2001
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Smoke Sentry in Space
Aug. 21, 2001
In the past firefighters looked toward the sky for relief from relentless wildfires, wishing for rain or perhaps a cool breeze. Now there's a different kind of aid beaming down from the heavens.
Precocious Earth
Jan. 17, 2001
Tiny zircon crystals found in ancient stream deposits suggest that Earth harbored continents and liquid water remarkably soon after our planet formed.
Life as We Didn't Know It
April 13, 2001
Biologists always thought life required the Sun's energy, until they found an ecosystem that thrives in complete darkness.
Earth at Perihelion
Jan. 4, 2001
This morning at 5 o'clock Eastern Standard time Earth made its annual closest approach to the Sun -- an event astronomers call perihelion.
Earth Songs
Jan. 19, 2001
If humans had radio antennas instead of ears, we would hear a remarkable symphony of strange noises coming from our own planet.
Jaw-dropping Leonids
Nov. 8, 2001
On Sunday morning, Nov. 18, 2001, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling storm of Leonid meteors. Read this story and find out how you can be one of them.
It's Not Over Yet!
Feb. 14, 2001
Following one of the softest planetary landings ever, ground controllers have decided to extend the NEAR mission and gather unique data from the very surface of asteroid Eros.
The Perfect Dust Storm Strikes Mars
Oct. 11, 2001
Three months after it began, an awesome global dust storm on Mars is waning. Two NASA spacecraft have captured dazzling images of the planetary tempest.
Mobile Homes for Microbes
June 18, 2001
African dust that crosses the Atlantic Ocean and brings beautiful sunsets to Florida also carries potentially harmful bacteria and fungi, a new study shows.
Beam it Down, Scotty!
March 23, 2001
Solar Powercollected in space and beamed to Earth could be an environmentally friendly solution to our planet's growing energy problems.