Inmarsat Launch Delayed
The launch of Inmarsat-4 F2 from the floating Sea Launch platform has been pushed back a day because a software…
ESO Image of Robert’s Quartet
The European Southern Observatory has released a beautiful high resolution image of Robert's Quartet; a group of 4 very different…
Venus Mission Will Reveal Some Surprises
The European Space Agency's upcoming Venus Express mission to our planet's "evil twin" should reveal a planet of extremes, and…
Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Growing
After gathering data on Greenland for more than a decade, ESA scientists have reported that the island's ice sheet is…
Two of Saturn’s Moons Split By the Rings
Cassini snapped this photograph of Saturn's moons Tethys and Dione separated by Saturn's rings seen nearly edgewise. Even though they're…
Hubble Sees a Dust Storm on Mars
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this high resolution image of Mars on October 28, 2005; one day before the Red…
Look Up, You Might See a Fireball
Have you seen some really bright meteors in the sky? You might have been lucky enough to see a fireball…
Cosmic Cloudshine
We only see material in the Universe when it's hot enough to glow, like stars, hot clouds of gas or…
Best View of the Milky Way’s Core
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation's continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), to peer deeper into the heart of…
First Light of the Universe?
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope might have captured images of the first stars in the Universe, glimpsing an era more than…