Lunar Eclipse Tonight
The Americas and part of Europe will be treated to a total eclipse of the moon on Thursday night ?…
Paranal Observatory Tests New Adapative Optics
Image credit: ESO A team of engineers from the European Southern Observatory recently tested out a new adaptive optics facility…
Atlas V Launches Hellas-Sat
Image credit: ILS An Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Hellas-Sat satellite on Wednesday morning. The rocket lifted off from…
Hubble Reveals Helix Nebula
Image credit: Hubble One of the most detailed images ever taken of the Helix Nebula was unveiled in celebration of…
NASA Selects New Shuttle Program Manager
Image credit: NASA NASA announced on Friday that William Parsons will become the new manager for the space shuttle program,…
Japanese Rocket Launches Asteroid Probe
A Japanese M-5 rocket lifted off on Friday carrying a spacecraft which will be the first to ever collect samples…
Space Pioneer Unveils Rocket Prototype
Aerospace pioneer Bart Rutan has created what he calls the world's first private space program. The three-person capsule, rocket and…
Columbia Investigators Release Preliminary Report
Image credit: NASA The Columbia Accident Investigation Board, the group attempting to determine what destroyed the space shuttle Columbia in…
Satellite Monitors Dangerous Glacier
Image credit: NASA NASA's Terra satellite is keeping a watchful camera pointed towards a glacier in the mountains of Peru.…
X-Rays Seen from Brown Dwarf Star
Image credit: Chandra The latest photos released from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory show x-rays produced from a brown dwarf which…