China launches two smallsats
Posted: Mon, Apr 19 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
A Chinese rocket launched two small technology demonstration satellites late Sunday. The Long March 2C booster lifted off from the Xichang launch center in southwestern...

Stellar collisions may create middleweight black holes
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 7:34 PM ET (2334 GMT)
The collision of massive star may be the mechanism for creating "middleweight" black holes, which themselves may be the stepping stone towards creating even larger...

Universe may be shaped like a funnel
Posted: Sun, Apr 18 7:19 PM ET (2319 GMT)
Astronomers said last week that they could explain recent observations of the early universe if the universe if shaped like a horn or funnel. The...

Rover finds rock similar to meteorite
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 1:13 PM ET (1713 GMT)
The Mars rover Opportunity has discovered a rock on the Martian surface that appears similar in composition to a class of meteorites found on Earth...

Lockheed, Northrop win space radar contracts
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 12:51 PM ET (1651 GMT)
The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman contracts on Friday to develop concepts for a space-based radar system. Each company won...

Astronomers discover distant exoplanet
Posted: Sat, Apr 17 12:54 AM ET (0454 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week that they have used a new technique to discover an extrasolar planet much farther from Earth than any other known exoplanet....

Atlas 2 launches Japanese communications satellite
Posted: Fri, Apr 16 10:26 AM ET (1426 GMT)
An Atlas 2AS successfully launched a Japanese communications satellite Thursday night. The Atlas 2AA lifted off from pad 36A at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:...

Globalstar completes restructuring
Posted: Thu, Apr 15 10:14 PM ET (0214 GMT)
Satellite communications company Globalstar announced Thursday that it has completed a long-awaited financial restructuring. Under terms of an agreement that was finalized in December,...

Space tourist Olsen begins training
Posted: Thu, Apr 15 9:58 PM ET (0158 GMT)
Gregory Olsen, the American businessman who plans to be the third commercial space tourist, started his training for his flight to the International Space Station...

Lack of moon orbiting Sedna puzzles astronomers
Posted: Wed, Apr 14 11:47 PM ET (0347 GMT)
Hubble observations of the newly-discovered planetoid Sedna have failed to turn up any evidence of a moon, leaving scientists to wonder why the distant...