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Archive: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

09/30/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added article about the Hubble Space Telescope seeing SN2004dj to Current Events
  • added article for Genesis update to Current Events

09/26/04

  • fixed error on Neutron/Pulsar star page claiming that Polaris was a neutron star
  • changed wording in Feedback Form from "tell us where you are from" to "tell us where you live"
  • added article about a pulsar streaming through space to Current Events
  • added Hubble Heritage article for September to Current Events
  • added article about Mars Oddyssey Extension to Current Events
  • added article about new type of extrasolar planets found to Current Events
  • added article about Genesis status to Current Events
  • added article about a new ring and possible new moon found around Saturn to Current Events
  • added article about Mars Exploration Rovers' mission extension to Current Events
  • added September's Hubble Hertage article to Hubble Heritage Archive

09/18/04

  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroid page data and graphs
  • validated XHTML across site, fixing it on 3 pages
  • split the August 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • fixed all (0) broken links across site
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • updated site maps
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs

08/24/04

  • added article about comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9's continued impact on Jupiter's atmosphere to Current Events

08/23/04

  • added article about bipolar jets seen in Cassiopea A by Chandra to Current Events
  • added article about gas bubble N44F in LMC to Current Events

08/21/04

  • updated Solar System > Planets > Saturn > Saturn's Moons page to reflect new names
  • added Hubble Heritage for August 2004 to Current Events
  • added August 2004 Hubble Heritage information to Hubble Heritage Archive
  • added article about large globular clusters to Current Events
  • added article about MER updte to Current Events
  • added article about new Saturnian moons to Current Events
  • added article about Ganymede's lumpy interior to Current Events

08/20/04

  • split the July 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • fixed all (1) broken links across site
  • validated XHTML across site, fixing it on 3 pages
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • updated site maps
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs
  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroid page data and graphs

07/31/04

  • added article about McNeil's nebula in x-rays to Current Events
  • added article about VLT catching meteor's spectrum to Current Events
  • added article about stellar mass measurement to Current Events
  • added article about Iapetus to Current Events
  • added article about Titan's detached atmosphere to Current Events

07/11/04

  • updated and completed section on Advanced planet pages of missions that were launched and are planned for that planet
  • added missions Phoenix, Mars 2009, and Planet-C to future missions
  • flagged Europa Orbiter as cancelled
  • updated Exploration > 21st Century So Far > Outer Planets page information on Cassini
  • separated What's New Archive into a January-June 2004 page
  • updated Site Maps
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • added comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 information to Advanced > Solar System > Planets > Jupiter page
  • added link to online images from MGS camera to MGS pages

07/10/04

  • split the June 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • fixed all (0) broken links across site
  • validated XHTML across site, fixing it on 0 pages
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • updated site maps
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs
  • added Hubble Heritage for July 2004 to Current Events
  • added July 2004 Hubble Heritage information to Hubble Heritage Archive
  • added article updating Cassini information to Current Events

06/30/04

  • added article about SST image of NGC 7331 to Current Events

06/27/04

  • added article about hot gas in galactic center to Current Events
  • added update about Mars Exploration Rovers to Current Events

06/20/04

  • added article about youngest neutron star or black hole to Current Events
  • added update on Mars Exploration Rovers to Current Events
  • added article about Cassini's flyby of Phoebe to Current Events
  • added article about analysis of comet Wild 2 to Current Events
  • added article about binary M star and brown dwarf system to Current Events
  • fixed Venus page explanation of atmospheric heating

06/03/04

  • added Hubble Heritage for June 2004 to Current Events
  • added May and June 2004 Hubble Heritage information to Hubble Heritage Archive

06/02/04

  • added article about GRB remnant to Current Events
  • added article about intermediate-mass black hole illuminating a nebula to Current Events
  • completed new calendar page, though have yet to link it

06/01/04

  • split the May 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • fixed all (10) broken links across site
  • validated XHTML across site, fixing it on 0 pages
  • supdated Search Engine pages to search
  • updated site maps
  • added article about GOODS survey to Current Events
  • added article about HST refining Pleiades distance measurement to Current Events
  • added article about Spitzer's observations of M33 to Current Events
  • changed image of Pleiades cluster used in site with DSS image from above Hubble press release and updated source list page to reflect

05/31/04

  • added article about Rosetta's study of comet LINEAR to Current Events
  • added article updating status of Mars Exploration Rovers to Current Events
  • added white space between NGC # and IC #

05/21/04

  • added article updating status of Mars Exploration Rovers to Current Events
  • added article about VLT imaging the central regions of an active galaxy to see the immediate surroundings of a black hole

05/17/04

  • split the April 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroid page data and graphs
  • fixed all (0) broken links across site
  • validated XHTML across site, fixing it on 2 pages
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • updated site maps
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added Spitzer database article to Current Events
  • added pulsar binary article to Current Events

04/25/04

  • added article about VLT imaging Titan's surface to Current Events

04/24/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added Hubble Heritage Image celebrating 14th Anniversary of HST's launch

04/19/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs

04/18/04

  • fixed link on Extras > About the Authors page

04/16/04

  • added article about exoplanet discovery through microlensing to Current Events
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added information for exoplanet OGLE-235 / MOA-53
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs

