ESA is hoping to repeat the success of its first StarTiger project. This time the venue…
EVIDENCE OF METEOR IMPACT FOUND OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST
An impact crater believed to be associated with the “Great Dying,” the largest extinction event in…
XMM-Newton detects X-ray ‘solar cycle’ in distant star
For years, astronomers have wondered whether stars similar to the Sun go through periodic cycles of…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-008
Members of the new crew of the International Space Station (ISS) are wrapping up their first…
Great Wall of China seen from space
ESA’s Proba satellite here shows a winding segment of the 7240-km long Great Wall of China…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-10
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
Images of Acheron Fossae Mars
Images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express are of…
Minature Earth observer put to many uses
Think of ESA’s Proba as the little satellite that does a lot. It is only the…
AIRBORNE POLLUTION “TRAIN”
NASA scientists discovered pollution could catch an airborne “express train,” or wind current, from Asia all…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-09
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…