Black hole trio could help in gravitational wave search
Posted: Thu, Jun 26 11:11 AM ET (1511 GMT)
A rare triplet of black holes in a distant galaxy could help astronomers in their search for gravitational waves, researchers reported this week. Astronomers used...

Curiosity marks one Martian year on Red Planet
Posted: Wed, Jun 25 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has now spent a full Martian year on the surface of the planet, achieving its primary mission goal, NASA said...

Scientists detect new island on Titan
Posted: Tue, Jun 24 8:35 AM ET (1235 GMT)
Planetary scientists studying radar observations of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan have found new island, or other transient geologic feature, not previously seen...

Orbital, SpaceX launches postponed
Posted: Tue, Jun 24 8:16 AM ET (1216 GMT)
SpaceX has delayed its next attempt to launch six ORBCOMM satellites until early July, while Orbital Sciences Corporation has pushed back its next cargo supply...

Technical problem scrubs Falcon 9 launch
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 9:46 AM ET (1346 GMT)
A pressurization problem with the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket forced SpaceX to scrub the planned launch of six communications satellites Friday evening...

Dnepr launches cluster of small satellites
Posted: Fri, Jun 20 10:17 AM ET (1417 GMT)
A Dnepr rocket launched more than three dozen small satellites into orbit early Friday, the largest number of spacecraft launched on a single mission to...

Cosmonauts complete ISS spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Jun 20 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts spent nearly seven and a half hours outside the International Space Station on Thursday, performing station maintenance and tending to experiments. Alexander...

Former Roscosmos chief passes away
Posted: Thu, Jun 19 6:55 AM ET (1055 GMT)
Vladimir Popovkin, the former head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 57. Popovkin served as head of...

Hubble begins search for New Horizons Kuiper Belt targets
Posted: Wed, Jun 18 7:25 AM ET (1125 GMT)
Planetary scientists will use the Hubble Space Telescope to search for an object in the Kuiper Belt that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft can visit...

ULA issues contracts for engine studies
Posted: Tue, Jun 17 2:14 PM ET (1814 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) said Monday that it has signed contracts with "multiple" US companies to study designs for a new engine that could replace...