Titan’s volcano may release methane

A team of European and US scientists, using Cassini-Huygens data, have found that Saturn’s smoggy moon…

Aurorae on Mars

ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has for the first time ever detected an aurora on Mars. This…

DEAD STAR’S RUMBLINGS

An enormous light echo etched in the sky by a fitful dead star was spotted by…

ISS crew on the Radio

International Space Station crew members John Phillips, KE5DRY, and Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, may be on the…

Calcium on the Moon

Thanks to measurements by the D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer, ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has made the first ever…

PHOENIX MARS MISSION

NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander on to…

DEEP IMPACT TARGET

On July 4, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung…

A “Swarm” of Satellites

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has just decided which of the six Earth Explorer candidate missions,…

Bromo East of Java

ESA’s micro-satellite Proba observes the active Bromo volcano, a popular tourist attraction of East Java in…

Next Ariane 5 mission

Arianespace has set June 24 for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will use the increased-lift…