Nicholson Crater on Mars

19 years ago

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has taken an new photograph of Nicholson Crater, located at the southern edge of…

Martian Dust Devils Will Plague Astronauts

19 years ago

When the first astronauts set foot on Mars, they'll need to keep a nervous eye out for the many dust…

Discovery Won’t Launch Before Sunday

19 years ago

NASA has announced that the space shuttle Discovery's earliest launch window will be on Sunday, July 17 at 1914 UTC…

Satellite Can Tell When Ice is Melting

19 years ago

The analysis software that NASA uses to inspect photographs of the Earth is starting to recognize changing events on our…

Planet Found in Triple Star System

19 years ago

A backdrop in many science fiction stories is to have multiple suns in the sky. Astronomers have now found such…

Superwinds Seen in Distant Galaxies

19 years ago

Astronomers have discovered a massive explosion in a galaxy 11.5 billion light years away. This explosion is producing streams of…

Malfunctioning Fuel Gauge Delays Shuttle

19 years ago

The return to flight launch of the space shuttle Discovery was delayed Wednesday when a faulty fuel gage failed a…

Cluster Spacecraft Give Each Other Some Room

19 years ago

The European Space Agency's fleet of 4 Cluster spacecraft put a little more distance between each other, during a difficult…

Will We Find Super Earths?

19 years ago

As techniques and equipment for finding extrasolar planets improve, astronomers are finding planets with smaller masses. First it was Jupiter-sized…

Three Space Telescopes Find a Neutron Star

19 years ago

An international team of astronomers have discovered a hidden neutron star using three different space observatories: Integral, Swift and Rossi.…