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May 16

Phoenix Mars mission ready for landing

The Mars Phoenix spacecraft is less than two weeks away from landing on the Red Planet.

Cassini mission gets two-year extension

The amazing Cassini spacecraft will spend an extra two years studying the planet Saturn, its rings and its moons.

Microsoft launches WorldWide Telescope

A free service from Microsoft lets students and others tour the night sky using high-resolution images from the world's best land- and space-based telescopes.

Hubble Telescope is cheaper than your mobile phone!

UK scientist says texting is at least four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space.

Moon astronaut's health could depend on good dusting

Tiny lunar dust particles could pose a health risk to astronauts visiting the Moon.

All I need is the air that you breathe…

NASA scientists and volunteers are testing a new system being developed to keep air breathable in future space vehicles.

NASA to send a probe to the Sun!

A new mission to launch in 2015 will go eight times closer the Sun than any other spacecraft.


April 11

Amazing martian moon in 3D!

An amazing new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.

New rocky planet found in Leo

Scientists have detected what they think is a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation Leo.

Twin sunsets brings Star Wars planet to life

The detection of a body orbiting a binary star system means the double sunset in the movie 'Star Wars' might not be longer pure fiction.

Rock and roll on Mars!

Check out these amazing images of the tracks left by falling and rolling rocks on the Red Planet.

Spacecraft captures avalanche activity on Mars!

A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches on the red planet.

Are volcanoes still active on Venus?

Scientists are trying to work out whether recent measurements from an orbiting spacecraft indicate Venus still has active volcanoes.

Smallest known black hole found

A new record has been set for the smallest and lightest black hole yet found.

Black hole found in southern star cluster

Omega Centauri is notable for being one of the southern sky's most impressive sights. Now it might be famous for another reason—for harbouring a black hole.

Discovery of the coldest star ever found

An international team of astronomers has discovered the coldest brown dwarf star ever observed.

Aussie astronomers share in prize

A 'uniquely ambitious, far-sighted' project has won an Australian and UK astronomy team a major new scientific prize.

Europe's automated spacecraft docks with the ISS

Europe's first fully automated resupply vehicle has successfully docked with the International Space Station.

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