Recently engaged in providing support to the successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, ESA’s Mars Express has now returned to its primary mission…
Read the articleNASA hosted a media teleconference to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater. Topics include: – CAP 2 (“Commissioning Activity…
Read the articleAnybody who has watched many movies or television shows has seen them—the ubiquitous silver suits worn by pilots as they explore the unknown. They are called…
Read the articleAs beach trips, barbecues and bike rides fade into memories, let HubbleSite cheer you up with a chance to win a free cosmic image. The End-of-Summer…
Read the articleNASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other dignitaries will attend a public memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life and career of astronaut…
Read the articleStudents worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth. Scheduled to launch in…
Read the articleEurope’s latest weather satellite got a glimpse of the Moon before our celestial neighbour disappeared from view behind Earth on Friday. Since its launch two months…
Read the articleOn the morning of 3 September 2006, a brief flash illuminated the Moon’s ‘Lake of Excellence’ as ESA’s SMART-1 mission met its fate on the dusty…
Read the articleThis comes in courtesy of Terry Moseley at the Irish Astronomical Association (IAA): Many congratulations to Dave Grennan for discovering his second supernova – and not…
Read the articleNASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.…
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