Chandra Sees Titan’s X-Ray Shadow

21 years ago

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory captured a rare event in January when Saturn's moon, Titan, passed in front of the Crab…

Is There Life on Europa?

21 years ago

When NASA's Galileo spacecraft uncovered evidence that Europa's icy surface covers a huge ocean, scientists immediately thought... life. Scientists have…

Two Directions for Sample Return Mission

21 years ago

Since it was awarded a contract to study the feasibility of return samples of Mars back Earth, EADS Space has…

SpaceDev Wins Its Largest Satellite Contract

21 years ago

SpaceDev announced on Thursday that it has won a $43 million contract to build micro satellites for the Missile Defense…

Astronauts Hear Mystery Sound Again

21 years ago

The crew on board the International Space Station heard a strange sound again on Friday; the second time in four…

Andromeda’s Carnage

21 years ago

An international team of astronomers have mapped a sizable region of space around the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and have found…

Milky Way’s Centre Measured

21 years ago

Radio astronomers have successfully measured an object that surrounds the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way…

Spirit Finds Hints of Past Martian Water

21 years ago

NASA's Spirit Rover has found a rock that seems to have been acted on by water in the past. The…

Gravity Probe B Launch in Two Weeks

21 years ago

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

21 years ago

Here's the latest desktop wallpaper of Saturn (1024x768), taken by Cassini when it was 56.4 million kilometres from Saturn. The…