Sea Launch Prepares for DIRECTV Launch
The Sea Launch Odyssey launch platform and Commander ship arrived at the equator on Thursday to make preparations to launch…
Binary Pulsar System Confirmed
Researchers located a binary system in 2003, believed to be a spinning pulsar and a neutron star. But new evidence…
Wallpaper: Bug Nebula
Here's a 1024x768 desktop wallpaper of The Bug Nebula (a.k.a. NGC 6302) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It's one…
NASA’s X-Prize Looking for Ideas
Sometimes it takes a prize to really propel an industry forward, like with the historic Orteig Prize, which rewarded Charles…
Mars Express Radar Deployment Delayed
The team responsible for the MARSIS radar instrument on Mars Express has advised the ESA to put off the deployment…
Saturn in Full Colour
This latest true colour image of Saturn taken by Cassini completely fills the field of view of the spacecraft's narrow…
ESO Images Cosmic Collision
The newest photo released by the European Southern Observatory shows an enormous collision on a galactic scale. Two galaxies, NGC…
Spirit Closes in on Columbia Hills
NASA's Spirit Rover took some new panoramic images of the "Columbia Hills", still a distant 2 kilometres, and 52 days…
Space Station Gyro Breaks Down
A gyroscope failed on board the International Space Station Wednesday evening, but NASA says that it doesn't pose a risk…
Gravity Probe B is Working Fine
NASA has checked out its recently launched Gravity Probe B spacecraft, and everything seems to be working fine. The solar…