Space Exploration News

Apr 11, 2012 by News Staff

ESA’s Mars Express has returned some remarkable new imagery of Tractus Catena area, revealing a series of pit-chains on the flanks of Alba Mons, one of the largest volcanoes in the Solar system. A computer generated perspective view of Tractus Catena created using images from the High-Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft (ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / G. Neukum) Researchers say these features might be tempting targets in the search...

Mar 30, 2012 by News Staff

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned new images of Saturn’s moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione. The Cassini spacecraft took this raw image...

Mar 23, 2012 by James Freeman

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

Mar 22, 2012 by James Freeman

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

Mar 20, 2012 by News Staff

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...

Mar 14, 2012 by News Staff

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

Mar 14, 2012 by News Staff

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...

Feb 13, 2012 by News Staff

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

Feb 6, 2012 by James Freeman

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...

Feb 6, 2012 by News Staff

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...

Jan 30, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

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...

Jan 25, 2012 by News Staff

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

Jan 24, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

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

Dec 22, 2011 by News Staff

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...

Dec 7, 2011 by James Freeman

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

Dec 6, 2011 by News Staff

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...

Nov 30, 2011 by News Staff

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

Nov 23, 2011 by News Staff

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...

Nov 22, 2011 by News Staff

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,...

Nov 15, 2011 by News Staff

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...