[Tuesday, October 3, 2006] Co-ordinated efforts by China/ESA's Double Star and ESA's Cluster spacecraft have allowed scientists to zero in on an area where energetic particles from the Sun are blasting their way through the Earth's magnetic shield.

[Tuesday, October 3, 2006] The theme of this year's World Space Week is "Space for Saving Lives", highlighting the many ways that space helps to save lives on Earth. This includes disaster management, telemedicine and environmental protection.

[Wednesday, October 4, 2006] Scientists appear to have solved a key remaining mystery about how the interaction of magnetic fields produce the explosive releases of energy seen in solar flares, storms in the Earth's magnetosphere and many other powerful cosmic events.

[Wednesday, October 4, 2006] Ozone measurements made by ESA's Envisat satellite have revealed the ozone loss of 40 million tonnes on 2 October 2006 has exceeded the record ozone loss of about 39 million tonnes for 2000.

[Wednesday, October 4, 2006] U.S. House Committee on Science Ranking Member Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) today asked the NOAA Administrator for all documentation relating to the suppression of a NOAA Hurricane FAQ report.

[Thursday, October 5, 2006] Sea surface height anomalies on September 3, 2006, during a weak El Niño event. Yellow and red areas indicate where the waters are relatively higher (warmer) and have expanded above... Click here for more information.

[Thursday, October 5, 2006] Ozone measurements made by ESA’s Envisat satellite have revealed the ozone loss of 40 million tonnes on 2 October 2006 has exceeded the record ozone loss of about 39 million tonnes for 2000.

[Friday, October 6, 2006] On November 8, Mercury will transit the Sun. From Earth, we'll see the silhouette of Mercury travel across the disk of the Sun. Transits are uncommon but predictable events.

[Saturday, October 7, 2006] When it comes to exploration, there's nothing like being there. All explorers need to tell others what they have seen - as well as find a way to understand and recall the experience themselves. Exploration is pointless if it is not shared.

[Wednesday, October 11, 2006] The 200 known planets that orbit other stars exhibit incredible variety. Among them are a handful of worlds that weigh between 5 and 15 times Earth. Astronomers believe these "super-Earths" are rocky iceballs rather than gas giants like Jupiter.

[Friday, October 13, 2006] For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs?

[Monday, October 16, 2006] Following the roll out to the launch pad and erection at the launch tower at the weekend, MetOp is ready for launch at 18:28 CEST tomorrow from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

[Tuesday, October 17, 2006] Launch of NASA's STEREO spacecraft is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 25, aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window is 8:38 to 8:53 p.m. EDT.

[Tuesday, October 17, 2006] USGS, in cooperation with NASA, announces the selection of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Science Team. These scientists and engineers will advise the USGS and NASA on issues critical to the success of the LDCM.

[Wednesday, October 18, 2006] Growing evidence shows that the dinosaurs and their contemporaries were not wiped out by the famed Chicxulub meteor impact alone. Multiple meteor impacts, massive volcanism in India and climate changes culminated in the end of the Cretaceous Period.

[Thursday, October 19, 2006] Much of the world will face an enhanced risk of heat waves, intense precipitation, and other weather extremes, conclude scientists from the NCAR, Texas Tech University, and Australia's Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre.

[Thursday, October 19, 2006] Not lava, but muds and methane are emitted from the Arctic deep-water mud volcano Haakon Mosby. When it reaches the atmosphere, methane is an aggressive greenhouse gas, 25-times more potent than carbon dioxide.

[Thursday, October 19, 2006] The first of three satellites developed under a joint programme being carried out by ESA and EUMETSAT, MetOp-A was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan by a Russian Soyuz 2/Fregat rocket operated by the Euro-Russian company Starsem.

[Thursday, October 19, 2006] NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists report this year's ozone hole in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere has broken records for area and depth.

[Thursday, October 19, 2006] For the first time NASA scientists have analyzed data from direct, detailed satellite measurements to show that ice losses now far surpass ice gains in the shrinking Greenland ice sheet.

[Friday, October 20, 2006] Researchers have discovered bacteria nearly two miles underground that derives all of its energy from the decay of radioactive rocks rather than from sunlight. The finding suggests life might exist in similarly extreme conditions even on other worlds.

[Tuesday, October 24, 2006] The new Press/Pulse theory gets around the controversy by rejecting the all-or-nothing approach to mass extinction, calling instead on a combination of deadly sudden catastrophes - "pulses" - with longer, steadier pressures on species - "presses."

[Wednesday, October 25, 2006] NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories mission, known as STEREO, successfully launched Wednesday at 8:52 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

[Sunday, October 29, 2006] To go where few people have gone before, a team of expert scientists, mountain-climbers, and divers will explore the ecosystems of three high-altitude summit lakes to understand microbial life's adaptation to these challenging environments.

[Monday, October 30, 2006] Scientists from various agencies and universities measuring ozone depletion over Antarctica say this year's annual ozone hole not only matches the largest hole in area on record, but it is also the deepest that's ever formed.