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Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit – physicsworld.com

A composite X-ray image of the galaxy NGC1365 taken by NuSTAR and XMM-Newton. (Courtesy: Guido Risaliti)   Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit Feb 27, 2013 The best evidence yet that...

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How to cook a spacecraft / Technology / Our Activities / ESA

Mercury Planetary Orbiter being placed in Phenix thermal vacuum facility   How to cook a spacecraft 27 February 2013 The faint aroma of hot metal filled the surrounding cleanroom as the hatch to ESA’s...

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Giant NASA spider robots could 3D print lunar base using microwaves (Wired UK)

  Giant NASA spider robots could 3D print lunar base using microwaves By Ian Steadman 01 March 13 The first lunar base on the Moon may not be built by human hands, but rather by a giant spider-like...

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European launchers powering Europe into space — ESA

European launchers powering Europe into space Published on Mar 5, 2013 by ESA Europe can now launch any satellite on any orbit thanks to its complete portfolio: Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, all ready to...

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Herschel to finish observing soon / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA

Herschel and Rosette Nebula  Herschel’s cryostat vacuum vessel  Integrating the instruments  Herschel Herschel to finish observing soon 5 March 2013 ESA’s Herschel space observatory is expected to...

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ESA’s climate-eye dilemma : Nature News & Comment

Measurements from ESA’s SMOS mission show the thickness of seasonal sea ice. ESA   NATURE | NEWS ESA’s climate-eye dilemma Scientists face difficult choice for Europe’s next Earth-observation mission....

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Orbital Delivery | INFOgraphics | RIA Novosti

Orbital Delivery Four types of unmanned cargo spacecraft are currently in use. A new spacecraft (Cygnus) is to join them soon. Home           Top of page

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NASA – Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star

This is a Digitized Sky Survey image of the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. The aging star, cataloged as HD 140283, lies 190.1 light-years away. The Anglo-Australian Observatory...

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GOCE: the first seismometer in orbit / GOCE / Earth Explorers / The Living...

Loading… GOCE: THE FIRST SEISMOMETER IN ORBIT 8 March 2013 Satellites map changes in Earth’s surface caused by earthquakes but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly in space –...

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EXOMARS: ESA AND ROCOSMOS SET FOR MARS MISSIONS — ESA

  EXOMARS: ESA AND ROCOSMOS SET FOR MARS MISSIONS   Signing partnership agreement for ExoMars   14 March 2013 ESA and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, have signed a formal agreement to work...

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