Hubble Mosaic of the Sombrero Galaxy
Image credit: Hubble The newest image from the Hubble Space Telescope is of the Sombrero Galaxy, which was pieced together…
Orbital Wins Air Force Launch Contract
Image credit: Orbital Orbital Sciences announced on Thursday that they have been given an $11 million contract by the US…
Cassini Confirms General Relativity
Image credit: NASA/JPL The Cassini spacecraft has provided a group of Italian researchers with data that confirms Einstein's general theory…
Astronomers Peer Through Titan’s Clouds
Image credit: NASA Astronomers from Cornell university have used the Arecibo radio telescope to peer through the thick clouds on…
Huge Iceberg Breaks Away from Antarctica
Image credit: NASA NASA satellites have been watching a gigantic iceberg as it disrupts the fragile Antarctic marine environment. The…
Twin Telescopes Peer at Distant Galaxy
Image credit: NASA/JPL Two linked telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea took a good look at…
ESA Chooses Designers for New Mars Missions
Image credit: ESA Three European firms have won contracts to design the European Space Agency's ExoMars spacecraft - a mission…
10,000 New Images of Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA has released 10,232 new images of the Red Planet taken by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft,…
Sea Launch Lofts Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1
Image credit: Boeing Sea Launch successfully launched Boeing-built Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 satellite from the equator in the Pacific Ocean early this…
SMART-1 Fires its Ion Engine
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft passed an important test on Tuesday when it started up its…