This page contains links to on-line stories about FUSE or FUSE results. The archive is kept in reverse chronological order.
[NOTE: Many of the following links are to other sites. We cannot guarantee
their availability at any given time! Sorry!] E-mail additional links to
Bill Blair and they will be added as time permits.
- 21 May 2008:
Hubble finds missing matter, probes intergalactic web on the
SpaceFlightNow.com site. It's not just Hubble! FUSE was a big part of this discovery!
- October 2007: FUSE End-of-mission coverage
NASA Concludes Successful FUSE Mission, NASA Press Release, Oct. 17, 2007.
FUSE Reaches the End; Astronomers Say Farewell, JHU Press Release, Oct. 8, 2007.
See also:
8-year Space Vigil Goes Dark, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun online site (includes photos), Oct. 19, 2007.
NASA Pulls Plug on Ultraviolet Telescope, by Irene Klotz, Discovery Channel News site, Oct. 17, 2007.
The End of FUSE, by Fraser Cain, Universe Today site, Oct. 9, 2007.
FUSE Mission to End this Month, Space Today site, Oct. 10, 2007.
Scientists to Shut Down FUSE Space Telescope, AP story by Alex Dominguez, on Space.com site, Oct. 9, 2007.
Scientists Pull Plug on FUSE Telescope, AP story by Alex Dominguez, on USA Today site, Oct. 9, 2007.
NASA: FUSE Telescope is Done, AP story, on CNN.com site, Oct. 9, 2007.
- 28 May 2007:
NASA's FUSE Satellite Catches Collision of Titans (NASA News Feature). See also:
SpaceFlightNow.com site
- 14 August 2006:
NASA FUSE
Satellite Solves the Case of the Missing Deuterium (NASA News Release). See also:
"Hidden" Milky Way Deuterium Found, JHU Press Release on this result.
Surprising New Telescope Observations Shake Up Galactic Formation Theories, Univ. of Colorado press release on this result.
Also covered by:
NASA Support page.
Yahoo News page (Reuters).
EurekAlert News page.
NewsWise News page
CNN.com site
MSNBC.com site
ScientificAmerican.com site
SpaceFlightNow.com site
SpaceRef.com site
NewindPress.com site
Reuters site
Scenta site (UK)
Colorado Daily Press site
Space.com "Mystery Monday" site
ScienceDaily.com site
- 7 June 2006:
NASA'S FUSE Finds Infant Solar System Awash in Carbon, (NASA News Release). (See also the
NASA support
page for this release, which includes graphics and other materials of interest.
Also covered by:
Numerous on-line reports. THIS LINK provides access to a summary of the numerous reports we have found. Two examples:
Infant Solar System Drenched In Carbon, by Irene Klotz, at the Discovery Channel site, June 8, 2006.
Star's Planets Might Have Mountains Of Diamonds, by Ker Than, SPACE.com site, June 8, 2006.
- 27 April 2006:
Canadian-built cameras help NASA's ultraviolet satellite return to operations, at CSA Newsletter
site, March-April 2006 issue.
- 23 February 2006:
Venerable Ultraviolet Satellite Returns to Operations, at Headlines@Hopkins page (JHU News
Release).
Also covered by:
NASA Telescope Viewing Heavens Once Again, by Associated Press, in NY Times, Washington Post, and LA Times, Feb. 23, 2006.
SpaceDaily.com, Feb. 23, 2006.
MSNBC.com, Feb. 24, 2006.
Space.com, Feb. 24, 2006.
SpaceFlightNow.com, Feb. 25, 2006.
UniverseToday.com, Feb. 27, 2006.
- 23 January 2006:
"Fossil" Galaxy may have helped end Dark Ages, at NASA Features page.
- 13 January 2006:
And the Galaxy Said, Let There Be Light,
by Katherine Unger, ScienceNOW Daily News.
- 12 January 2006:
"Fossil" Galaxy Reveals Clues to Early Universe, JHU Press Release.
- 1 November 2005:
NASA Satellite Detects Massive Star Partner,
NASA Press Release 05-353.
