This page contains links to on-line stories about FUSE or FUSE results. The archive was kept
by the FUSE Project in reverse chronological order.
Many of the following links are to other sites and may no longer be available.
The list was transferred to MAST to archive the press releases and press coverage of FUSE and FUSE science
during the lifetime of the mission.
21 May 2008: Missing Matter / Intergalactic Web
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.
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: Astronomers determine properties of rare, extremely massive young binary star system
NASA's FUSE Satellite Catches Collision of Titans (NASA News Feature).
SpaceFlightNow.com site
14 August 2006: "Missing" Deuterium
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: Infant Solar System Awash in Carbon
NASA'S FUSE Finds Infant Solar System Awash in Carbon, (NASA News Release).
NASA support
page for this release, which includes graphics and other materials of interest.
Nearby Star System Could Spawn Carbon-Rich Planets, at National Geographic site, June 8, 2006.
Infant Solar System Drenched In Carbon, by Irene Klotz, at the Discovery Channel site, June 8, 2006.
Baby Solar System Found Full Of Carbon, released by United Press International, June 8, 2006.
Mysterious Carbon Excess Found In Infant Solar System, at PhysOrg.com site , June 8, 2006.
New, Rocky Planets May Be Around Star, by Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle, June 8, 2006.
Star's Planets Might Have Mountains Of Diamonds, by Ker Than, SPACE.com site , June 8, 2006.
Primeval solar system discovered, at Mail & Guardian site, June 8, 2006.
Mysterious carbon excess found in infant solar system, at physorg.com news site, June 8, 2006.
Baby Solar System Found Full of Carbon, at Science.com News site , June 8, 2006.
Young Star May Be Encircled By Diamond Studded Planets, by David McAlary, at the Voice of America site, June 9, 2006.
Primeval Solar System Discovered, at AFP site, June 9, 2006.
Star's Dusty Disc Could Create Exotic Worlds, by Maggie McKee, New Scientist site, June 9, 2006.
The Birth Of Carbon Planets?, by Selby Cull, at Sky & Telescope site, June 9, 2006.
Mysterious carbon excess found in infant solar system, at Hindu News Update Service, June 9, 2006.
23 February 2006: FUSE Returns to Operations
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.
Canadian-built cameras help NASA's ultraviolet satellite return to operations, at CSA Newsletter
site, March-April 2006 issue.
23 January 2006: "Fossil" Galaxy
"Fossil" Galaxy may have helped end Dark Ages, at NASA Features page.
And the Galaxy Said, Let There Be Light,
by Katherine Unger, ScienceNOW Daily News. 13 January 2006
"Fossil" Galaxy Reveals Clues to Early Universe, JHU Press Release. 12 January 2006
1 November 2005: Massive Star Partner
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: Star Factory
Astronomers Take Revealing Peek At Star Factory,
JHU Gazette article by Lisa DeNike.
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.
17 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.
12 January 2005
10 January 2005:
FUSE Science Operations Suspended
Because of Mechanical Problem, JHU Gazette article by Lisa DeNike.
28 June 2004:Star Just Shut Down
This Star Just Shut Down , a joint Chandra/FUSE result, on the Universe Today news site.
on SpaceRef.com site.
on MSNBC.com site, by Tariq Malik.
25 June 2004: FUSE Celebrates Five Years in Orbit
June 2004 Issue of Cassiopeia, CASCA Newsletter.
including FUSE News article by Alex
Fullerton.
FUSE Satellite Celebrates Five Years in Orbit , JHU press release.
24 June 2004:
on NewsWise.com site.
on RedNova.com site.
on SpaceRef.com site.
on Ascribe.com site.
on Innovations Report news site.
9 June 2004:FUSE Detects Molecular Nitrogen Outside Solar System
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: Veil Nebula
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: Deuterium
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: "Brain" Transplant"
New Programming for Ultraviolet Space Telescope is working , in Baltimore Sun newspaper (and on-line).
Brain Transplant for FUSE Spacecraft , on Astrobiology magazine site.
26 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).
25 July 2003
FUSE Space Telescope Gets Triple Brain Transplant , Space Daily news site.
24 July 2003
ORBITAL Provides Gyroless Flight Software for FUSE Spacecraft , Orbital Sciences Corporation press release.
23 July 2003
New `Brains' for FUSE satellite , by Tariq Malik, Space.com report.
22 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).
21 July 2003
3-D Map of Local Neighborhood
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.
30 May 2003
FUSE Deuterium Results
L'abondance de deutérium dans l'univers , a Radio Canada report on FUSE Deuterium Results by
Laurent Drissen (in French). 23 April 2003
Missing Mass
Missing mass exists as warm intergalactic fog , Harvard-Smithsonian News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.
23 February 2003
Missing Matter Found, Partially
Squaring Cosmic Accounting Sheets , By Robert Roy Britt, on Space.com news site. 2 February 2003
Astronomers detect missing baryons , By Belle Dume, on PhysicsWeb news site. 12 February 2003
Planet Formation in the Sigma Herculis System
UCLA Astronomers Find Evidence of Planet Formation in the Sigma Herculis System , UCLA News Release. 6 January 2003
Astronomers say hot, young stars cool down a bit
Astronomers say hot, young stars cool down a bit , NASA-GSFC News Release on Spaceflight Now news site. 04 June 2002
Intergalactic Cobwebs
Great Intergalactic Cobwebs , by Trudy E. Bell, NASA "Science@NASA" site. 19 April 2002
FUSE Returns to Operations
A Short FUSE , by Margaret Munro, National Post (Canadian Newspaper).
08 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.
07 March 2002
FUSE Returns to Full-Time Science Operations , by Michael Purdy (JHU News Release).
06 March 2002
Fix lets Hopkins scientists resume space observations, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun.
