Gravity Probe B Launch in Two Weeks
The Gravity Probe B spacecraft, which is designed to test two predictions of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, has been…
Wallpaper: Getting Closer to Saturn
Here's the latest desktop wallpaper of Saturn (1024x768), taken by Cassini when it was 56.4 million kilometres from Saturn. The…
Solar Plane Will Attempt to Go Around the Earth
The European Space Agency will be supplying technology to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard's attempt to fly a solar-powered plane around…
How Many Habitable Earths Are Out There?
Although more than 100 planetary systems have been discovered, astronomers have only found large, Jupiter-sized planets. The real prize will…
Astronomers Discover Mini-Galaxies
A survey with the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) has revealed dozens of miniature galaxies the nearby Fornax galaxy cluster. These are…
Venus Near Pleiades For a Few Days
Venus, currently the brightest "star" in the sky, will spend the next few days passing through the Pleiades star cluster,…
New Images of Titan
Saturn's moon Titan is the largest in the Solar System; at 5,150 km in diameter, it's larger than Mercury and…
Teams of Spacecraft Might Explore Better
Instead of sending single, high-risk spacecraft to explore the solar system, researchers are thinking of ways to send fleets of…
What Would Titan’s Oceans Look Like?
When the European Space Agency's Huygens probe reaches Titan early next year, it might encounter a hydrocarbon ocean different from…
New Study Finds Fundamental Force Hasn’t Changed Over Time
In order the represent the Universe mathematically, physicists use a handful of constants, such as the speed of light, or…