Also covered by:
on StarDate.com broadcast and web site, Feb. 27, 2006. on SkyAndTelescope.com site. by Robert Naeye, Oct. 26, 2005
on Space.com site. by Robert Roy Britt, Nov. 1, 2005
on SpaceFlightNow.com site. Nov. 1, 2005
on UPI site. Nov. 1, 2005
on UniverseToday.com site. Nov. 1, 2005
on MSNBC MSN site. bY Robert Roy Britt, Nov. 1, 2005
on USA Today site. bY Robert Roy Britt, Nov. 1, 2005
on TechnologyNewsDaily.com site. Nov. 1, 2005
on TheRegister.com site. by Lucy Sherriff, Nov. 2, 2005
on Cooltech.iafrica.com site. Nov. 2, 2005
on InternationalReporter.com site. by R. Bhambhani, Nov. 2, 2005
on BBSNEWs.com site. Nov. 2, 2005
- 25 March 2005:
March 2005 Issue of Cassiopeia, CASCA Newsletter.
including News from FUSE, article by Alex
Fullerton, Pierre Chayer, and John Hutchings.
- 24 January 2005:
Astronomers Take Revealing Peek At Star Factory,
JHU Gazette article by Lisa DeNike.
- 17 January 2005:
Astronomers Take Revealing Peek At Star Factory,
on Space Daily News site.
- 17 January 2005:
Rapidly Rotating Milky Way Star
Dubbed "King Of Spin" By Observers, on Spaceflight Now News site.
- 12 January 2005:
Rapidly Rotating Milky Way Star
Dubbed "King Of Spin" By Observers, Univ. of Colorado press release.
(If link does not work, see locally archived version HERE.
- 10 January 2005:
FUSE Science Operations Suspended
Because of Mechanical Problem, JHU Gazette article by Lisa DeNike.
- 28 June 2004:
This Star Just Shut Down, a joint Chandra/FUSE result, on the Universe Today news site.
Also shown
on SpaceRef.com site.
on MSNBC.com site, by Tariq Malik.
- 25 June 2004:
June 2004 Issue of Cassiopeia, CASCA Newsletter.
including FUSE News article by Alex Fullerton.
- 24 June 2004:
FUSE Satellite Celebrates Five Years in Orbit, JHU press release.
Also shown
on NewsWise.com site.
on RedNova.com site.
on SpaceRef.com site.
on Ascribe.com site.
on Innovations Report news site.
- 9 June 2004:
Astronomers Detect Molecular Nitrogen Outside Our Solar System for the First Time, NASA press
release.
Also shown
on JHU Gazette site, by Lisa De Nike.
on the Universe Today news site.
on EurekAlert news site.
on NewsWise news site.
on SpaceRef.com news site.
- 4 June 2004:
FUSE Pierces the Veil, JHU press release for AAS 204 in Denver.
Also shown
on Sky & Telescope news site.
on Astronomy.com news site.
on Space Daily news site.
on Spaceflight Now news site.
on AScribe news site.
on EurekAlert news site.
on NEWSWISE news site.
on Innovations Report Forum.
on SpectroscopyNow.com news site.
on Science Daily news site.
on Washington Times site.
- 3 June 2004:
Major galactic mystery solved by CU astronomers, Univ. of Colorado press release for AAS
204 in Denver, picked up by SpaceRef.com news site.
Also shown
on Hindu newspaper site.
on Colorado Daily on-line news site.
on Innovations Report Forum.
on Science Daily news site.
on EurekAlert news site.
on Science Blog news site.
- 28 July 2003: New Programming for Ultraviolet Space Telescope is working, in Baltimore Sun newspaper (and on-line).
- 26 July 2003: Brain Transplant for FUSE Spacecraft, on Astrobiology magazine site.
- 25 July 2003: ORBITAL Provides Gyroless Flight Software for FUSE Spacecraft, on SpaceRef.com site.
- 25 July 2003: Old Satellite Learns New Tricks, by Vanessa Thomas, Astronomy Magazine (astronomy.com site).
- 24 July 2003: FUSE Space Telescope Gets Triple Brain Transplant, Space Daily news site.
