May 30
The Phoenix probe’s arm should begin digging into the Martian surface next week, delivering samples of soil and ice to the lander for analysis
May 30
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens.
May 30
What is that white arch over the water?
May 30
Phoenix will use its newly freed arm to look under its belly - it will check that its feet are planted firmly on the Martian soil
May 30
The shuttle Discovery is set to launch on Saturday it will bring a new Japanese lab and a critical toilet pump to the International Space Station
May 29
The entire Carina Nebula spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebula. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, then faded dramatically.
May 29
A communication problem for NASA’s Phoenix lander has been resolved, but it’s still not clear what caused the glitch
May 29
An amateur astronomer observed the whirling space rock using a telescope controlled over the internet
May 29
Measurements of stars milling around our galaxy suggest the Milky Way is not quite the heavyweight astronomers thought
May 29
Phoenix appears to parachute into a giant crater in an image by the MRO spacecraft, which has also spotted the lander on the Martian surface
