Volunteers wanted for 520-day Mars trip sim
10-24-2009 |
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The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated round-trip to Mars, starting in ...
Hole found on the moon
10-23-2009 | 27
A hole found on the moon is thought to potentially lead down to a vast underground tunnel system. Carved by lava, tunnel...
Scientists discover 32 new exoplanets
10-21-2009 | 3
Scientists have announced the discovery of 32 new extrasolar planets that exist around distant stars beyond our own Sola...
Russia plots return to Venus
10-11-2009 | 3
It has been almost three decades since the Soviet Union last sent a probe to the planet Venus, now the Russian space age...
Moon 'bombed' by space probes
10-9-2009 | 15
The unmanned LCROSS rocket modules have successfully hit their target on the lunar surface, it is hoped that the informa...
New Saturn ring is largest known
10-9-2009 | 6
A new ring discovered around the planet Saturn is the largest known planetary ring in the solar system, it is in fact so...
What (maybe) didn't kill the dinosaurs
10-4-2009 | 0
A new mechanism devised to explain how icy bodies from the Oort cloud get past Jupiter and Saturn has revealed that it i...
Could a gravity trick speed us to Mars ?
9-29-2009 | 5
NASA engineer Robert Adams has proposed a new trick for flying to Mars based on a technique devised by Hermann Oberth in...
What will the first moon base look like ?
9-27-2009 | 3
With the recent discovery of large amounts of water on the moon NASA are keener than ever to get back there and establis...
Large quantities of water found on moon
9-24-2009 | 15
NASA's plans to establish a lunar base on the moon have been boosted by the discovery of large amounts of water on its s...
How Mars turned red
9-22-2009 | 5
A new theory has suggested that Mars was not always red and that the red dust would have never come in to contact with l...
Record-breaking storm on Saturn
9-21-2009 | 1
A vast storm that started on Saturn back in January has now become the Solar System's longest observed lightning storm. ...
Sailing the seas of Titan by boat
9-20-2009 | 2
A new expedition to Saturn's moon Titan by as early as 2022 could see the first ever nautical exploration of an extrater...
Radiation prevents manned Mars mission
9-19-2009 | 19
Radiation may prove to be the single biggest hurdle in putting a human on the planet Mars. Without the protective atmosp...
Astronomers find rocky extrasolar planet
9-18-2009 | 3
Astronomers have discovered a rocky extrasolar planet orbiting a distant star that is 1.5 times the size of the Earth bu...
Solar sails set for voyages in space
9-17-2009 | 3
Scientists continue to explore the possibility of using a solar sail to propel spacecraft at great speeds through space ...
Newly repaired Hubble takes stunning pictures
9-12-2009 | 3
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a number of stunning new pictures four months following the successful mission to u...
Rain of meteorites makes the moon hum
9-11-2009 | 3
A team of scientists have calculated how much the moon "rings" when it is hit by small meteorites, to date no seismomete...
What does space smell like ?
9-9-2009 | 19
Astronauts aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery have stated that the smell of space is strong, metallic and unique. The...
Spaceship passes critical review
9-3-2009 | 38
NASA's new space shuttle replacement, the Orion capsule, has passed a critical review. The new spacecraft is expected to...
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