- 23 July 2003: ORBITAL Provides Gyroless Flight Software for FUSE Spacecraft, Orbital Sciences Corporation press release.
- 22 July 2003: New `Brains' for FUSE satellite, by Tariq Malik, Space.com report.
- 21 July 2003: FUSE `Brain Transplant' Secures Future Of Orbiting Observatory, on SpaceRef.com web site (based on JHU News Release).
- 21 July 2003: Canada-US satellite gets a triple brain transplant, CSA News Release.
- 21 July 2003: FUSE `Brain Transplant' Secures Future Of Orbiting Observatory, by Michael Purdy (JHU Gazette On-line Release).
- 21 July 2003: FUSE `Brain Transplant' Secures Future Of Orbiting Observatory, on EurekAlert web site (based on JHU News Release).
- 21 July 2003: Team gives FUSE spacecraft triple brain transplant, on Spaceflight Now web site (based on NASA News Release).
- 21 July 2003: FUSE `Brain Transplant' Secures Future Of Orbiting Observatory, on Science Daily web site (based on JHU News Release).
- 30 May 2003: 3-D map of local interstellar space shows neighborhood, on Spaceflight Now web site (based on University of California-Berkeley News Release).
- 30 May 2003: 3-D map of local interstellar space shows sun lies in middle of hole piercing galactic plane, by Robert Sanders, Media Relations, University of California-Berkeley News.
- 23 April 2003: L'abondance de deutérium dans l'univers, a Radio Canada report on FUSE Deuterium Results by Laurent Drissen (in French).
- 23 February 2003: Missing mass exists as warm intergalactic fog, Harvard-Smithsonian News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
- 12 February 2003: Missing Matter Found, Partially Squaring Cosmic Accounting Sheets, By Robert Roy Britt, on Space.com news site.
- 12 February 2003: Astronomers detect missing baryons, By Belle Dume, on PhysicsWeb news site.
- 6 January 2003: UCLA Astronomers Find Evidence of Planet Formation in the Sigma Herculis System, UCLA News Release.
- 04 June 2002: Astronomers say hot, young stars cool down a bit, NASA-GSFC News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
- 19 April 2002: Great Intergalactic Cobwebs, by Trudy E. Bell, NASA "Science@NASA" site.
- 08 March 2002: A Short FUSE, by Margaret Munro, National Post (Canadian Newspaper).
- 07 March 2002: Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Orbiting Observatory Returns To Full-Time Science Operations , JHU Release on Science Daily news site.
- 07 March 2002: FUSE satellite lit again, NASA News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
- 06 March 2002: FUSE Returns to Full-Time Science Operations, by Michael Purdy (JHU News Release).
- 20 February 2002: Fix lets Hopkins scientists resume space observations, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun.
- 28 January 2002: FUSE Readings Reveal a Milky Way Surprise, by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette.
- 25 January 2002: Latest Observations Bring the Unseen Into View, by Govert Schilling, Science, 295, p. 616.
- 20 January 2002: More Up There Than Meets the Eye, by George Johnson, New York Times.
- 15 January 2002: Fountains and Bubbles: New Cosmic Mysteries, by John Noble Wilford, New York Times.
- 10 January 2002: Scientists say evidence shows halo of hot gas surrounds Milky Way, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun.
- 08 January 2002: New Halo for Milky Way, Fountain in Nearby Whale, Reuters report by Deborah Zabarenko, Arizona Republic.
- 08 January 2002: Galaxies Show Off Their Weird Side, Reuters report, MSNBC News web site.
- 08 January 2002: Halos, Bubbles, and Old Explosions, Reuters report by Deborah Zabarenko, ABC News web site.
- 07 January 2002: Atlas Indexes Stars That Live Fast, Die Young, JHU Press release carried on SpaceRef.com News site. (Also, see JHUniverse page directly.)
- 24 December 2001: FUSE in Safe Mode, by Jonathan McDowell, Sky & Telescope News site.
