- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 26th, 2014
ESA Turned Captain Ahab Wants to Go Harpooning Space Debris
The end goal is to clear key orbits, the European Space Agency explains
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2014
NASA Moon Orbiter Getting Ready to Impact the Lunar Surface
The LADEE probe is reaching the end of its science mission
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 12th, 2013
LADEE Begins Science Mission Around the Moon
All the instruments on the spacecraft have been commissioned
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2013
Company Provides Bargain Space Burials for Just $2,000 (€1,480)
Earthly remains travel to space, then get cremated as burning stars
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 30th, 2012
See the Most Dangerous Orbits in the Solar System
NASA image depicts the paths of both safe and hazardous asteroids
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 26th, 2012
Newly Found Star System Features Ordered Planetary Orbits
It appears to be set up just as orderly as our own solar system
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 6th, 2012
Closest-Orbiting Binary System Detected
Its two stars are much closer to each other than thought possible
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 15th, 2012
Dawn Ready to Transfer into a New Orbit Around Vesta
This will be spacecraft's last orbital path before leaving the asteroid
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 9th, 2012
Envisat Is No More
ESA ends iconic Earth-observation mission after more than a decade
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 13th, 2012
ESA Loses Contact with Envisat
The satellite has been monitoring Earth for more than a decade
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars
This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 7th, 2012
Second X-37B Robotic Spacecraft Turns 1 in Orbit
The vehicle was launched from Florida on March 5, 2011
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 25th, 2012
Keeping the Orbital Debris Problem in Check
Experts propose a relatively easy-to-implement solution
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2012
Space Base on the Far Side of the Moon: A Possibility
Experts are weighing the challenges associated with such a project
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
Extreme Tilts Make Planets Uninhabitable
Even if they are otherwise located in their parent star's habitable zones
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 3rd, 2012
GRAIL Successfully Makes Its Way into Lunar Orbit
The probes are now ready to begin their science mission
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 23rd, 2011
Scientists: Earth Has Two Moons
New proposal causes a row in the international scientific community