nucleus of a dwarf galaxy? / He2-90 - a misclassified object? / CRL 618, a proto-planetary nebula / The 'Spirograph Nebula' / Hints of the "Higgs" at CERN? / NEAR lifts orbit again / Dozens of "Discovery" proposals / Cancellation of Pluto mission still a distinct possibility
3 out of 4 Russian satellites close to break-down / Mars balloon remote inflation technology / "Microscouts" could advance planetary exploration / Atlantis countdown proceeds smoothy / Change of guard at the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (Marsden leaves) / J.A.Simpson, nuclear & space scientist, dead at 83 / Apollo 11 hardware sold at auction / QuikSCAT one year at work / The fight against light pollution / Cool Deep Sky pictures
Magnetic measurements give strongest evidence yet for Europa's ocean / The interpretation of the recent Titan maps / 50 Brown Dwarfs in the Trapezium - and a census clarifies their role / SIRTF launch delayed / Soyuz trouble during 2nd Cluster launch - but Fregat saved the day / Russian Dnepr-1 blastoff with 5 microsatellites scrubbed twice / Delta 3 finally makes it in the 3rd attempt / Debris from explosion of Chinese rocket detected by satellite / China microsat performs well; nanosat is next
Colliding galaxies full of superbubbles / The role of the dark centers of galaxies / The youngest massive star cluster in the Milky Way (W 49) / Pictures of the current Supernova 2000db / X-ray pulses from neutron stars show frame-dragging / Shifting arctic ice monitored by RADARSAT / Many moons and craters were named (IAU GA) / Australian elected new IAU president
Green Bank Telescope dedicated / Explosion of discoveries beyond Neptune (KBO) / Comet dust can be amorphous as well as crystalline / The October ISS mission could be delayed / "Citizen explorer" enters training for flight to Mir / Columbia has 3,500 defects in wiring / Robert Rowe Gilruth dies / The Iridium satellites will be brought down / Searching for NEOs with a satellite? (NESS) / "Shenzhou" makes public debut in Hong Kong / Yet another lunar meteorite (from Oman) / Watch Barnard's Star 'race' across the sky.
