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China’s Heavenly Palace blasts off
China successfully launched the first module of its future permanent space station - Tiangong, or China's Heavenly Palace - on September 29, 2011.
September 30, 2011
New ESA images reveal inner workings of galaxies
Newly released ESA images of Holmberg II and Markarian 509 reveal these galaxies' inner workings. Both have stories unlike that of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
September 30, 2011
Mercury: Seven things you didn’t know
Far from being dead, the exosphere of Mercury is dynamic and continually renewing. This gives astronomers clues about the planet's surface and environment.
September 29, 2011
Solar wind sandblasts Mercury
Solar wind sandblasts Mercury because its weak magnetic field provides little protection from the fierce solar wind, a squall of charged particles from the sun.
September 29, 2011
Strong to severe geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora alert!
A geomagnetic storm is in progress. If it's nighttime, and you're at a high latitude, go outside and look for auroras! And quit worrying, you. Just enjoy.
September 26, 2011
UARS satellite reenters atmosphere over Pacific Ocean
UARS penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific. No debris has been found. There are no reports of injury or property damage. Hoax videos are circulating.
September 24, 2011
The growing problem of space debris
The September 24, 2011 uncontrolled reentry of NASA's UARS satellite places a spotlight the problem of debris in orbit around Earth.
September 24, 2011
International Space Station has three new crew
All of launch dates are tentative, but are a welcome step after concerns that launches would cease due to an unmanned Soyuz crash over Siberia on August 24.
September 24, 2011
New planets may have been found by citizen scientist web users
Looking at data from the Kepler mission, web users participating in the Planet Hunters science project may have found two new planets.
September 23, 2011
Cassini captures five of Saturn’s moons
Five of Saturn's moons appear in one image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2011.
September 22, 2011
