NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has begun sampling rocks blasted out from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling - Spaceflight Now
A new twist on an emerging theory says the Sun was born amid massive, short-lived stars that sculpted our solar system with intense radiation and violent explosions that may have affected the origin of life - Space.com
Astronomers have detected and probed dark energy by applying a powerful, new method that uses images of galaxy clusters made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory - Spaceflight Now
NASA's Cassini spacecraft turned its gaze on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan again, taking another early look at its haze-obscured surface - Universe Today
Space station astronauts Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke were forced to interrupt a planned seven-hour rehearsal today for an upcoming spacewalk when they ran into a series of cooling problems with their NASA spacesuits - Spaceflight Now
The International Space Station (ISS) could be used as a haven for shuttle astronauts in the event that their craft suffers "catastrophic" damage on its next flight, a NASA
Task Force recommended Wednesday - SpaceDaily
Space tourism company Space Adventures announced on Wednesday that they've completed a deal to send an unnamed Japanese celebrity to the International Space Station - Universe Today