04/15/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added information for exoplanets OGLE-TR-113 and OGLE-TR-132
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs
  • updated Other Worlds > How to Find Them page with new OGLE findings
  • added article about SST image to Current Events
  • added article about Shergotty similarity with Bounce to Current Events
  • added article about lack of moon around Sedna to Current Events

04/13/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data

04/11/04

  • added information for 26th Uranian moon
  • updated Rosetta probe information, and moved it from Exploration > Near Future > ESA to Exploration > 21st Century > Comets, Asteroids, and Sun

04/10/04

  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroid page data and graphs
  • split the March 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • fixed all (32) broken links across site
  • validated XHTML across site
  • updated site maps
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added Hubble Heritage for April 2004 to Current Events
  • added April 2004 Hubble Heritage information to Hubble Heritage Archive
  • added article about Titan transit of the Crab Nebula to Current Events
  • added article about Mars' poles spiral pattern model to Current Events
  • added article about local star study to Current Events
  • added article about measuring the size of Sag A* to Current Events
  • added article updating MERs' status to Current Events

03/20/04

  • added article for a Mars Exploration Rovers update to Current Events

03/19/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added article about Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release (6 TB) to Current Events
  • added article about farthest known solar system object (Sedna) discovery to Current Events
  • added article about close asteroid (2004 FH) flyby of Earth to Current Events

03/10/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • split the February 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • validated XHTML across site
  • fixed all (62) broken links across site
  • updated site map
  • added article about x-rays detected from Saturn to Current Events
  • added article about Rosetta's launch to Current Events
  • added Hubble Heritage for March 2004 to Current Events
  • added March 2004 Hubble Heritage information to Hubble Heritage Archive
  • added article about MER Opportunity finding ancient water evidence and observing eclipses to Current Events
  • added article about Hubble Ultra Deep Field to Current Events

02/29/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added article about cosmic dark ages to Current Events page
  • added article about Cassini's approach to Saturn to Current Events page

02/23/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs

02/22/04

  • added article about largest KBO discovery to Current Events
  • added article about SN1987A to Current Events

02/20/04

  • added link to "Powers of 10" webpage, suggested by site editor Ms. Elizabeth Jelus

02/18/04

  • added article about black hole eating star to Current Events
  • began work on a calendar page

02/16/04

  • added article about Spitzer Valentine's Day image to Current Events
  • added article about Mars Express and Mars Exploration Rover communication to Current Events
  • added article about most distant galaxy found to Current Events

02/14/04

  • completed text for eclipse information for Solar System > Planets > Earth > Earth's Moon pages

02/12/04

  • created image for explanation of eclipses

02/11/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • updated Advanced section exoplanet data graphs
  • updated status of Beagle 2 Lander under Mars Express on Exploration > 21st Century > Inner Planets page
  • added link to Current Events page on Exploration > 21st Century > Inner Planets page
  • added article about Beagle 2's status to Current Events page

02/07/04

  • added article about gas globs around M31 to Current Events
  • added article about extrasolar planet atmosphere evaporating to Current Events
  • added Hubble Heritage for February 2004 to Current Events
  • added update for Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to Current Events
  • added new page for Hubble Heritage archive in Advanced section for 2004
  • updated Site Map for Advanced section

02/01/04

  • fixed XHTML issues on one page
  • fixed all (6) broken links across site
  • split the January 2004 Current Events into an archive
  • updated site map
  • updated Search Engine pages to search

01/31/04

  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroid page data and graphs
  • added article on status update for Spirit and Opportunity to Current Events page

01/30/04

  • updated MER status on Exploration > 21st Century So Far > Other Inner Planets page

01/29/04

  • added article about HST SM4 cancelation to Current Events

01/28/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • fixed (hopefully) the final issue with display problems in Linux/Unix browsers
  • added story about discovery of Martian moons to Solar System > Planets > Mars > Mars' Moons

01/26/04

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets data
  • added article on ESA's Mars Express Status and Results for Water to Current Events page
  • added article about MER Opportunity status to Current Events page
  • added article about distance to Atlast to Current Events page
  • added article about Vulcanoid search to Current Events page
  • added article about MER Spirit status to Current Events page

01/16/04

  • added article about Betelgeuse's atmosphere to Current Events page
  • added article to update status of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to Current Events page
  • added article on widest lensed quasar found to Current Events page
  • added article on biggest star found to Current Events page
  • added article on Bush's NASA initiative to Current Events page
  • added article about MER Spirit landing to Current Events page

01/11/04

  • fixed a few remaining formatting issues (<i> to <em>)

01/07/04

  • added article about Stardust success to Current Events
  • added article about Mars Exploration Rover landing successfully and initial data to Current Events

01/02/04

  • fixed HTML on 1 page
  • re-edited/created Columbia patch, spherical geometry illustration, and H-R Diagram from Hipparcus Catalogue to conform to new colors
  • fixed numerous display issues on Advanced > Extras > Particle Physics Overview page

01/01/04

  • went through site and removed all tabs from XHTML code
  • changed all images to "image" style to give correct spacing
  • fixed XHTML on 1 page
  • fixed issue with specifying an image to be a percent of the screen that occurred in Unix and Linux browsers
  • removed extra white spaces in XHTML code to optimize space and search engine
  • updated © dates for 2004
  • separated What's New Archive into a July-December 2003 page
  • split the December 2003 Current Events into an archive
  • updated Site Maps
  • updated Search Engine pages to search
  • checked links across site (none were broken)

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