Space improves life in the desert

An innovative tent, developed with the use of space concepts, is now on display at the…

HUBBLE LOOKS AT LUNAR RESOURCES

NASA is using the unique capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope for a new class of…

Women’s International Simulation for Exploration

The second campaign of the Women’s International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) study has been fully…

Ringside view of Dione

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its only fly-by of Dione on 11 October 2005. Cassini…

The Violent Cosmos

Observing the cosmos, full of violent phenomena and extreme energy, has been the task of ESA’s…

Hawaii from Space

This Envisat image shows the volcanic island of Hawaii (Hawai’i), also known as the ‘Big Island’,…

NEW STAR GENERATION

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed a new generation of stars spawned by a super-massive black hole…

Bat Inspires Space Tech

Metal detectors currently used for screening aircraft passengers could soon be supplanted by novel millimetre-wave cameras,…

LIFE IN SPACE

A team of NASA exobiology researchers revealed today organic chemicals that play a crucial role in…

Icy Dust-ball Comets

Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 made by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft after the Deep Impact collision suggest…