Did Iapetus Consume One of Saturn’s Rings?
Take a good look at Saturn's moon Iapetus and it has a few striking features that set it apart from…
Dione and Tethys
Cassini took this image of two of Saturn's moons, Dione and Tethys, perched together near the planet's rings. Dione is…
First MARSIS Boom Fixed
After a brief glitch last week, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has successfully deployed the first of its…
DVD Review: Enterprise Season 1 DVD
I heard on the radio today someone bemoaning the fact that, after 18 years, they will no longer have new…
Smallest Ever Coronal Mass Ejection
Usually it's the biggest things that get the news, but an international team of researchers have demonstrated that the tiny…
The Birth of a New Black Hole?
Monday's gamma ray burst might have been just what astronomers have been hoping to see for decades - the birth…
Mapping Life on Earth Could Predict Finding it on Mars
A researcher from Washington University in St. Louis is developing techniques that will help understand how early life developed and…
A SWIFT Response to Gamma Ray Bursts
Think astronomy is a boring task of poring over data or staring at star chart after start chart? Sometimes, it…
New Moon for Saturn Makes Waves in the Rings
Cassini has confirmed the discovery of a previously unseen moon tucked in a gap in Saturn's A ring. The moon,…
Shedding Light on Dark Gamma Ray Bursters
With the launch of NASA's Swift spacecraft, Gamma Ray Bursts - those "most powerful explosions in the Universe" - have…