ESA’s laboratories are equipped with a huge range of measuring tools, but the most versatile remains…
Hubble view of M 106
This image combines Hubble observations of M 106 with additional information captured by amateur astronomers Robert…
Protective goggles
Engineer Giuditta Montesanti is pictured wearing protective goggles while preparing for a test firing of space thrusters…
Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door
Astronomers estimate that six percent of red dwarfs have a temperate Earth-size planet, as close as…
NASA Exercises Modification For East Contract
NASA has exercised the first option under its existing contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)…
NASA Awards Space Station Mission Operations and Integration Services Contract
NASA has selected Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., for its International Space Station mission…
The Cosmic Hearth
The Orion nebula is featured in this sweeping image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or…
Close call of Asteroid 2012-DA14 highlights new space race
Philip Sherwell It will be one near-miss for man. But a new breed of space entrepreneurs…
Space penguin
This Adélie Penguin is not from outer space but its nearest equivalent on Earth: Antarctica. The…
New view of stellar winds
Artist’s impression comparing a smooth stellar wind (left) with a highly fragmented stellar wind (right) of…