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News by Topic Physics and Astronomy 2009 Bagger Elected to National Space Biomedical Research Institute Board 05/09 Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations For Dark Energy 05/09 Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Elected to National Academy of Sciences 04/09 Media Advisory: Physics Fair at The Johns Hopkins University 04/09 Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming Chemicals 04/09 New Recipe for Dwarf Galaxies: Start with Leftover Gas 02/09 Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Wins Comstock Prize in Physics 01/09   2008 Five JHU Researchers Named 2008 AAAS Fellows 12/08 JHU-led Team Wins Supercomputing Storage Challenge 12/08 Two Johns Hopkins Professors Receive "Genius" Grants 09/08 New Superconductors Present New Mysteries, Possibilities 06/08 Team Hopes to Use New Technology to Search for ET's 06/08 WorldWide Telescope Brings Space Exploration to Earth 05/08 National Inventors Hall of Fame Honors JHU's Giacconi 05/08 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Astrophysicist Riess 04/08 Media Advisory: Physics Fair at The Johns Hopkins University 04/08 WMAP Reveals Neutrinos, End of Dark Ages, First Second of Universe 03/08 Mapping the Cosmos Exhibit Presents Hubble Images as Art 03/08 Video-Friendly Workshops are Part of the American Association of Physics Teachers Annual Winter Meeting 01/08 Astronomers Find Record-Old Cosmic Explosion 01/08   2007 2008 LHC Theory Initiative Awards Announced 12/07 Six JHU Researchers Named 2007 AAAS Fellows 10/07 Media Advisory: Shutdown of NASA's FUSE Space Telescope 10/07 FUSE Reaches the End; Astronomers Say Farewell 10/07 Discovery of "Hidden" Quantum Order Improves Prospects for Quantum Super Computers 07/07 Dark Energy Discovery Leader to Share Gruber Prize 07/07 Johns Hopkins Team Finds Ring of Dark Matter 05/07 Armitage of Johns Hopkins Wins Sloan Fellowship 04/07 Fellowships Aim to Stimulate Young Theoretical Physicists 04/07 Gritsan Wins 2007 NSF Career Award and Sloan Fellowship 03/07 Physics Fair at The Johns Hopkins University Apr 14 JHU Physicist Wins MAHE's 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award 01/07   2006 JHU, Howard, PGCC Team to Train Minority Scientists 12/06 JHU/Illinois Team Wins Bandwidth Bowl 12/06 Johns Hopkins Physics Articles among World's Most Cited 11/06 Huge Astronomy Databases to Be Preserved Online 11/06 JHU-led Team Discovers Exotic Relatives of Protons and Neutrons 11/06 Dark Energy Existed in Infant Universe 11/06 JHU in Science Consortium for Powerful New Telescope 10/06 Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Wins 2006 Harvey Prize 09/06 Johns Hopkins Astronomers React to Pluto's Planetary 'Demotion' 08/06 Is Pluto a Planet? Astronomers Vote, JHU Takes Straw Poll 08/06 Astrophysicist Shares Gruber Cosmology Prize 08/06 "Hidden" Milky Way Deuterium Found 08/06 NASA Selects Hopkins-led "ADEPT" Space Mission for Concept Development 07/06 Astrophysicist Appointed to Space Science Boards 07/06 Astronomer Is Co-Winner of Million-Dollar Shaw Prize 06/06 "Cosmic Telescopes" May Have Found Infant Galaxies 06/06 Report: Computing Poised to Change the Way Science Is Done 05/06 Media Advisory: Johns Hopkins University Hosts 3rd Annual Physics Fair 04/06 New Satellite Data on Universe's First Trillionth Second 03/06 Media Advisory: New Satellite Data on Universe's First Trillionth Second 03/06 Research Team Identifies Cause of Memory Loss 03/06 Venerable Ultraviolet Satellite Returns to Operations 02/06 First RAVE Data Release Offers Clues to Milky Way Evolution 