Space Exploration News

A project led by Andrew Williams from the University of Leicester’s Space Center has revealed the ‘animalistic’ sounds in the dark, cold...

Scientists using the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover have made detailed measurements of...

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered strong evidence of giant water-vapor geysers shooting off...

Observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed what may be seasonal flows of salty water. Recurrent slope linea on the south-facing...

Researchers from NASA’s Curiosity rover mission have found evidence that there was once an ancient lake on Mars that may have been able to support...

A team of astronomers from Japan and the United States using Subaru Telescope has captured an image of the comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy’s ion tail. This...

Zircons – one of the most commonly used geochronometers – found within the Martian meteorite NWA 7533 have enabled an international team of scientists...

A new image from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory suggests the comet ISON has broken up. NASA astronomers say ‘no more nucleus.’ Image...

A new image of the comet ISON has been captured by researchers using NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Comet ISON streams toward...

Astronomers using NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have captured a series of images of the comet ISON. This image...

U.S. researchers reporting in the journal Nature Geoscience have found strong evidence that the Red Planet has granitic rocks. Distinctive feldspar-rich...

A new animation by NASA scientists illustrates what Mars – the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System –...

A group of scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a unique multi-tailed object, labeled P/2013 P5, in the main asteroid belt. P/2013...

An object that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013 initially measured 20-m across and was about 4,452 million years old, according to three...

According to a team of researchers led by Dr Silvia Bradamante from Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies in Milan, Italy, microgravity accelerates...

Using a visual and infrared mapping spectrometer and an imaging science subsystem onboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have mapped liquid...

Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble telescope to capture a new image of comet ISON, the so-called ‘comet of the century.’ This image...

A team of scientists led by Dr Franck Marchis from the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute teamed up with amateur astronomers to discover that the...

Northern Arizona University scientist Prof Nadine Barlow and Dr Joseph Boyce from the University of Hawaii have discovered a new class of Martian impact...