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Space Science News Articles
News articles about space science, astronomy, rockets, planets, galaxies, stars...
November will see the launch of two new missions to Mars - Phobos Grunt and the Mars Science Laboratory.
Dr Robert Massey brings us up to date with what's been happening at the Royal Astronomical Society...
Our Solar System may not be alone in having an abundant supply of water -- that's according to a paper published...
A comet not far from Earth has shed some light on how our planet could have come by much of its water, a new study has...
The first 90 days of observation from the Messenger probe are providing insight into the formation of Mercury...
Gold, platinum and many other precious metals are more common in the Earth's crust than models of the planet'...
Solar seismology may improve space weather forecasts...
A paper published in this week's issue of the Journal Nature presents evidence that the Earth might once have had...
Nasa has launched 3 lego men on their way to Jupiter
Comet Hartley 2 has been found to be a more varied place than was previously expected
An unique astronomical event – an incredibly bright and long lived burst of gamma rays – was probably the result of a...
A group of Scandinavian researchers led by Göran Scharmer of Stockholm University have uncovered some clues about how...
Jupiter's moon Io is known to be highly volcanically active - now, data collected by the Gallileo craft looking at...
Molecular gas streaming away from galaxies has been spotted by the Herschel Telescope. This gas could be responsible...
Data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has given us a unique...
Up to half of all hot Jupiters may orbit their parent star contrary to the star's direction of rotation. New...
Results from Gravity Probe B test and support Einstein's theories of relativity - and have only been 50 years in...
Two predictions made from general relativity in 1918 have been finally tested...
Bacteria can survive accelerations of 400,000g, making it highly likely that bugs could survive an interplanetary crash...
Samples from comet Wild 2 show that they have been in contact with liquid water in the past
A strange anomaly in the movement of the Pioneer probes may have been explained
This week, news that MESSENGER has become the first space probe ever to be placed into orbit around the planet Mercury...