Ian O'Neill
Most Advanced Ion Engines For 2013 BepiColombo Mission to Mercury
British scientists have been given the green light to begin the development of the most advanced ion engines ever to…
Britain Proposes New International Space Station Modules
British scientists hope to improve living conditions on the International Space Station (ISS) by designing a new addition: the Habitation…
Sea Launch Rocket Success
After a year of silence, Sea Launch Co. is back in business, inserting a telecommunications satellite into orbit on January…
Our Virtual Reality Universe
What if the Universe was in fact a simulation? A product of some information processor, creating space and time, energy and…
Ulysses Passes Over Sun’s North Pole
Continuing on its epic journey around the Sun, Ulysses has reached the Sun's north pole just in the nick of time.…
Radioactive Hot Spots on Earth’s Beaches May Have Sparked Life
We've heard about life being created in a puddle of primordial chemical soup, sparked by lightning strikes, or organic molecules…
Branson Wants to Fly Space Tourists into the Northern Lights
For his next big plan for the private space industry, Richard Branson is thinking up new ways to excite affluent…
SoHO Celebrates its 12th Birthday
On December 2nd, 1995 a large joint ESA and NASA mission was launched to gain an insight to the dynamics…
1-in-75 Chance Of Tunguska-Size Impact On Mars
A 164-foot (50 meter) wide asteroid will be crossing the orbit of Mars at the end of January 2008. Currently,…
Hinode Discovers the Sun’s Hidden Sparkle
Blinking spots of intense light are being observed all over the lower atmosphere of the Sun. Not just in the…