ESA Cancels Eddington
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency announced this week that it has canceled Eddington, a space-based observatory designed to…
NASA Selects Five Potential New Missions
Image credit: NASA NASA has selected five proposals as part of its Small Explorer (SMEX) missions - these are low-cost,…
Construction on Alma Radio Telescope Begins
Image credit: ESO Workers in Chile broke ground today in the construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) -…
Hubble Looks at Erupting Star’s Neighborhood
Image credit: Hubble The newest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a turbulent region of space surrounding an…
Mapping the Hidden Dark Matter
Image credit: Berkeley Dark matter is an invisible halo of material that seems to surround every galaxy. Astronomers can't see…
Voyager is Nearing the Edge of the Solar System
Image credit: NASA NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has nearly reached the outer limits of the solar system to a region…
Leonid Meteors on November 17
Image credit: NASA The Leonid meteor shower will be making an appearance on November 17, 2003, and it might be…
Mars Rover Should Work Fine
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA engineers have been working through a problem with one of the Mars rovers currently traveling to…
NASA Marks the Third Year of People on the Station
Image credit: NASA As of Sunday, November 2, the International Space Station has had humans on board for three years.…
The Largest Flare Ever Seen
Image credit: NOAA A massive flare erupted on the surface of the Sun yesterday that was so bright that it…