Getting Closer to Saturn
Image credit: ESA NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on track to reach Saturn in summer 2004. Before it reaches Saturn, however,…
Evidence that Brown Dwarfs are Failed Stars
Image credit: UofM Researchers from the University of Michigan have gathered evidence that brown dwarf stars have a very similar…
NASA Reorganizes to Support Bush Strategy
Image credit: NASA NASA announced on Thursday that it would be reorganizing aspects of the agency to better support the…
Scientists Could Choose More Dangerous Targets on Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL If the next Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, is as successful as Spirit, then engineers might loosen up…
Mini-Van Sized Rover for 2009
Image credit: NASA Pathfinder was the size of a shoebox; the Mars Exploration Rovers are as big as golf-carts; but…
Martian Gravity To Be Tested on Mice
Image credit: MIT Researchers from MIT are planning to test the effects of Martian gravity on mammals, by sending 15…
Spirit Rolls Off the Lander
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Spirit rover successfully rolled off the landing platform and out onto the Martian surface this morning,…
Spitzer Image of the Tarantula Nebula
Image credit: NASA/JPL The latest image from the Spitzer Space Telescope is of often-photographed Tarantula Nebula. Spitzer, however, is able…
Star Mimics a Black Hole
Image credit: Chandra Astronomers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array have found a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spitting…
First a Crater, then Head for the Hills
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA's Spirit Rover has completed its pivoting maneuver atop its landing platform, and it's nearly ready to…