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Penn State Researchers Look Beyond the Birth of the Universe
According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the Big Bang represents The Beginning, the grand event at which not only matter but space-time itself was born.   view more (2006-05-15)

Ghosts found in space
For Halloween this year, watch out for some real ghosts cruising through space, destined never to `cross over` to the other side. These ghosts are scientific satellites that have reached the end of their mission and experts have turned off all their instruments. Other satellites cross over into the... view more (2002-10-31)

Closer ties between ESA and Russia
Today in Moscow, ESA Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain and the Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov signed an agreement for long-term cooperation and partnership in the development, implementation and use of launchers. This agreement, which comes within the general... view more (2005-01-19)

WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
Since Saturday, 19 March, the study entitled Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) has been fully under way. All participants in the first of two campaigns have been lying in bed, tilted head down at an angle of 6º below horizontal, so that their heads are slightly lower than... view more (2005-03-21)

A little bit of Ferrari takes off to the Red Planet !
ESA PR 52-2002. What is the fastest Ferrari`s distinctive red paint has ever travelled? Next year it will be 10800 km/h! Mars Express, to be launched in May/June 2003, the first European spacecraft to visit the Red Planet, will be speeding on its way accompanied by the very essence of Ferrari: a... view more (2002-07-22)

ESA's Chairmanship of CEOS
ESA is now almost half way through its term as chair of CEOS, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. This international organisation was created in 1984 under the auspices of the G7 - with the goal to coordinate Earth observation satellite missions among its Members. Members include space... view more (2002-05-31)

ESA and the Commission kick off action plan for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
Antonio Rodot' , ESA`s Director General and Philippe Busquin, Research Commissioner and responsible for space policy, today opened the first meeting of the GMES Steering Committee in Brussels. This meeting brings together, for the first time, the users and suppliers of GMES services and... view more (2002-03-19)

ESA's Belgian astronaut ready for Space Station mission
ESA PR 67-2002. A new Soyuz capsule will be launched into space next week on 30 October at 08:11 local time (04:11 CET) from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the European Space Agency's first Belgian astronaut to visit the International Space Station and two Russian crew members.... view more (2002-10-25)

Astrophysicists find fractal image of Sun's 'Storm Season' imprinted on Solar Wind
Plasma astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that key information about the Sun's 'storm season' is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind.   view more (2007-05-29)

Scientists Discover 'giant fossil frog from hell'
A team of researchers, led by Stony Brook University paleontologist David Krause, has discovered the remains in Madagascar of what may be the largest frog ever to exist.   view more (2008-02-20)

Chinese satellites meet European instruments in London for space mission pre-nuptials
The hardware inside a Chinese space satellite is currently undergoing its final tests in London to make sure that it can 'talk' with the European science instruments it will be carrying, in advance of its mission launch in 2003. 37 scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent... view more (2002-10-11)

Phoenix Mars mission spacecraft lands at Kennedy Space Center
A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft carried NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft Monday, May 7, from Colorado to Florida, where Phoenix will start a much longer trip in August.   view more (2007-05-09)

Mirror Measures Vortex Drag
Airplanes generate trailing wake vortices which can be dangerous for following aircraft, especially on takeoff and landing. An onboard laser measuring device scans the air space in front of the plane, recognizes turbulence and will inform the pilot. The volume of air traffic is constantly rising -... view more (2004-07-08)

Galileo gets the go-ahead
The European Space Agency warmly welcomes the decision taken today by the European Union Transport Ministers, meeting in Brussels. Galileo has now been given the official go-ahead but for ESA that simply means that work on Galileo can continue! ESA teams have already been working for a number of... view more (2002-03-26)

Theoretical blueprint for invisibility cloak reported
Using a new design theory, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering and Imperial College London have developed the blueprint for an invisibility cloak.   view more (2006-05-26)

Dynamic society needs 'time-based' building
Buildings should be designed in such a way that their function can change as time passes. They should be flexible so that, for example, office space can be easily converted to housing and vice versa. This is the message of the symposium on Time-based Buildings, that the Faculty of Architecture of... view more (2004-05-05)

Towards a truly clever Artificial Intelligence
A pioneering new way of creating computer programs could be used in the future to design and build robots with minds that function like that of a human being, according to a leading researcher at The University of Reading.   view more (2005-02-04)

Visit by Director of European Space Agency'­s Scientific Programme
Professor R M Bonnet, Scientific Programme Director at the European Space Agency (ESA), visited Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) today, Tuesday 30 January, to see a demonstration of the operations and data handling facilities for the Cluster spacecraft, which are due to be launched in the... view more (1996-02-01)

Scientists Await First Call From Beagle
Early this morning, the Beagle 2 spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars at the end of a 250 million mile (400 million km), six-month trek to the Red Planet. Although the first attempt to use NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to communicate with the lander three hours later was unsuccessful, scientists... view more (2003-12-25)

Challenges of landing on alien worlds
Three ESA missions are due to send down robotic `spaceprobes` when they arrive at their alien destinations. Since these craft will be going where no one has gone before, how can scientists be sure what it will be like down there? How do you ensure that your spaceprobe is prepared for anything?... view more (2002-10-10)

Press invitation - Artists & Cosmonauts: The New Futurists
Dreams of Flying turn into Reality Artists and Cosmonauts: the New Futurists, at Sadlers Wells Friday 1 March, Saturday 2 March, Friday 15 March, Friday 19 April 2002 Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadlers Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1 Friday 15th March only: Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place,... view more (2002-02-11)

Government Announces New Logbook For Innovators
Helping safeguard Britain's cutting edge ideas Britain's best inventors can help safeguard their creative ideas using a new logbook launched today by Science Minister Lord Sainsbury. Inventors, businesses and universities can use the new 'Innovation Logbook' to record the development of original... view more (2002-06-06)

One year in orbit for first DMC satellite - AlSAT-1
AlSAT-1, the first satellite launched for the international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), has completed one year of orbital operations. The satellite, built under a know-how transfer programme at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), was launched on 28 November 2002 for Centre... view more (2004-01-15)

Royal Society Summer Exhibition - Take Part In The Cassini-Huygens Mission
UK space scientists are involved in a plethora of spacecraft that are currently exploring the planets, moons and comets in our Solar System. The UK Goes to the Planets exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition provides an opportunity to find out about these missions direct from the... view more (2004-06-30)

Will the Earth Share the Fate of Saturn?
Is it possible that space exploration will result in the formation of a ring around the Earth similar to the Saturn ring? Most likely, human beings will not be able to create such a dense object. However, all this debris can severely impede space flights in future, as plenty of objects brought out... view more (2001-05-11)
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