North Korean launch fails
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 10:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
A North Korean rocket lifted off early Friday but failed to place its satellite into orbit, a failure even acknowledged by government officials. The Unha-...

Contact lost with Envisat
Posted: Fri, Apr 13 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed Thursday that it has lost contact with its Envisat earth observing satellite. ESA announced in a statement that contact...

Orbital rolls out Antares rocket
Posted: Thu, Apr 12 9:24 AM ET (1324 GMT)
Orbital Sciences Corporation rolled out the first stage of its Antares rocket to its new launch pad in Virginia on Wednesday in preparation for tests...

SpaceX moving ahead with plans for Texas launch site
Posted: Tue, Apr 10 7:12 AM ET (1112 GMT)
A regulatory filing released Monday is the latest evidence that SpaceX is pursuing plans for a new spaceport on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The...

North Korea unveils rocket for satellite launch attempt
Posted: Mon, Apr 9 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
North Korean officials, in a rare display of openness, showed off to foreign visitors Sunday a rocket they plan to launch later this week. Foreign...

Venus may have aurorae without a magnetic field
Posted: Sat, Apr 7 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)
Venus, a planet without its own magnetic field, may still be able to generate auroral activity, scientists reported this week. Data collected by Europe's...

NASA panel extends Kepler, other astronomy missions
Posted: Thu, Apr 5 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
A NASA panel has concluded the agency should extend the mission of Kepler, a space telescope searching for extrasolar planets, as well as a number...

India wins contract to launch European satellite
Posted: Thu, Apr 5 8:41 AM ET (1241 GMT)
The Indian space agency ISRO announced this week it has won a contract to launch a European commercial remote sensing satellite. ISRO said its commercial...

Delta 4 launches NRO satellite
Posted: Wed, Apr 4 8:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
A Delta 4 rocket placed a classified military satellite into orbit on Tuesday. The Delta 4 Medium-Plus (5,2) lifted off from Vandenberg Air...

Supermassive black holes dine on binary star systems
Posted: Tue, Apr 3 6:59 AM ET (1059 GMT)
Supermassive black holes found in the cores of many galaxies grow in mass by capturing single stars from binary star systems that pass close to...