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Nov 14, 2001 Crater clue to Europa's ice thickness Nov 14, 2001 Pluto, Europa, and Mars probes go-ahead Nov 14, 2001 What came first? (part 2) Nov 8, 2001 What came first? Nov 3, 2001 Rumble in the Tundra: the Tunguska event revisited Oct 30, 2001 SETI's greatest nightmare: the Fermi paradox Oct 26, 2001 2001: a Mars Odyssey Oct 23, 2001 Eight new worlds Oct 16, 2001 Titan Study Group - interested scientists wanted Oct 12, 2001 Vinyl alcohol molecules found in space Oct 6, 2001 The bugs that eat the world Oct 1, 2001 The Blue Pools of Eros Sep 27, 2001 Portraits of a comet Sep 26, 2001 Deep Space encounter Sep 21, 2001 Evidence grows for recent climate change on Mars Sep 13, 2001 Hungarian claims of vegetation on Mars Sep 7, 2001 Other worldly weather: A clue to life elsewhere Aug 30, 2001 Dust to dust: Thoughts on Fred Hoyle's passing Aug 26, 2001 New Kuiper Belt object bigger than Ceres Aug 24, 2001 More conventional exoplanets starting to appear Aug 16, 2001 Genesis in space Aug 15, 2001 Other Earths-the odds just shortened Aug 11, 2001 Venus in Keflavik Aug 6, 2001 Space bugs claim met with skepticism Aug 5, 2001 Did Viking find life after all? Aug 5, 2001 The shapes of Mars Jul 15, 2001 Super Kuiper Belt object may be first of many Jul 4, 2001 Hints of planet-sized objects in globular cluster Jun 28, 2001 Polar puddles may become focus of Martian life search Jun 25, 2001 Chaotic end to the Cretaceous? Jun 27, 2001 SETI: Some brilliant ideas Jun 22, 2001 Energy for life on Europa? Jun 16, 2001 Water clues in Mars rock Jun 14, 2001 Mars: the opposition Jun 10, 2001 How common are planets? The good news and the bad Jun 6, 2001 Not that I believe in flying saucers, but ... Jun 1, 2001 How to stop a Martian invasion Jun 1, 2001 Astrobiology: a European perspective May 28, 2001 Mars loses face May 25, 2001 Galactic habitable zones and the Rare Earth controversy May 24, 2001 No hydrothermal vents in Lake Vostok May 23, 2001 Comet's death sheds light on the origin of life May 21, 2001 How to build a time machine? May 20, 2001 First European Workshop on Astrobiology May 16, 2001 Mystery force tugs on deep space probes May 15, 2001 Meteorite microbes brought back to life, scientists claim May 13, 2001 Watch as Mars Express and Rosetta take shape May 8, 2001 Life Everywhere talks/signings on west coast this week May 6, 2001 First issue of Astrobiology journal free online May 2, 2001 Pioneer 10 still alive Apr 30, 2001 Planets in Orion? The controversy grows Apr 27, 2001 New Scout-class probe for Mars reconnaissance Apr 21, 2001 Mars and Moon meteorite finds Apr 16, 2001 More water than expected in space Apr 11, 2001 2001: A Mars Odyssey under way Apr 8, 2001 Bevy of new planets announced Apr 5, 2001 ALH 84001: Does it really contain life signs? Apr 2, 2001 "Life Everywhere" on Voice of America Mar 30, 2001 2001 Mars Odyssey prepares for launch Mar 21, 2001 Panspermia entering scientific mainstream Mar 16, 2001 Linked telescopes to search for extrasolar planets Mar 16, 2001 Two major astrobiology conferences in 2002 Mar 14, 2001 Active volcanoes on Mars? Mar 13, 2001 Dinosaurs died and new life arose fast at KT boundary Mar 9, 2001 Fungus invaders from outer space Mar 8, 2001 Space probes update: Mars Odyssey, Cosmos 1, etc Mar 6, 2001 Orgeuil meteorite implicates comets in life's origins Mar 2, 2001 Chris McKay (NASA Ames) interprets new Mars life claims Mar 1, 2001 Life on Mars: skeptics remain unconvinced Feb 28, 2001 Case for biology on Mars grows Feb 27, 2001 Evidence for Martian life conclusive, say researchers Feb 26, 2001 Impact caused mass extinction in 250 million BC Feb 22, 2001 NEAR-Shoemaker mission continues Feb 22, 2001 Galaxy teeming with Earths argues astrophysicist Feb 19, 2001 A lake like Vostok on Mars? Feb 18, 2001 Uncertain communications: NEAR, Huygens, Pioneer 10 Feb 14, 2001 As NEAR as you can get Feb 13, 2001 NEAR poised to make history Feb 11, 2001 Life on Europa? Scientists meet to discuss Feb 9, 2001 The Day the Earth Moved Feb 6, 2001 2020 vision for SETI Feb 4, 2001 NEAR: The End Feb 1, 2001 Fewer comets than previously thought? Jan 31, 2001 Mars Global Surveyor finishes mapping Red Planet today Jan 31, 2001 NEAR getting nearer Jan 29, 2001 Was life jump-started with protocells from space? Jan 29, 2001 MGS overcomes glitch; Mars 2003 landing sites discussed Jan 27, 2001 Meteorite evidence for recent water on Mars Jan 24, 2001 Benzene found in interstellar space Jan 23, 2001 First dedicated all-sky optical SETI project announced Jan 22, 2001 Slow light and homemade black holes Jan 19, 2001 Wow! Nothing! Jan 17, 2001 Images of the planned Beagle 2 landing site Jan 15, 2001 Stardust probe swings by Earth on its way to Comet Wild 2 Jan 14, 2001 Crystal find hint at habitable Earth 4.4 billion years ago Jan 11, 2001 Two strange new planets Jan 10, 2001 Mars 2001 Odyssey probe arrives at launch site Jan 9, 2001 Jupiter's moon count surges to 28 Jan 8, 2001 NASA considers option for new Discovery-class mission Jan 5, 2001 The real space odyssey begins Jan 1, 2001