Jun 21
US lawmakers hope to force the space agency to schedule an extra flight so that an expensive particle detector can be hauled into space
Jun 21
The planet was already known to sport one type of aurora around its poles, but new observations suggest it also sports a second
Jun 21
Linking radio telescopes in North and South America, Europe and Africa produces the equivalent of an antenna spanning 11,000 kilometres
Jun 21
A whitish patch on the border of a polygon-shaped section of soil may be ice Phoenix will watch to see if it vaporises in the sunlight
Jun 21
Exoplanet discoveries are streaming in thanks to technological advances a third of Sun-like stars may host planets a few times heftier than Earth
Jun 21
Protogalaxies that formed soon after the big bang may have had plenty of stars after all, thanks to blast waves from supernovae
Jun 21
The ubiquitous microwaves of the Global Positioning System can be used to locate water in arid areas and they are free (full text available to subscribers)
Jun 21
The shuttle Discovery landed at its home port on Saturday, wrapping up a mission that gave Japan a permanent toehold in space
Jun 21
Unusual cone-shaped structures that were long ignored next to a road in the US are evidence of a previously unknown asteroid impact
Jun 21
Congress and the White House are squabbling over a bill that essentially revises NASA’s mission statement. The root issues are money and control, but they have a wide potential impact in areas from phasing out space shuttle operations to international…
