Spirit Sees Rising Pockets of Warm Air
An instrument on board NASA's Spirit rover has detected warm air thermals rising off the surface of Mars; the first…
Astronomers Find a Huge Diamond in Space
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found a diamond in space, and it's big? really big. The object,…
Space Exploration Commission Holds First Hearing
The commission appointed to investigate the feasibility of US President's Bush's new space initiative held its first public hearing on…
Wallpaper: Spitzer’s Valentine Rose
Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a 1024x768 wallpaper of nebula NGC 7129 taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope…
Search Ends for Beagle 2
Officials announced today that they have given up search for the Beagle 2 lander, which was supposed to have landed…
New Discoveries About Gravitational Lenses
Astronomers have found several examples of galaxies which bend and focus the light from a more distant object, like a…
Rosetta Attached to Its Launch Hardware
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was mated to launch hardware that will eventually be connected to the top of…
Close Examination of Bedrock Reveals More Clues
NASA's Opportunity rover is continuing to examine the exposed bedrock at the edge of the crater. The first images showed…
Cities on Fertile Land Affect Climate
New research from NASA shows that cities in the United States have been built on the most fertile soils of…
Wallpaper: Olympus Mons
Now in orbit for more than a month, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has been delivering mountains of…