"Superstorm" found on exoplanet
Posted: Thu, Jun 24 7:30 AM ET (1130 GMT)
Astronomers announced this week evidence for a powerful "superstorm" in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. In a paper published in the current issue of...

Ariane launch postponed
Posted: Thu, Jun 24 7:19 AM ET (1119 GMT)
The Ariane 5 launch of a two satellites was postponed Wednesday because of an unspecified technical problem. The Ariane 5G was scheduled to launch Wednesday...

Israel launches reconnaissance satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 7:28 AM ET (1128 GMT)
An Israeli rocket launched a new reconnaissance satellite that may be devoted to keeping an eye on Iran. The Shavit rocket lifted off from the...

NASA may delay final shuttle missions
Posted: Wed, Jun 23 7:17 AM ET (1117 GMT)
NASA is considering rescheduling the final two planned space shuttle missions, pushing the final mission into early 2011, agency officials said Tuesday. Under the proposed...

Dnepr launches German radar satellite
Posted: Tue, Jun 22 7:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
For the second time in less than a week a Dnepr rocket placed a European satellite into orbit on Monday. The Dnepr rocket, a converted...

Soyuz docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 7:06 AM ET (1106 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers docked with the station on Thursday. The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft docked with the aft port of...

Dordain gets another term as ESA leader
Posted: Fri, Jun 18 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Thursday that its current director-general, Jean-Jacques Dordain, will serve another term as leader of the space agency....

Iridium signs launch contract with SpaceX
Posted: Thu, Jun 17 7:10 AM ET (1110 GMT)
Communications satellite company Iridium announced Wednesday a nearly $500-million contract with SpaceX to launch its next generation of satellites. The $492-million contract covers...

Occultation sheds light on KBO
Posted: Thu, Jun 17 6:54 AM ET (1054 GMT)
Planetary astronomers have made the first observation of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) occulting a star, providing information on its size and albedo. An MIT-...

Soyuz launched to ISS
Posted: Wed, Jun 16 7:24 AM ET (1124 GMT)
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new ISS crewmembers lifted off from Kazakhstan early Wednesday. The Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:...