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Exciting news comes from the result of lab tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander with the identification of water found in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
Read MoreMars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on July 23rd, flying past at 3 km/s, a mere 93 km from the moon. The European Space Agency's (ESA) spacecraft's fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board.
Read MoreNASA's Constellation Program has now selected 11 companies and one university to independently develop concepts that contribute to how astronauts will live and work on the moon. Each organization will conduct a 180-day study focused on a topic relevant to lunar surface systems.
Read MoreA team of European scientists working with COROT have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star that's slightly more massive than the Sun.
Read MoreWe reported that NASA was using a fleet of five of their satellites to discover what caused Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis.
Read MoreThe first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realization with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group.
Read MoreXMM-Newton has discovered an exploding star in the Milky Way. Usually that would be important in itself, but this time there is a special twist.
Read MoreThose beautiful and complicated Northern Lights, or aurora borealis — what makes them move and brighten? NASA will tell all at a media teleconference on Thursday, July 24, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the first results from a fleet of five satellites.
Read MoreTwo studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers, and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life.
Read MoreJune 30th marked the end of the four-year primary mission for the joint NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft mission and the start of the extended mission.
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