Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA’s Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes…
Breath of the Dragon
ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China’s air quality China’s spectacular economic growth…
SMART-1 views Glushko crater
This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows…
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut…
UNDERSEA LAB
NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and…
XMM-Newton probe
ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the…
DESERT “RATS”
Meaningful exploration in the hostile environs of the moon and Mars will depend on mobility. Tough,…
ENCELADUS TIGER STRIPES
The Cassini spacecraft discovered the long, cracked features dubbed “tiger stripes” on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus…
MARS ORBITER
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment…
South Polar ozone hole
This season’s Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from…