20 February 2002
2002 AAS Results
FUSE Readings Reveal a Milky Way Surprise , by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette.
28 January 2002
Latest Observations Bring the Unseen Into View , by Govert Schilling, Science, 295, p. 616.
25 January 2002
More Up There Than Meets the Eye , by George Johnson, New York Times.
20 January 2002
Fountains and Bubbles: New Cosmic Mysteries , by John Noble Wilford, New York Times.
15 January 2002Scientists
say evidence shows halo of hot gas surrounds Milky Way, by Frank Roylance, Baltimore Sun. 10 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. 08 January 2002
Atlas Indexes Stars That Live Fast, Die Young ,
JHU Press release carried on SpaceRef.com News site. (Also, see JHUniverse page directly.) 07 January 2002
FUSE News
FUSE in Safe Mode ,
by Jonathan McDowell, Sky & Telescope News site. 24 December 2001
FUSE Project Works to Restore Science Operations ,
NASA Goddard News Release on Spaceflight Now news site.15 December 2001
FUSE Begins Its Third Year of Operations ,
by Alex Fullerton, Pierre Chayer, and John Hutchings, in Dec. 2001 issue of Cassiopeia . December 2001
Mars - December 2001
Mars was Once All Wet , NASA Goddard News Release on Spaceflight Now news site. 03 December 2001
Space Telescope Finds Piece of Martian Atmosphere Puzzle , by Robert Roy Britt, Space.com news site. 30 November 2001
Mars was Once All Wet , by Bill Steigerwald, NASA news site. -29 November 2001
51 Ophiuchi - New Solar System?
Is This Young Star Ready to Form Planets? , by Ron Cowen, Science News . - 24 November 2001
Naissance d'un systéme solaire , on Le Point French news site (in French). 24 August 2001
FUSE Data Unveils Space
Cobweb , by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette. 20 August 2001
Research uncovers early solar system formation , by Frank Oliveri, Florida Today. 17 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
Beta Pic and the Cosmic Web
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). 16 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. 13 August 2001
Cosmic Helium Web Gave Birth to Galaxies , Reuters report on Yahoo! News web site, by Deborah
Zabarenko. 10 August 2001
CNN.com .
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. 10 August 2001
Helium 'Cobweb' Found in Vast
Spaces Between Galaxies , from Space.com news site, by Robert Britt. 09 August 2001
Link between Stellar Death and Birth
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. 23 June 2001
First Year
FUSE Completes First
Year of Observations , by Michael Purdy, from JHU Gazette. 26 February 2001
FUSE Ends First Year in Great Shape , by Michael Purdy, Hopkins Gazette. 19 June 2000
Interstellar Lifeblood of Galaxies
Hot on the Gas Trail of Ordinary Dark Matter , in Online "Space Daily" report. 03 August 2000
The FUSE of the Galaxy's Gas Circuit , by Robert Irion, Science magazine. -04 Feb. 2000
Spacecraft Demystifying Halo of Gas In Milky Way , by John Noble Wilford, New York Times. 13 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. 12 Jan. 2000
FUSE News
News of FUSE , by
Pierre Chayer, Alex Fullerton, and John Hutchings, from the Canadian Astronomical
Society's on-line Newsletter "Cassiopeia", Dec. 1999.
FUSE Begins Its Observations , by
Dennis O'Shea, JHU Gazette. 08 Nov. 1999
Tiny Shifts in Mirrors Delay Use of Satellite , by Frank D. Roylance, Baltimore Sun. 30 Oct. 1999
First Data
475 Miles up, FUSE Comes to Life , by Michael Purdy, JHU Gazette. 07 Sept. 1999
First Image From Canadian Camera Aboard FUSE Telescope,
in English
and in French ,
Canadian Space Agency press release. 21 July 1999
FUSE Satellite Tracks First Star Image ,
JHU/APL press release. 19 July 1999
Launch
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. 25 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.24 June 1999
Satellite to Peer at `Big Bang', by Alex Salkever, Christian Science Monitor (on
ABC News Science page), 23 June 1999
Christian Science Monitor page. 23 June 1999
Fuse, un oeil sur le big-bang, in French, from French Daily newspaper Liberation . 22 June 1999
FUSE to search for universe's oldest secrets, from Florida Today Space Online. 21 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. 19 June 1999
Pre Launch
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. 10 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. 09 June 1999
FUSE Spacecraft
Will Search for 'Fossils' of the Big Bang , from NASA News online page. 08 June 1999
Digging for Big Bang Fossils, Reuters article on Wired News online service. 09 June 1999
FUSE Spacecraft Will Search for 'Fossils' of the Big Bang , from NASA HQ. 08 June 1999
FUSE Mission Science Briefing Set For June 8 , from NASA HQ. 03 June 1999
"Mission
That Almost Wasn't" Ready For Launch, on UniSci News postings, 19 May 1999
JHUniverse page. .19 May 1999
Washington Post article by William Harwood. 17 May 1999
A Child's Touch Unveils Mysteries of Satellite Universe .
(Links to JHU News page.) 22 April 1999
Satellite Searches for Big Bang, (From Wired News online service.) 14 April 1999
FUSE To Check Fossil Record Of The Universe . (Links to UniSci News page. 8 April 1999
JHUniverse version. 8 April 1999
FUSE
Satellite Arrives in Florida for Launch Preparations , KSC Release No. 23-99. 5 April 1999
FUSE
in the News: CNN Web Preview. 21 December 1998
FUSE Moves Closer to Launch . (Links to JHU News page.) 26 August 1998
The New Med-Lite Launch Vehicle . 17 February 1996
The FUSE Mission is Selected for
Launch . 13 November 1995
Acceptance of the JHU Restructured
Proposal for FUSE . 21 March 1995
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