Ariane Rocket Places Intelsat Bird into Orbit
An Ariane 44L rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana on Saturday at 0659 GMT (1:59am EST), carrying an Intelsat…
Columbia Countdown Begins
NASA began the countdown on Monday for the upcoming launch the space shuttle Columbia on a mission to upgrade the…
Bow Shock in a Merging Galactic Cluster
A new image taken by the Chandra X-Ray observatory reveals a bow-shaped shock wave towards one side of an extremely…
Atlas III Lofts EchoStar Satellite
The second flight of the Atlas 3B rocket lifted off from Florida today, carrying an EchoStar 7 direct broadcasting satellite…
Martian Floods Could be Recent
Scientists from the University of Arizona believe that water may have erupted onto the surface of Mars as recently as…
Odyssey Mapping Mission Begins
After months of orbital manoeuvres, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft is ready to get to work searching for water on the…
Families Might Make the Best Spacefarers
According to John Moore, a University of Florida anthropologist, families might have the right social dynamic to take on long…
First Detection of Short Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow
Scientists believe they have spotted the first evidence of a radiation afterglow from short gamma-ray bursts. The afterglow from the…
Saturn Obscured by the Moon on Wednesday
Astronomers will have a treat on Wednesday when the planet Saturn sneaks behind a quarter moon and then return approximately…
Dust Disks Could Indicate Planets
A newly detected dust ring, just outside the orbit of Saturn could help astronomers have come up with a new…