Author: Astronomy Staff

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA provides venerable Hubble hardware to Smithsonian

Science

Record-breaking radio astronomy project to measure sky with extreme precision

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Shuttle Atlantis headed for delivery stop at International Space Station

Science, Stars

Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super suns

Exoplanets, Science

Astronomers discover an extrasolar planet with a highly tilted orbit

Observing

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Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System, Space Exploration

Rosetta bound for outer solar system after final Earth swing-by

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Water in Moon crater, LCROSS impact reveals

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA to begin attempts to free sand-trapped Mars rover

Exotic Objects, Science

Swift, XMM-Newton satellites tune in to a middleweight black hole

Science

NASA’s great observatories celebrate International Year of Astronomy

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Rosetta third Earth approach on schedule