- 15 December 2001: FUSE Project Works to Restore Science Operations, NASA Goddard News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
- December 2001: FUSE Begins Its Third Year of Operations, by Alex Fullerton, Pierre Chayer, and John Hutchings, in Dec. 2001 issue of Cassiopeia.
- 03 December 2001: Mars was Once All Wet, NASA Goddard News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
- 30 November 2001: Space Telescope Finds Piece of Martian Atmosphere Puzzle, by Robert Roy Britt, Space.com news site.
- 29 November 2001: Mars was Once All Wet, by Bill Steigerwald, NASA news site.
- 24 November 2001: Is This Young Star Ready to Form Planets?, by Ron Cowen, Science News.
- 24 August 2001: Naissance d'un système solaire , on Le Point French news site (in French).
- 20 August 2001: FUSE Data Unveils Space Cobweb, by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette.
- 17 August 2001: Research uncovers early solar system formation, by Frank Oliveri, Florida Today.
- 16 August 2001: FUSE Sees Solar System Under Construction, on Cosmiverse.com news site.
- 16 August 2001: Swarm of Comets Found, by Jeff Foust, Spaceflight Now news site.
- 16 August 2001: Bêta Pictoris, une étoile modèle de la formation du système solaire , AFP report on Voila French news site (in French).
- 16 August 2001: Les 400 coups d'un bébé soleil, and FUSE observe l'hélium du Big bang, by Sylvestre Huet, Liberation French newspaper site (in French).
- 13 August 2001: Research team led by Baldwin native finds evidence of helium left over from the Big Bang, By Byron Spice, Science Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- 10 August 2001: Cosmic Helium Web Gave Birth to Galaxies, Reuters report on Yahoo! News web site, by Deborah Zabarenko. (Also picked up on CNN.com.)
- 10 August 2001: Scientists trace primordial structure of early Universe, from Spaceflight Now news site, reporting a NASA press release.
- 10 August 2001: Galaxies Born From Cosmic Helium Web, from Discovery.com news site.
- 09 August 2001: Helium 'Cobweb' Found in Vast Spaces Between Galaxies, from Space.com news site, by Robert Britt.
- 23 June 2001: Unique link found between stellar death and birth, from Spaceflight Now news site, reporting a University of Colorado press release from AAS 197 in Pasadena, CA.
- 26 February 2001: FUSE Completes First Year of Observations, by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette.
- 03 August 2000: Hot on the Gas Trail of Ordinary Dark Matter, in Online "Space Daily" report.
- 19 June 2000: FUSE Ends First Year in Great Shape, by Michael Purdy, Hopkins Gazette.
- 04 Feb. 2000: The FUSE of the Galaxy's Gas Circuit, by Robert Irion, Science magazine.
- 13 Jan. 2000: Spacecraft Demystifying Halo of Gas In Milky Way, by John Noble Wilford, New York Times.
- 12 Jan. 2000: Hopkins' orbiting observatory starts to send data on Milky Way galaxy, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun.
- 12 Jan. 2000: Milky Way Oozes with Hydrogen, by Ann Schrader, Denver Post.
- 12 Jan. 2000: CSA-Canadian Science and Technology Revealing Secrets of the Universe, CSA release on Yahoo!
- 12 Jan. 2000: NASA: Milky Way's Halo Caused by Exploding Stars, Reuters article on CNN.com.
- 12 Jan. 2000: FUSE Spacecraft Observes Interstellar Lifeblood of Galaxies, NASA Press Release 00-5.
- 12 Jan. 2000: FUSE Spacecraft Observes Interstellar Lifeblood of Galaxies, JHU Press Release.
- 12 Jan. 2000: Canadian Science and Technology Revealing Secrets of the Universe, CSA Press Release in conjunction with the Atlanta AAS.
- 20 Dec. 1999: News of FUSE, by Pierre Chayer, Alex Fullerton, and John Hutchings, from the Canadian Astronomical Society's on-line Newsletter "Cassiopeia", Dec. 1999.
- 08 Nov. 1999: FUSE Begins Its Observations, by Dennis O'Shea, JHU Gazette.