02/06 Markovic of Johns Hopkins Wins NSF Career Award 02/06 Physicist Named Dean of Krieger School of Arts and Sciences 01/06 Fossil Galaxy Reveals Clues to Early Universe 01/06 Memory Design Breakthrough Can Lead to Faster Computers 01/06 Scientists "RAVE-ing" about Most Ambitious Star Survey Ever 01/06   2005 JHU-STScI Team Maps Dark Matter in Startling Detail 12/05 Johns Hopkins Scientist to Edit Prestigious Journal 12/05 Johns Hopkins Physics Articles among World's Most Cited 11/05 Material May Demonstrate Long-Sought 'Liquid' Magnetic State 09/05 Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Comet 07/05 Size Matters: Friction, Adhesion Change on Atomic Level 06/05 Two Johns Hopkins Scientists Elected To National Academy Of Sciences 05/05 Media Advisory: Physics Fair at The Johns Hopkins University 04/05 Simulations Reveal Surprising News about Black Holes 03/05 Astronomers Urge Congress to Continue Hubble Science 02/05 Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Wins Quadrennial Draper Medal 01/05 Falk Named Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences 01/05 Astronomers Take Revealing Peek at Star Factory 01/05   2004 Just in Time for New Year's: A Proposal for a Better Calendar 12/04 $1.2 Million from Moore Foundation Funds Data Analysis Research 11/04 Physicist and Author Brian Greene to Speak at Johns Hopkins 10/04 Astronomers Tackle 400-Year-Old Heavenly Mystery 10/04 Three Faculty Honored with Named Professorships 08/04 Glimpse at Early Universe Reveals Surprisingly Mature Galaxies 07/04 FUSE Satellite Celebrates Five Years in Orbit 06/04 Astronomers Detect Molecular Nitrogen Outside Our Solar System, for the First Time 06/04 FUSE Pierces the Veil 06/04 Physics Fair at Johns Hopkins University 04/04 Hopkins Physics Professor Wins Sloan Research Award 03/04 2003 FUSE "Brain Transplant" Secures Future of Orbiting 07/03 Hot Gas Around Cold Dust Cloud Surprises Astronomers 05/03 Students Will See How Liquids Behave When Gravity is Gone 04/03 Astronomers Stretch Celestial 'Yardstick' to New Lengths 04/03 Virtual Observatory Prototype Produces Surprise Discovery: Early Demo Project Identifies New Brown Dwarf 03/03 2002 Volcanoes on Jovian Moon Spew Salt into Atmosphere 12/02 New Hubble Instrument Wins Popular Science Award 11/02 Galaxy Merger Leaves Behind Telltale Blue Arc 10/02 Physics Nobel Prize Winner Holds Hopkins Research Position 10/02 Virtual Observatory Prototype Wins Microsoft Student Award 04/02 Color of the Universe Corrected by Astronomers 03/02 FUSE Returns to Full-Time Science Operations 03/02 Shuttle launch of new Hubble camera broadcast live at JHU 02/02 New Instrument Package to Expand Space Telescope's Vision 02/02 Astronomers Determine Color of the Universe 01/02 -- NOTE: Please see updated release here. Ancient Supernova May Have Triggered Eco-Catastrophe 01/02 2001 Astronomers Building National Virtual Observatory at Johns Hopkins University 10/01 Study Stirs Old Debate about Galaxies 06/01 Astronomers Report Galactic Baby Boom 06/01 Comet Spilled Its Guts in Fine Fashion 05/01 Physicists Gather to Make Case for New Particle Collider 03/01 Astronomers Find Missing Type of Quasar 03/01 Survey's Early Results Hint at Galactic Fossils 01/01   2000 High Rate of Star Births Linked to Supermassive Black Holes 11/00 Astronomers Conducting Post-Mortem on Comet LINEAR 10/00 Hubble Sees Comet Linear Blow Its Top 07/00 FUSE Spacecraft Observes Interstellar Lifeblood of Galaxies 01/00 Early Glimpses into Far-Ultraviolet Excite Astronomers 01/00   1999 First Image of a Black Hole's "Shadow" May Be Possible Soon 12/99 Hopkins-led Team Developing New Ways to Handle Data Deluge 09/99 Let's Do Launch! 