Ion Engine Shut Down After Almost Five Years
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA researchers finally shut down an ion engine that had been running continuously for 30,352 hours. The…
Leaders Renew Space Station Commitment
Image credit: NASA Leaders from five of the world's space agencies met in California this week and pledged to continue…
NASA Needs Better Shuttle Pictures
Image credit: CAIB The Columbia Accident Investigation Board released its fifth major finding today, which recommends that NASA improve the…
Neutron Star Binaries are More Common in Clusters
Image credit: Chandra Many of the stars that we see in globular star clusters are actually binary stars, formed when…
Ion Drive Powered Spacecraft
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's SMART-1 mission will use a revolutionary ion engine to help it search for…
Satellite Confirms Ozone Recovery
Image credit: NASA Observations from three NASA satellites have confirmed that the rate of ozone depletion in the Earth's upper…
Mars is Close and Getting Closer
Image credit: Hubble On August 27, 2003 the Planet Mars will be a mere 55.76 million kilometres away from the…
New Satellite Image of the Aral Sea
Image credit: ESA A new image taken by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite shows how much the Aral Sea…
South African Observatory Nearing Completion
Image credit: SALT The observatory that will house the largest optical telescope in the Southern hemisphere is nearing completion. The…
Neutron Star Has Twin Tails
Image credit: ESA Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory have discovered a neutron star with two mysterious…