Plasma Jets on the Sun Explained
Scientists from Lockheed Martin and the University of Sheffield believe they've solved the mystery of supersonic jets that dart across…
Swift Moves to Florida to Prepare for Launch
NASA's Swift satellite is due to arrive at Florida's Cape Canaveral today, to prepare for its launch in October. Named…
Quintuplet Cluster Imaged by Chandra
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has taken this image of a mysterious group of stars called the Quintuplet Cluster. This dense…
Young Stars Thrown Out of the Nursery
Astronomers have tracked a fast moving binary pair of objects back to the original stellar nursery that they were ejected…
The Race is On for the X Prize
Scaled Composites has announced that they will make an attempt win the $10 million X Prize with SpaceShipOne on September…
Key Part Redesigned for Shuttle’s Return to Flight
NASA engineers have approved the design for a new way to attach the space shuttle to the external fuel tank;…
Crescent Titan
This image of Saturn's moon Titan, taken by Cassini, was taken July 3; one day after the spacecraft made its…
Neutrino Mass Linked to Dark Energy
Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a theory which links together Dark Energy - the mysterious force that's…
Astronauts Prepare for Third Spacewalk
Halfway through their 6-month mission, the crew of Expedition 9 are preparing for their third spacewalk outside the International Space…
Some of the Hazards in Space
It's mostly empty, but space can still be a dangerous place for spacecraft. They're usually filled with delicate and sensitive…