- 30 Oct. 1999: Tiny Shifts in Mirrors Delay Use of Satellite, by Frank D. Roylance, Baltimore Sun.
- 07 Sept. 1999: 475 Miles up, FUSE Comes to Life, by Michael Purdy, JHU Gazette.
- 21 July 1999: First Image From Canadian Camera Aboard FUSE Telescope, in English and in French, Canadian Space Agency press release.
- 19 July 1999:FUSE Satellite Tracks First Star Image, JHU/APL press release.
- 25 June 1999: Once almost canceled, FUSE blasts off, by Douglas Birch, Baltimore Sun.
- 25 June 1999: Hopkins' Satellite to Search for the Big Bang, by Philip Chien, Baltimore Press.
- 25 June 1999: Big Bang Blastoff, by John Davenport, Newsweek.com.
- 25 June 1999:FUSE spacecraft successfully launch,
NASA Post-launch Release.
- 24 June 1999: FUSE launches on mission to study the origin of the Universe, Astronomy Now Online site including QuickTime video of Launch!
- 24 June 1999: FUSE Satellite Launched; Telescope Set to Investigate `Big Bang' by Marcia Dunn, AP (on ABC News Science page).
- 24 June 1999: La NASA lance un tilescope spatial, from Yahoo-France Actualities.
- 24 June 1999: NASA's fossil-finding telescope reaches orbit, CNN Interactive site, includes video.
- 24 June 1999:
In Search of Floating Fossils, Reuters article on Wired News online service.
- 23 June 1999: Satellite to Peer at `Big Bang', by Alex Salkever, Christian Science Monitor (on ABC News Science page), or as on Christian Science Monitor page.
- 22 June 1999: Fuse, un oeil sur le big-bang, in French, from French Daily newspaper Liberation.
- 21 June 1999: FUSE to search for universe's oldest secrets, from Florida Today Space Online.
- 19 June 1999: Launch of NASA's FUSE observatory delayed a day, from Florida Today Space Online.
- 19 June 1999:Boeing Delta 2 to
launch satellite telescope for NASA, from Florida Today Space Online.
- 10 June 1999:FUSE Satellite Ready For Launch On June 23. (Links to UniSci News page.)
- 10 June 1999: Hopkins Team Prepares Launch of Observatory, from The Baltimore Sun.
- 09 June 1999: NASA probe to hunt for cosmic 'fossils', from CNN Interactive site.
- 09 June 1999: Relics of the Big Bang: NASA's FUSE spacecraft will explore the "fossil record" of cosmology, from NASA Headlines on-line.
- 09 June 1999: Satellite to search for Big Bang fossils, from ABC News/Reuters on-line.
- 08 June 1999:FUSE Spacecraft Will Search for 'Fossils' of the Big Bang, from NASA News online page.
- 09 June 1999: Digging for Big Bang Fossils, Reuters article on Wired News online service.
- 08 June 1999:FUSE Spacecraft Will Search for 'Fossils' of the Big Bang, from NASA HQ.
- 03 June 1999:FUSE Mission Science Briefing Set For June 8, from NASA HQ.
- 19 May 1999: "Mission That Almost Wasn't" Ready For Launch, on UniSci News postings, and on JHUniverse page.
- 17 May 1999: Washington Post article by William Harwood.
- 22 April 1999: A Child's Touch Unveils Mysteries of Satellite Universe. (Links to JHU News page.)
- 14 April 1999: Satellite Searches for Big Bang, (From Wired News online service.)
- 8 April 1999: FUSE To Check Fossil Record Of The Universe. (Links to UniSci News page. Also, link locally to JHUniverse version.)
- 5 April 1999: FUSE
Satellite Arrives in Florida for Launch Preparations, KSC Release No. 23-99.
- 21 December 1998: FUSE in the News: CNN Web Preview.
- 26 August 1998: FUSE Moves Closer to Launch . (Links to JHU News page.)
- 27 February 1996: The New Med-Lite Launch Vehicle.
- 13 November 1995: The FUSE Mission is Selected for Launch.
- 21 March 1995: Acceptance of the JHU Restructured Proposal for FUSE.

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