Dusty Public Relations
Here we present some press releases related to our group's work and to the topic of interplanetary and interstellar dust.
June 28, 2002
February 12, 2002
- Our Solar System as Seen by Alien Astronomers --Space.com
- The Real Lord of the Rings --Science at NASA
February 4, 2002
- Space: A Dusty Place -- Science at NASA
August 15, 2001
- FUSE Sees Solar System Under Construction --Goddard Space Flight Center
August 9, 2001
- Clues to early history of Solar System's oldest diamonds ----Max-Planck Society Research News
June 21, 2001
- Leonids Bombard the Moon ----Astrophysics Institute of the Canaries (IAC) News
February 21, 2001
- Nature's Tiniest Space Junk --NASA
January 2001
- Dusty Phenomena in the Solar System --Sky and Telescope
December 1, 2000
- Astrophysics-On Stardust --Science
July 2000
- Spouting Off About Io --GeoTimes (Planetary Geology)
May 10, 2000
- Vulkanstaub von Io im Sonnensystem --Frankfurter Allemeigne Zeitung
May 3, 2000
- The Jovian Dust Streams: Io's Volcanoes Drizzle Dust into the Solar System --Max Planck Society Research News
- Io's Dust Splatter Dust into the Solar System --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
April 26, 2000
- Tarlike macro-molecules detected in 'stardust' --Max-Planck Society Research News
- A New Cosmic Meter Stick --NASA Science News
April 24, 2000
- Interstellar Dust in the Wind --NASA Science News
April 20, 2000
- Running rings around Saturn --Nature science update
April 18, 2000
- Moonlit Meteors: April's Lyrid Meteor Shower --NASA Science News
April 17, 2000
- Cassini Survives the Asteroid Belt --NASA Science News
April 11, 2000
- The Local Interstellar Cloud --Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 22, 2000
- A Spherule from Outer Space --Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 22, 2000
- Successful Start of the Historic Interstellar Dust Collection by STARDUST --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Feb 8, 2000
- Rings around Beta Pictoris --Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 25, 2000
- Yukon Meteor Blast --NASA Science News
Dec 14, 1999
Nov 17, 1999
- Leonids on the Moon --NASA
- Look out for the Leonid Meteor Shower --Royal Astronomical Society Press Notice
October 9, 1999
- The Frothy Milky Way --Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aug 18, 1999
- Cassini flies by Earth en route to Saturn --NASA Space Science News
- Cassini Earth Flyby Successful --JPL
Jul 5, 1999
- Star Matter Discovered in Pacific -- Physical Review Letters
Jun 22, 1999
- Leonids on the horizon -- Marshall Space Flight Center
Jun 21, 1999
- We are stardust ... -- Louisiana State University
Jun 9, 1999
- Jupiter's moon Ganymede surrounded by an impact-generated dust cloud -- Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik
May 27, 1999
May 5, 1999
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Asteroid Belt May be Nearby --ABC News
- Scientists pinpoint near-Earth asteroid belt --Houston Chronicle
Apr 23, 1999
Apr 21, 1999
- Caught a falling star --BBC News
Apr 19, 1999
- Sound of Shooting Stars --BBC News
Apr 12, 1999
- Survey finds nearly 800 debris impacts on Hubble --NASA Orbital Debris Quarterly News
Apr 2, 1999
Mar 1999
Feb 9, 1999
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Vast Stellar Disks Set Stage for Planet birth in New Hubble Images --Space Telescope Science Institute
Feb 7, 1999
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Stardust Spacecraft Successfully Launched --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Comet Mission Launched Sunday --ABC News
- Stardust launch photos --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Feb 5, 1999
- Aerogel Rides Again --Marshall Space Flight Center
Feb 3, 1999
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Stardust mission set to bring back a piece of comet --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Chicago instrument to get close look at comet during Stardust mission --University of Chicago
- University of Kent on a Wild Comet Chase! --Royal Astronomical Society
Feb 1, 1999
- UW astronomy professor's Stardust quest set for launch Saturday -- University of Washington
Jan 14, 1999
- STARDUST Press Kit Available -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jan 13, 1999
- ARGOS satellite experiment to study space debris -- University of Chicago
Jan 8, 1999
Nov 18, 1998
- Leonid Meteor Storm Springs Early Surprise -- Royal Astronomical Society, Cambridge
Nov 13, 1998
- Photos of the STARDUST spacecraft -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nov 10, 1998
- Research Aircraft Fly Below Once-in-a-Century Leonid Meteor Storm -- National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Nov 6, 1998
- First direct detection of meteoroid impacts on Saturn rings -- Stanford University
Sep 15, 1998
- Galileo finds Jupiters' rings formed by dust blasted off small moons --JPL/Cornell University
August 20, 1998
- Rock from Among the Stars? --ABC News
August 10, 1998
- Meteors Now and Again --Astronomy Picture of the Day: August 10, 1998
July 30, 1998
- Creation could be left-handed --BBC News
July 17, 1998
- Hyakutake: Stars Through A Comet's Tail --Astronomy Picture of the Day: July 17, 1998 (Beautiful example showing a comet's dust trails!). See also Comet Hyakutake and the Milky Way.
June 10, 1998
- Scientists Warn of Meteor Storms --BBC News
June 2, 1998
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Tiniest Of Space Bodies To Get Close Examination --NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
and see some similar research.
May 28, 1998
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Cosmic cloud could burst Earth's 'breathing bubble' --University of Delaware
- Tiniest of space bodies to get close examination --Science at NASA
May 16, 1998
- Backwards ring around Jupiter --Science News
May 12, 1998
- Space dust 'did for dinosaurs' --BBCnews
April 29, 1998
April 24, 1998
- Infrared Saturn --Astronomy Picture of the Day April 24, 1998.
April 20 1998
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Ulysses completes first full orbit around the Sun --Florida Today
- Circling the Sun --BBC News
April 14, 1998
- Starlight Reflections (about dust) --Astronomy Picture of the Day April 14, 1998
April 6, 1998
- Dust to dust: New lab studies death of stars, origin of planets --NASA Space Science Features
April 3, 1998
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U.S. astronomers find another ring around Jupiter --Houston Chronicle
- New Class Of Dust Ring Discovered Around Jupiter --UC Boulder
March 27, 1998
- Lunar Dust and Duct Tape --Astronomy Picture of the Day March 27, 1998
October 7, 1997
- University of Chicago instrument will unveil mysteries of Saturn's rings --University of Chicago
July 29, 1997
- CU Astronomers Probe Energy Source of Jupiter's Massive Charged-Particle Ring --University of Colorado-Boulder
April 18, 1997
- Interweaving Strands Braid Saturn's Strange F-Ring --Royal Astronomical Society
May 3, 1996
- Galileo Finds Giant Iron Core in Jupiter's Moon Io --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
January 25, 1996
- Catching Falling Stardust --Astronomy Picture of the Day: January 25, 1996
December 1995
- Galileo Gets Dusted --Sky and Telescope
September 16, 1995
- Galileo encounters intense dust storm --Science News
August 29, 1995
- Galileo Flying Through Intense Dust Storm --Jet Propulsion Laboratory
May 6, 1995
- Ring Around the Sun --Science News
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