NASA has signed an agreement with other U.S. and international agencies to launch the Ocean Surface…
Venus Express enters orbit
On April 11,2006, at the end of a 153-day and 400-million km cruise into the inner…
‘Happy face’ crater on Mars
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft,…
Iceberg collision from Space
An enormous iceberg, C-16, rammed into the well-known Drygalski Ice Tongue, a large sheet of glacial…
Planetary Birth
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a…
Asteroids a threat to the future ?
If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 � about 500 m in…
AKARI Observations
The infrared satellite AKARI (formerly ASTRO-F) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which was launched…
Ariane 5 Breaks Record
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher logged another flawless mission on May 27, delivering a record-setting dual-satellite…
Canadian-built cameras
Launched in June 1999 and originally designed for a three-year mission, NASA’s Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer…
Libyas Circles of Life
The Al Kufrah Oasis in southeastern Libya, one of the most easily recognisable landmarks from the…