• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 26th, 2014
ESA Turned Captain Ahab Wants to Go Harpooning Space Debris

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

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

LADEE Begins Science Mission Around the Moon

All the instruments on the spacecraft have been commissioned

Company Provides Bargain Space Burials for Just $2,000 (€1,480)

Company Provides Bargain Space Burials for Just $2,000 (€1,480)

Earthly remains travel to space, then get cremated as burning stars

See the Most Dangerous Orbits in the Solar System

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

Newly Found Star System Features Ordered Planetary Orbits

It appears to be set up just as orderly as our own solar system

Closest-Orbiting Binary System Detected

Closest-Orbiting Binary System Detected

Its two stars are much closer to each other than thought possible

Dawn Ready to Transfer into a New Orbit Around Vesta

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

Envisat Is No More

ESA ends iconic Earth-observation mission after more than a decade

ESA Loses Contact with Envisat

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

Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars

This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit

Second X-37B Robotic Spacecraft Turns 1 in Orbit

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

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

Space Base on the Far Side of the Moon: A Possibility

Experts are weighing the challenges associated with such a project

Extreme Tilts Make Planets Uninhabitable

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

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

Scientists: Earth Has Two Moons

New proposal causes a row in the international scientific community

 
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