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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned new images of the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, highlighting unusual geologic features, some of which...

On March 17, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft completed its primary mission, orbiting Mercury, capturing nearly 100,000 images, and recording data that shed...

A team of scientists has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite. Geologic Map of Io (USGS / ASU) The map, published by...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned new close-up images of Saturn’s second largest moon, Rhea. Saturn's moon Rhea (NASA / JPL-Caltech...

Performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who have spent prolonged periods of time in space, a team of researchers...

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered that Venus spins a little slower than previously measured. Venus Express (ESA) According to the European...

ESA’s Mars Express has revealed a strong evidence of an ocean once covering the northern part of Mars. Ancient northern ocean on Mars (ESA / C. Carreau) Using...

ESA’s Mars Express has returned a stunning close-up of the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Part of the Syrtis Major region on Mars (ESA / DLR / FU Berlin...

In the interview with Sci-News.com, Dr. Leonid Ksanfomality comments on his recent claims that the Soviet landing probe Venera-13 imaged several objects...

Radar data from the Cassini spacecraft have revealed regional variations amongst sand dunes on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Dune fields are common...

Russian renowned researcher Dr. Leonid Ksanfomality has reported that he found several objects resembling living beings on images made by the Venera-13...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained the first images of Vesta from its low-altitude orbit, according to the mission’s website. The images show...

NASA scientists presented a mosaic image of Vesta’s southern hemisphere, showing different rock or mineral types, created from images obtained by...

Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our Solar system and interstellar space, stated in a press release from NASA. Data obtained from...

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have found that a microscopic worm Caenorhabditis elegans, which is biologically very similar to the human...

On Tuesday, 22 November at 20:25 UT, tracking station of European Space Agency (ESA) at Perth, Australia, established contact with Russia’s Phobos-Grunt...

The MESSENGER spacecraft captured an image, which gives us a close-up look at the crater Kalidasa, named for the renowned classical Sanskrit writer Kālidāsa,...

Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft, according to a press release from NASA’s...

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered an ozone layer high in the atmosphere of Venus. Comparing its properties with those of the equivalent layers...