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Black Hole Hunters Set New Distance Record
Astronomers using ESO's Very
Large Telescope have
detected, in another galaxy,
a stellar-mass black hole
much farther away than any
other previously known. With
a mass above fifteen times
... > full story
Route 66: Cassini's Next Look at Saturn's Moon Titan
Sixteen days after last
visiting Saturn's largest
moon, NASA's Cassini
spacecraft returns for
another look-see of the
cloud-shrouded moon -- this
... > full story
Auspicious Orbit Marks Run-Up to Phobos Flyby
On 26 January, Mars Express
completed its 7777th orbit
around the Red Planet, an
auspicious milestone as the
satellite is readied for the
closest-ever flyby of
Phobos, scheduled for just a
... > full story
Technology-Testing Proba-2 Opens New Eye on the Sun
Packed with novel devices
and science instruments,
Proba-2 is demonstrating
technologies for future ESA
missions while providing new
views of our Sun. ... > full story
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Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Huygens' Titan Touchdown
January 20, 2010 — On 14 January 2005, ESA's Huygens probe descended to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Planetary scientists from around the world have gathered in Barcelona to discuss the legacy of ... > full story -
Tooling Up ExoMars
January 18, 2010 — ESA and NASA are inviting scientists from across the world to propose instruments for their joint Mars mission, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Scheduled for launch in 2016, the spacecraft will focus ... > full story -
HIFI Resumes Quest for Water in Universe
January 17, 2010 — The back up system of HIFI, the state of the art Dutch space instrument on ESA's Herschel space telescope, has been switched on successfully. Due to an unexpected voltage peak in the electronic ... > full story -
New Video Reveals Secrets of Webb Telescope's MIRI
December 31, 2009 — It's going to take infrared eyes to see farther back in time than even the Hubble Space Telescope, and that's what the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI or Mid-Infrared Instrument detectors will ... > full story -
Born in Beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula
December 30, 2009 — A collection of 30 never-before-released images of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula are the highlight of the longest single Hubble Space Telescope project ever dedicated to the topic ... > full story -
Vampires and Collisions Rejuvenate Stars
December 26, 2009 — Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered two distinct kinds of "rejuvenated" stars in the globular cluster Messier 30. A new study shows that both stellar collisions and ... > full story -
Cassini Holiday Movies Showcase Dance of Saturn's Moons
December 24, 2009 — Like sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the ... > full story -
Herschel Space Telescope Uncovers Sources of Cosmic Infrared Background
December 24, 2009 — A weak cosmic infrared radiation field that reaches Earth from all directions contains not yet deciphered messages about the evolution of galaxies. Using first observations with the PACS Instrument ... > full story -
Stellar Nursery: Inside the Dark Heart of the Eagle
December 18, 2009 — Herschel has peered inside an unseen stellar nursery and revealed surprising amounts of activity. Some 700 newly-forming stars are estimated to be crowded into filaments of dust stretching through ... > full story -
XMM-Newton Celebrates Decade of Discovery
December 10, 2009 — ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy. ... > full story
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