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Expedition 9 Returns To Earth |
| After traveling more than 78 million miles aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke returned to Earth today - NASA, BBC NEWS |
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Mars Rover Enjoys Mysterious Power Boost |
| Not only are NASA's seemingly unstoppable Mars rovers continuing their progress half a year beyond their design lifetimes, but Opportunity has recently shown an unexplained
increase in its solar-cell power output, NASA has revealed - New Scientist |
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As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time |
| An international team of NASA and university researchers has found the first direct evidence the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates - NASA, New Scientist |
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ESA's Hipparcos Finds Rebels With A Cause |
| A team of European astronomers has discovered that many stars in the vicinity of the Sun have unusual motions caused by the spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way - ESA, New Scientist |
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Gravity Constant Called Into Question |
| One of nature's venerable constants - gravity - may not be the same for every type of particle in the universe, suggest new calculations - New Scientist |
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The Puzzle Of `Magnetic Stars' Solved By Astrophysicists Of The Max Planck Society |
| How does one explain the enormous magnetic field strengths of the so-called `magnetic stars'? This question concerning magnetic fields in the cosmos, first posed half a century ago, has now been answered by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching - Max Planck Society |
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Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big Mess |
| Planets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges, astronomers announced today - NASA/JPL |
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Sky Survey Provides New Radio View Of Universe |
| Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) have overcome longstanding technical hurdles to map the sky at little-explored radio frequencies that may provide a tantalizing look deep into the early Universe - National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
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Autonomous Spacecraft Set For Test Flight |
| A completely autonomous vehicle designed to rendezvous with a satellite is set to launch into orbit Tuesday - New Scientist, NASA |
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Built Via The Internet, Student Satellite Coming To Life At ESA-ESTEC |
| Scattered in universities across Europe, a 250-strong team of students have never collectively met in person, but between them they have built a space-ready satellite - ESA |
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