06/99 See the FUSE launch live on June 23 06/99 FUSE Update: Satellite Launch "Go" for June 23 06/99 FUSE Satellite Finally Approaches Launch 05/99 A Child's Touch Unveils Mysteries of Satellite Universe 04/99 Chasing the Cosmic Fossil: FUSE Satellite Will Test Big Bang Theory 04/99 Astronomer Brings Coherence to Study of Active Galactic Nuclei 03/99 1998 Scientists of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Discover Most Distant Quasar 12/98 Media Advisory: Physicists Discover New Atomic Building Blocks 11/98 Hopkins Sacrifices Telescope, Safeguards Historic Sky-Mapping Project 10/98 Johns Hopkins University Gains NASA Grant to Study Cosmos with Advanced Camera 10/98 Hubble Web Simulcast Takes Listeners on a Tour of the Cosmos 10/98 FUSE Moves Closer to Launch 08/98 Space Cloud Holds Enough Water to Fill Earth's Oceans 1 Million Times 04/98 Discovery Pushes Back Boundaries of Known Universe 03/98 Invading Galaxy Apparently Contains Much Unseen Matter 02/98 Huge Galaxy May Steal Clusters of Stars from Nearby Galaxies 01/98 1997 Astronomers Discover Fluoride Molecules in Interstellar Space 08/97 Astronomers Take Unusual Ultraviolet Image of Orion 06/97 Hubble Telescope "Resolves" Supernova Mystery 06/97 Satellite Captures New Ultraviolet View of Young Stars 06/97 Astronomers, Using New Method, Find Evidence for Missing Matter 04/97 New Information about Hale-Bopp Surprises Astronomers 03/97 Attention Hopkins Stargazers: See Comet Hale-Bopp! 03/97 Comet Experts at Johns Hopkins to Study Hale-Bopp 02/97 Model May Explain 'Super-Rotation' of Earth's Core 01/97 Power Source Hidden in Galaxy Backs Theory on Quasars 01/97 New 'Nanostructures Center' Takes Giant Leap into Small World 01/97 1996 Astronomers Use New Method to Study Deep Universe 08/96 Astronomers to Hold International Conference to Discuss Plans for New Types of Sky Surveys 08/96 In Earthbound Labs, Researchers Unravel the Low-Gravity Physics Of Outer Space 07/96 Results from Lab Model Agree with Galileo Probe's Findings 07/96 Hubble Telescope Yields Insights about Saturn's Rings 04/96 Galaxy Harbors Unusual Dark Matter Concentration 04/96 Hopkins Scientists Hope to End Bubble Troubles in Outer Space 04/96 Astronomers to Capitalize on Rare Comet Visit 03/96 Physicists Find Clues to Adhesive Mystery with Computer Model 01/96 1995 Black Hole Discovery Leads to New Field of Study 12/95 Astronomers Discover Brown Dwarf Orbiting Nearby Star 11/95 NASA Approves Hopkins Astronomy Mission 11/95 Astronomers Focus Hubble on Enigmatic Odd-shaped Galaxies 08/95 Hopkins Chooses Orbital Sciences Corp. To Build Spacecraft 08/95 Hopkins Student Forecasts Cosmic Storms 05/95 Conference on Cosmology, Physics, String Theory 03/95 Hopkins Scientists Play Key Role in Top Quark Discovery 03/95 Astrophysicists Devise New Method for Investigating Dark Matter 02/95 Hopkins Team Finds First Oxygen Atmosphere Beyond Earth 02/95 1994 Scientists Probe Moon Mysteries with Clementine 12/94 Hopkins Scientists Design Advanced Hubble Camera 12/94 Hopkins Astronomers on Science Team Designing Historic Telescope 10/94 Students at Hopkins, Morgan Join with APL to Design Spacecraft 10/94 Hopkins Physicist Wins Research Award 09/94 Hopkins Scientists Probe Atomic Workings of Friction 08/94 Hopkins Astronomers Find Evidence of Black Hole in Andromeda 06/94 Hopkins, Goddard Scientists Find Lunar Surprises with Clementine 05/94 © 2009 The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, Maryland. Office of News and Information. All rights reserved. Last updated 27May09 by [email protected]