Phobos-Grunt spacecraft to crash
12-18-2011 |
20
The failed Russian Mars probe is due to crash back down to Earth as early as January next year.
How much of Mars is habitable ?
12-13-2011 | 14
Australian scientists have run a computer model suggesting large areas of Mars could be habitable.
Voyager 1 reaches edge of solar system
12-11-2011 | 28
After three decades Voyager 1 is still going strong at the very fringes of our solar system.
'Strongest' evidence yet of water on Mars
12-10-2011 | 7
NASA's Opportunity rover has discovered Gypsum on Mars, a material formed by water flowing through rock.
Gigantic black holes discovered
12-7-2011 | 21
Scientists have identified two black holes billions of times more massive than our sun.
Kepler finds alien planet in Goldilocks zone
12-6-2011 | 21
Kepler-22b is at just the right distance from its star for liquid water to exist on its surface.
Blisteringly hot alien planet found
12-5-2011 | 11
A planet so hot that iron would melt on its surface has been discovered orbiting a distant star.
Europe ends calls to stranded Mars probe
12-4-2011 | 5
The odds of a recovery for Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars probe are looking increasingly bleak.
Mars Rover to undergo complex landing
12-1-2011 | 9
A nailbiting landing awaits the Curiosity Mars rover once it reaches its destination next year.
NASA successfully launches Curiosity rover
VIDEO 11-27-2011 | 21
A new journey to Mars begins as the huge car-sized rover is launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Martian sand dunes caught in motion
11-20-2011 | 2
NASA has captured images showing sand dunes on Mars shifting over the course of several years.
Icy lakes found on Europa
11-17-2011 | 30
Scientists have discovered large frozen lakes near the surface of Jupiter's frozen moon Europa.
Russia resumes manned Soyuz flights
11-15-2011 | 3
Russia have returned to the ISS with a manned Soyuz launch from Kazakhstan carrying three astronauts.
Failed Mars probe to crash back to Earth
11-14-2011 | 27
The stricken Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is likely to fall back down to Earth as early as next January.
Magnetic moon mystery solved
11-11-2011 | 10
Why are there magnetised rocks on the lunar surface when the Moon has no magnetic field ?
Russian Phobos mission fails
11-9-2011 | 27
Russia's new $170M Phobos-bound spacecraft suffered equipment failure within minutes of lifting off.
Russia to send space probe to Phobos
11-8-2011 | 10
After a 15-year break from space exploration, Russia is sending a spacecraft to Mars' moon Phobos.
Large asteroid Yu55 to pass close to Earth
11-7-2011 | 90
The 400m wide asteroid will pass by the closest a tracked object of its size has ever done before.
Volunteers complete 500-day Mars mission
VIDEO 11-5-2011 | 7
The crew of six had spent 520 days confined to a simulated Mars spacecraft situated in Moscow.
NASA considers the use of tractor-beams
11-2-2011 | 14
NASA is funding a program that will study the usefulness of tractor-beams in future missions.
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