Dark Energy Dominated Universe
Image credit: Hubble A new paper published by Dartmouth university researcher Brian Chaboyer reports that our universe might be dominated…
The Path of Earth’s Asteroid Companion
Image credit: NASA Asteroid 2002 AA29 happens to share almost the same orbit as the Earth as it goes around…
China Plans for Human Flight in 2003
Just days after the launch of the Shenzhou-IV spacecraft, an official from the Chinese Space Agency announced to the country's…
Proton Launches Canadian Satellite
A Russian-built Proton M rocket launched a Canadian Nimiq2 rocket on Sunday evening. The rocket lifted off from the Baikonur…
Boeing and Hughes Charged by US State Dept.
The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it has charged aerospace firms Boeing and Hughes with 123 violations of…
Hubble Images the Little Ghost Nebula
Image credit: Hubble The latest image release from the Hubble Space Telescope is of the "Little Ghost Nebula"; a.k.a. NGC…
XMM Helps Uncover Exotic Matter
Image credit: ESA Shortly after the Big Bang, it's believed that all the matter in the Universe was broken up…
Soyuz Undocks from Station, Lands Safely
Image credit: NASA A Russian-Belgian crew of cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday and piloted their Soyuz…
Oxygen Leak Delays Launch
The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was pushed back at least a week when engineers discovered an oxygen leak…
Star Seen Very Near Black Hole
Image credit: ESO A team of astronomers have spotted an otherwise normal star make a close pass with the supermassive…