SpaceX Dragon Carries 15 Student Experiments to the ISS
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its…
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Are You Ready for the Venus Transit in June?
Scientists and amateur astronomers around the world are preparing to observe the rare occurrence of Venus crossing the face of the Sun on 5-6 June, an…
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Successful Launch for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon Spacecraft
The second demonstration mission for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday…
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ESA’s Asteroid Hunt Boosted by Amateur Astronomers
A partnership with the UK’s Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency’s space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks. 2m…
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Herschel Snaps Stunning Image of Cygnus-X Star Nursery
Chaotic networks of dust and gas signpost the next generations of massive stars in this stunning new image of the Cygnus-X star-nursery captured by ESA’s Herschel…
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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Vesta’s Secrets
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and kinship with terrestrial…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 458: Multiwavelength Observing Campaign on AE Aqr
AAVSO Alert Notice 458 Multiwavelength Observing Campaign on AE Aqr May 11, 2012 Dr. Christopher Mauche, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and colleagues in Spain and Oman…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Revealed Movement in Sand Dune Fields on Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same…
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Galaxies With Powerful, Active Black Holes Produce Fewer Stars
The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black…
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End of Mission for ESA’s Envisat Satellite
Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact…
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