Europe Approves its Mercury Mission
Although NASA has its Messenger spacecraft headed towards the planet Mercury, the European Space Agency is planning a mission of…
NASA Reveals a Sample Lunar Base
For the upcoming lunar return missions, the astronauts will be staying on the surface of the Moon far longer than…
High Resolution Views of Comet McNaught’s Nucleus
Comet McNaught, one of the brightest comets in last few decades recently swept past the Sun, providing a beautiful show.…
Podcast: The Story of Galaxy Evolution
Our Milky Way is a complex and majestic barred spiral galaxy. But 13.7 billion years ago it began, like all…
Our Supermassive Black Hole Is a Natural Particle Accelerator
Although the centre of the Milky Way is obscured by gas and dust, you can see right through using wavelengths…
What’s Up this Week: February 26 – March 4, 2007
Monday, February 26 - Today is the birthdate of Camille Flammarion. Born in 1842, he became a widely read author…
Rosetta Gets an Amazing View as it Skims Past Mars
This absolutely stunning photograph was taken by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft during its recent flyby past Mars on Saturday. In order…
A Baby Picture of the Sun
Obviously there's no way to see what our Sun looked like when it was still forming billions of years ago,…
Some Galaxies Are Made Almost Entirely of Dark Matter
When we think of a galaxy, we think of our own Milky Way or perhaps Andromeda; a majestic spiral containing…
Ulysses Sees a Surprise at the Sun’s South Pole
Our Sun is very close to the calmest point of its 11-year cycle of activity, what scientists call the "Solar…