Space Exploration

Rosetta’s Lander Facing An Unexpected Comet Shape: A Double Nucleus

A view of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's nucleus, appearing to show a double binary. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA It appears…

10 years ago

Mountains, Gandalf! Red Planet Pictures Show Mars In The Eyes Of The Rovers

Fancy a little Mars in your daily life? You need go no further than the excellent raw image archive that…

10 years ago

Commercial Antares/Cygnus Rocket Loaded with Science for July 13 Virginia Launch – Watch Live

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Following further weather delays this week Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket is at…

10 years ago

Contest: Get Your Video On The International Space Station

If you're starting your career, good with a video and love space, here's your big chance to showcase your work…

10 years ago

Water Or Not? Fresh Martian Trenches Primarily Due To Carbon Dioxide Freezes, Study Says

Does liquid water currently flow on the surface of Mars? Fresh-looking trenches on the Red Planet have come under a…

10 years ago

Black Sky: Virgin’s Spaceship Carrier Takes To Air For 150th Time

As Virgin Galactic gets ready for its first space test of SpaceShipTwo -- a feat widely expected to take place…

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Photos: Readers Share Memories Of NASA’s Final Shuttle Launches

With the three-year anniversary this week of STS-135 -- the final launch of the program -- we invited readers of…

10 years ago

Rosetta’s Comet Looks Like A Kidney Flying Through Space

Up for a little abstract art, anyone? The latest images of the nucleus of Rosetta's comet makes it look like…

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