»» Hinode Views Two Solar Eclipses (with videos)

Friday, November 16, 2012 - Observers in Australia and the South Pacific were treated to a total solar eclipse on Nov. 13, 2012. The orbit of Hinode resulted in two eclipses this time, each with a somewhat different perspective.

»» Europe Dominating Satellite Startracker Market

Friday, November 16, 2012 - Like sailors of old, satellites in space take their bearings from the stars. Startrackers are an essential ingredient of space missions - and European companies dominate their commercial supply, benefiting from ESA's long-term technical coordination.

»» Image: Tibesti Mountains, Chad, As Seen From Orbit

Friday, November 16, 2012 - The Tibesti Mountains, located mostly in Chad with the northern slopes extending into Libya, are captured in this Envisat image.

»» NASA's Kepler Completes Prime Mission, Begins Extended Mission

Thursday, November 15, 2012 - NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth -- the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's 3 1/2- year prime mission and the beginning of an extended mission that could last as long as four years.

»» Born-again star foreshadows fate of Solar System

Thursday, November 15, 2012 - Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years.

»» Life and Death in a Star-forming Cloud

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories.

»» Lost in Space: Rogue Planet Spotted?

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have identified a body that is very probably a planet wandering through space without a parent star.

»» Proba-2 Soaks Up Three Solar Eclipses

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - ESA's Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses last night while lucky observers watching from northern Australia were treated to a total solar eclipse.

»» Sun Emits a Mid-level Flare

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - On Nov. 13, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:04 p.m. EST.

»» SpaceX Tests Grasshopper Rocket in Two-Story Hop

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - Grasshopper consists of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage, Merlin 1D engine, four steel landing legs with hydraulic dampers, and a steel support structure.

»» BOSS Quasars Unveil a New Era in the Expansion History of the Universe

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is mapping a huge volume of space to measure the role of dark energy in the evolution of the universe.

»» Image: Sheldon Glacier

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - A new NASA/British Antarctic Survey study examines why Antarctic sea ice cover has increased under the effects of climate change over the past two decades.

»» Europe Spotlights Space Weather Hazards

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - ESA's Space Situational Awareness programme is taking centre stage with experts showcasing a recently opened space weather service centre and highlighting European space weather research and development.

»» Changes to Antarctic Sea Ice Drift

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - Maps created by JPL using over 5 million individual daily ice motion measurements captured over a period of 19 years by four US Defense Meteorological satellites show, for the first time, the long-term changes in sea ice drift around Antarctica.

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