Mini Ion Thrusters Could Propel Small Satellites in Space
A team of MIT engineers have developed a new propulsion system that uses microscopic tips that, when stimulated with voltage, emit tiny beams of ions,…
A team of MIT engineers have developed a new propulsion system that uses microscopic tips that, when stimulated with voltage, emit tiny beams of ions,…
Launched on July 5, the MSG-3 weather satellite used the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument to capture its first image of Earth….
NASA’s NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, providing researchers with sharp images of black…
Research is underway on new equipment that will allow solar power to be gathered in space and transferred back to Earth through microwaves or lasers,…
The ESA’s Cryosat mission has been watching the Arctic sea ice with a high degree of precision ever since it was launched in 2010 to…
Hidden beneath mounds of Earth, in the fertile crescent of the Middle East, lie overlooked networks of small settlements that date back millennia. Archaeologists are…
Researchers targeted 42 nearby active galaxies and used data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite to show…
A small town in northeastern Brazil, in the state of Maranhão, was greeted by a 110-pound (50-kilogram) metal sphere that came crashing down. Locals from…
CleanSpace One, developed by the Swiss Space Center at EPFL, is a project to develop and build the first group of satellites that will remove…
NASA has requested a $17.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 which includes $4 billion for space operations, $4 billion for exploration activities in the…
As of 7 a.m. (10:00 GMT), the European Space Agency’s new Vega rocket has successfully launched on Monday, February 13th from Kourou, French Guyana, off…
Recent research from the University of Colorado Boulder, in a joint effort with NASA, shows that regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 148…
Due to public demand, NASA released a new companion image to “Blue Marble” released just a short time ago. Compiled by a NASA Goddard scientist,…
The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) on board NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite began taking Earth-viewing data just a few days ago. The…
Scientists are studying the Van Allen Radiation belts to gain a better understanding about the radiation encircling the Earth. It was once feared that these…
Two new satellites are now in orbit around the moon and they could give us some valuable info about whether our moon merged with another…
After over three decades in space, Voyager 1 is about to leave the Solar System and head into the uncharted territory of the Milky Way….
The U.K. government wants some new sophisticated radar satellites around the Earth in order to view the planet’s surface through any type of weather, no…