Hubble Images an Unusual “Wheel” Galaxy
Image credit: Hubble The latest photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is of a rare type of galaxy, known…
Russians Say Bass is Back in Training
Pop singer Lance Bass is getting closer to getting his chance to fly in space according to an announcement from…
Astronauts Install Debris Shields on the Station
Image credit: NASA Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson spent more than 4 hours in space…
Space Rock Sneaks Past the Earth
Amateur astronomers were given a rare treat on Sunday when asteroid 2002 NY40 passed within 530,000 kilometres of the Earth…
NASA Loses Comet Chasing Spacecraft
NASA scientists haven't given up hope in their search for the missing Contour spacecraft, which disappeared shortly after it was…
Evidence Found for Early Earth Bombardment
Image credit: NASA Researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered evidence they believe proves that the Earth was bombarded…
Keeping Mars Clean of Earth Bugs
Image credit: ESA One concern engineers have when designing space missions is how to ensure our spacecraft don't bring along…
Canadian X-Prize Entrant Moves Closer to Spaceflight
A Canadian team competing to win the $10 million X-Prize announced that they had completed a major milestone on their…
Scramjet Prototype Has a Successful Flight
Image credit: University of Queensland A new jet designed to travel more than 7 times the speed of sound has…
Cassini Camera Working Fine Again
Image credit: NASA Controllers for the Cassini spacecraft received some good news last week when the latest set of test…