__notoc__  {| class="infobox" width="250" | == featured articles == *tsunami. ==deaths in january== * none reported ==related pages== * 2005 in science * 2004 in science * 2003 in science * 2002 in science * 2001 in science other years in sci tech |} ==events in science== ===january 27, 2005=== * james gunn, james peebles, and martin rees are awarded the 2005 crafoord prize for their work on the large-scale structure of the universe. (science) ===january 26, 2005=== *sun microsystems released more than 1,600 patents to the open-source community, following the release of the source code to solaris 10. (ecommercetimes) ===january 25, 2005=== * scientists at the university of manchester have developed a printer able to produce human skin to help wounds heal. (manchesteronline) ===january 20, 2005=== * mars rover opportunity uses its spectrometers to prove that heat shield rock is a meteorite, the first to be found on another planet. (bbc) (space.com) ===january 17, 2005=== * the swift observatory images the first ongoing grb with its x-ray telescope, after it automatically pointed itself towards the direction of the burst. (spaceflightnow) ===january 14, 2005=== * the cassiniâhuygens mission delivers the huygens probe to saturn's moon titan successfully. radio signals received on earth indicate that the probe survived the touchdown onto the surface of the moon. data relayed by the cassini orbiter has arrived on earth and is currently being analyzed. (bbc) ===january 13, 2005=== * nasa's mer-b opportunity rover on mars spots what appears to be a metallic meteorite on the surface of meridiani planum. more investigation will be carried out to determine the object's nature. (space.com) ===january 12, 2005=== * nasa's deep impact mission, which plans to crash a projectile into comet tempel 1, is launched from cape canaveral at 18:47 utc. the projectile released by the spacecraft is scheduled to hit the comet on july 4. (bbc). * europe
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