Largest Mirror in Space Under Development
Construction of the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory is well underway, and engineers recently completed a significant part of…
Glitch Delays X-43 Test
NASA has postponed the test of its X-43 prototype because of a problem with the aircraft's rudder. The 4-metre X-43…
Venus Blazes Beside the Moon
If you have clear skies on the early evening of Monday, February 23, get outside and look to the West…
Opportunity Digs Out a Trench
NASA's Opportunity rover dug into the Martian soil today, to get a better idea of the composition of the minerals…
Titan Could Help the Study of Oceanography
According to researcher Ralph Lorenz, Saturn's moon Titan could help teach scientists about how oceans and weather work on the…
Wallpaper: Spirit’s Next Target, “White Boat”
Here's a new desktop wallpaper (1024x768 resolution) of the latest rock visited by NASA's rover Spirit, which scientists have dubbed…
Why is Mars So Dry?
Since Earth and Mars were probably formed much the same way; through the accretion of rocky material from the inner…
Titan Launches Defense Satellite
A Boeing-built Titan IV-B rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Saturday afternoon, carrying a Defense Support Program satellite…
New Galaxy Beats Distance Record
An international team of astronomers have found what could be the most distant galaxy ever discovered. Located 13 billion light-years…
Valentine’s Day Greeting from Envisat
The European Space Agency has picked a special image taken by Envisat for Valentine's Day. The radar image is of…