Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission
The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. The…
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Still the Greatest
This time we’re going to look back at one of NASA’s most spectacular successes: the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Launched by the space shuttle on July 23, 1999, Chandra has now…
NASA’s Juno Probe Will Tell Us New Things About Jupiter
Last month, NASA issued a statement saying that preparations for its Juno mission to Jupiter are proceeding well, and that everything is still on schedule for a launch in August…
LISA: First of a New Generation of Space-Based Telescopes
In this article, we’ll take a look at gravity waves, one of the most fascinating and revolutionary ideas in astronomy. Specifically, we will talk about the LISA mission, a future…
The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission
The exploration of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, will continue with Phobos Grunt, a Russian mission to be launched next year. Roscosmos, the Russian national space agency, is…
Waterworlds: New Research Says We Will Probably Find Them Someday
This is an article about waterworlds, and the search for them. It now appears likely that such planets do exist somewhere in the universe, and if we go far enough,…
ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope Is Off to a Great Start
On May 14, 2009, the European Space Agency launched two revolutionary space telescopes aboard the same launcher. These were Planck and Herschel, new eyes on the universe which will hopefully…
Scientists and Politicans Discuss the Threat of Near-Earth Objects
This article is about NEOs- Near Earth Objects- and possible steps that could be taken to deflect one of these objects if it should appear in danger of colliding with…
ESA’s Envisat Is Watching Eyjafjallajoekull Erupt
Over the last several days, the world has been given a small glimpse of the power of nature on a planetary scale. The Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano in Iceland, which had not…
The Exploration of Mars Continues With ESA’s ExoMars Mission
Mars is being invaded! Already our orbiters are orbiting, our landers are landing and our rovers are roving- and more of them are on the way. Over the next few…
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