Phobos Gets a Close-up

4-11-2008 • Sky & Telescope

Today scientists working with NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released an awesome color view of Phobos, which at just over 16 miles long is only a little bigger than Manhattan Island.

European ship docks at space station

4-4-2008 • Space.com

Europe's first space freighter, the unmanned cargo ship Jules Verne, made its docking debut at the International Space Station with a graceful arrival. [This is actually a huge accomplishment for the European Space Agency or anyone.]

Clay tablet holds clue to asteroid mystery

3-31-2008 • Daily Telegraph

British scientists have deciphered a mysterious ancient clay tablet and believe they have solved a riddle over a giant asteroid impact more than 5,000 years ago.

Seeds of Life Found Near Saturn

03-26-2008 • Space.com

A sniff test of water vapor spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus shows it is gushing with organic molecules, increasing the possibility of life existing somewhere in the Saturn system.

You'd Look Sweet Upon the Seat of a Spaceship Built for Two

03-26-2008 • WIRED

The commercial space company Xcor Aerospace is expected to unveil a model of the Lynx, a two-seat suborbital spaceship that is smaller than a business jet.

Io Creates Spots on Jupiter

3-18-2008 • Space

Newfound glowing spots on Jupiter seem unexpectedly to come from electron beams whipping around the giant planet's volcanic moon Io. Io causes glowing spots hundreds of miles across on its mother planet that are similar to the aurora borealis or

Probe to Sample Saturn Moon's Geysers

3-11-2008 • AP

Three years after gigantic geysers were spied on an icy Saturn moon, the international Cassini spacecraft is poised to plunge through the fringes of the mysterious plumes to learn how they formed. Wednesday's flyby will take Cassini within 30 mil

Once-Habitable Lake Found on Mars

03-06-2008 • Space.com-Jeremy Hsu-Staff Writer-

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the images that suggest the debris-strewn Holden Crater once held a calm body of water that could have harbored life.

Scaled-Down Solar System Found 5,000 Light-Years Away

02-17-2008 • Scientific American

Astronomers have discovered a pair of planets around a star 5,000 light-years away that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn, hinting that solar systems like ours may be unexpectedly common.

US plans to shoot down broken satellite

2-14-2008 • AP

The Pentagon, under orders from President Bush, is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March. The option preferred by the administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down t

Titan Has More Oil Than Earth

2-13-2008 • Space

Saturn's smoggy moon Titan has hundreds of times more natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, scientists said today. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky on the moon that form lakes and

Boeing Engineer Arrested for Stealing Space Shuttle Secrets for the Chinese

02-12-2008 • Mondoreb

"Greg" Chung was arrested yesterday for spying. He was expected to appear in court today.

Bigelow Aerospace Wants Atlas 5 Rockets for New Space Station

2-5-2008 • Space

Bigelow Aerospace officials said Feb. 1 they are making progress in their negotiations with United Launch Alliance for six initial launches for their planned commercial space station, starting around 2011. Subsequently the company hopes to conduct as

Did NASA Accidently "Nuke" Jupiter?

2-4-2008 • Enterprise Mission

In 2003, NASA deliberately directed its still-functioning Galileo spacecraft to make a 108,000 mph suicidal plunge into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Thus ended the successful eight-year NASA Galileo mission in a literal, most fitting “blaze of glory.”

AF General: Spy Satellite Could Hit US

1-30-2008 • AP

[FEAR] The military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite's fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, who heads of U.S. Northern Command,

News Bytes of the Week—First glimpse of SpaceShipTwo

01-27-2008 • Scientific American

Virgin Galactic unveils designs for new spacecraft Plans for a new commercial suborbital spacecraft were presented this week by Virgin Galactic, the space tourism arm of Virgin Atlantic, and Scaled Composites, maker of the first privately funded mann

Disabled spy satellite threatens Earth

1-26-2008 • AP

A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or early March, government officials said. The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials [plutonium?], and it is unknown where on

New Mexico's SpacePort

01-24-2008 • New Mexico's Spaceport America Home Page

(More stuff you didn't know??? - Now why would the media do endless stories on delayed Shuttle launches but nothing on what is happening in the private sector? I'll bet you don't know anything about 2 private space stations in orbit NOW!

Leaving the Planet

01-24-2008 • Virgin Galactic

As soon as a year from now the first Space Airline will start. (Didn't you know?)

New tourist spacecraft unveiled

01-23-2007 • New York Times

Burt Rutan, the creator of SpaceShipOne, unveiled detailed models of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and its carrier airplane, WhiteKnightTwo.

Russia Says it's Winning Space Race to Put Man on Mars

01-09-2008 • RidesAPaleHorse

Russia says it's ahead in a new, 2008-style space race. Russia says it's only 16 years away from putting a man on Mars. "We have something of a head start in this race as we have the most experience in piloted space flight,

The Enduring Mysteries of the Outer Solar System

1-2-2008 • Space.com

The farthest reaches of our solar system remain the most mysterious areas around the sun. Solving the mysteries of the outer solar system could shed light on how the whole thing emerged — as well as how life on Earth was born.

'Test tube universe' hints at unifying theory

12-26-2007 • Daily Telegraph

A "universe in a test tube" that could be used to assess theories of everything has been created by physicists.

Time is running out - literally

12-23-2007 • Daily Telegraph

Scientists have come up with the radical suggestion that the universe's end may come not with a bang but a standstill - that time could be literally running out and could, one day, stop altogether.

Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'

12-23-2007 • Cornell University

Researchers are considering the implications of "one of the most significant" mission discoveries to date: silica-rich deposits uncovered in May by Spirit's lame front wheel that provide new evidence for a once-habitable environment in

Mini-Mag (Project) Orion Will Reach for the Stars

12-20-2007 • The Future of Things

An innovative propulsion system that could significantly shorten round trips from Earth to Mars (from two years to only six months!) and enable our spaceships to reach Jupiter after one year of space traveling. The system is an optimization of the 19

Do We Really Know What is in Earth Orbit?

12-19-07 • Rense.com

John Lenard Walson has given the world a fascinating, compelling and intriguing glimpse at what may well be the biggest secret program of all.

See Tonight's 'Great' Meteor Shower

12-13-2007 • Space.com

Many meteor showers tend to disappoint, but the annual Geminid shower is relatively reliable. And this year's version, which peaks tonight, is expected to be a great one. Meteors could start showing up anytime after dark this evening, Dec. 13,