Is There Life on Europa?
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
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
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
The crew on board the International Space Station heard a strange sound again on Friday; the second time in four…
Andromeda’s Carnage
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
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
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
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
Here's the latest desktop wallpaper of Saturn (1024x768), taken by Cassini when it was 56.4 million kilometres from Saturn. The…
Solar Plane Will Attempt to Go Around the Earth
The European Space Agency will be supplying technology to assist adventurer Bertrand Piccard's attempt to fly a solar-powered plane around…