Second Spacewalk Wraps Up
Mission specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum spent the day outside the International Space Station today, completing the second spacewalk…
Spray of Ice from Enceladus
This Cassini photograph shows Saturn's moon Enceladus spraying water ice from its southern pole. And if you look carefully, you…
MetOp Prepares for Launch
In about a week, ESA's MetOp-A satellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. If all goes well,…
What’s Up this Week: July 10 – July 16, 2006
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The Moon starts off the week, but be sure to watch for aurora activity despite its bright…
Young Neutron Star Won’t Act its Age
This image, taken by ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, shows the heart of supernova remnant RCW103. This is all that remains of…
Solar Shade to Reverse Global Warming
The overwhelming scientific consensus predicts that human emissions of carbon dioxide will warm the planet over the coming decades and…
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Gassendi Crater on the Moon
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft captured this image of crater Gassendi on the Moon. The spacecraft's advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) captured…
Radio Telescope Will Look Back to the Beginning
The Mileura Widefield Array - Low Frequency Demonstrator was awarded $4.9 million in funding from the National Science Foundation this…
Discovery Docks Safely with the Station
The space shuttle Discovery linked up with the International Space Station this morning after astronauts gave it a thorough inspection…