Radio amateurs worldwide are being asked to help collect data from the student-built SSETI Express satellite,…
Re-entry of SOLAR-A
According to information from the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) of the USA, the Solar X-ray Observatory…
Artificial Island
The artificial island Palm Jebel Ali shown well under construction in this Proba image. The Palm…
MOST DISTANT EXPLOSION
Scientists using NASA’s Swift satellite and several ground-based telescopes have detected the most distant explosion yet,…
Student Satellite Ready for Launch
SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the…
CryoSat: the ice edge holds the key
Until now satellites have not been able to monitor melting of ice at the very point…
The Biblis Patera volcano
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD
NASA selected two teams to receive the agency’s Software of the Year Award. A team from…
DEEP IMPACT
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from…
Next Ariane 5 Mission
Arianespace has set September 29 as the date for its next Ariane 5 mission, which will…