Rosetta’s Self Portrait
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft snapped this self portrait recently as part of a series of tests of the…
Swirling Cloudtops of Saturn
The newest image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken on May 18, and shows beautiful swirling clouds in Saturn's southern…
Earth Has Blueberries Too
NASA scientists coined the term "blueberries" to describe the tiny hematite balls found on Mars by Spirit and Opportunity over…
Proton Launches Intelsat 10-02
A Russian-built Proton rocket successfully launched an Intelsat 10-02 communications satellite today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan. The rocket…
Armadillo Completes Test Flight
All eyes will be on Mojave next week to see if Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne can reach 100km (62 miles) of…
Saturn’s Southern Storms
The latest image from Cassini shows four dark turbulent storms in Saturn's southern hemisphere. Storms like this are short lived,…
MOST Measures the Pulse of a Star
The Canadian-built MOST space telescope has shed new light on how stars like our own Sun can actually be quite…
Spirit Reaches Columbia Hills
After a long journey across rough terrain, NASA's Spirit Rover has finally reached the base of the Columbia Hills. It…
Did Comets Create the Earth’s Oceans?
Where did the world's oceans come from? Some scientists believe all that water was originally locked into rocks, and slowly…
Titan Targeted
Cassini hasn't just been focused on Phoebe; it's also turned its camera on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This image of…