Another piece of Europe in your pocket

Health-care experts met in Barcelona last weekend to discuss what an EU press release describes as…

INCREASING SOLAR TRENDS CHANGE CLIMATE

Since the late 1970s, the amount of solar radiation the sun emits, during times of quiet…

Mars Express leaves for Baikonur

Mars Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the planet Mars, has completed its tests at…

GAMMA RAY BURST REVEALS GIGANTIC EXPLOSION, DEATH, & BIRTH

Scientists arriving on the scene of a gamma ray burst, just moments after the explosion, have…

Europe to the Moon, the Moon for Europe

The European Space Agency will present its SMART-1 lunar mission to the press on 3 April…

LIGHTNING HAS BIG EFFECT ON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Scientists were surprised to learn summer lightning over the U.S. significantly increases regional ozone and other…

Artemis relays first images for Envisat

The first satellite-relayed images from Envisat have been received via the Artemis data-relay spacecraft in geostationary…

FUN SCIENCE EMPHASIZES SPACE BASED RESEARCH

Like most of us, the NASA Science Officer aboard the International Space Station looks forward to…

ASTRONAUT CHATS WITH STUDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF ATLANTIC

It was an Amateur Radio two-for-one special March 7 when International Space Station Science Officer Don…

European astronomers observe first evaporating planet

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the atmosphere of an…