Scientists return this week to the world’s deepest known sinkhole, Cenote Zacatn in Mexico, to resume tests of a NASA-funded robot called DEPTHX, designed to survey and explore for life in one of Earth’s most extreme regions and potentially in outer space.
If all goes well with this second round of testing and exploration, the team [...]

Archeologists from Yale and the University of Leicester have identified an ancient solar observatory at Chankillo, Peru as the oldest in the Americas with alignments covering the entire solar year, according to an article in the March 2 issue of Science.Recorded accounts from the 16th century A.D. detail practices of state-regulated sun worship during Inca [...]

So NASA hasn’t surprised us with evidence of monuments or alien artefacts on Mars, but it does believe it has evidence of ‘recent’ flowing liquid water on its surface. See our earlier story NASA to Announce Significant Find on Mars!
In a press conference this afternoon, NASA spokesmen told journalists that they believed light coloured streaks [...]

At 1pm (EST) (6pm GMT), NASA plans to announce some Significant news regarding Mars!
Speculation on just what this news is or will be is rife, and a quick search on the internet reveals all manor of theories - Life, Alien Artifacts, Monuments and believe it or not ‘Elvis’ to name but a few!
But the most [...]

The Space Shuttle Mission Management Team decided to postpone the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis for at least 24 hours following the lightning strike to the lightning protection system on Friday.
The delay will give Nasa and the Mission Management Team time to asses whether anything was damaged as a result of the lightning strike.
The Mission [...]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is all set, and ready for a launch on Sunday 28th August.
The main goal of this mission is to add a new Solar Array to the International Space Station (ISS).
When fitted, the new solar array will double the amount of electricity currently being generated on the ISS, allowing for three new [...]

Astronomers meeting in the Czech capital have voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.
2,500 odd scientists meet in Prague for the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) general assembly, and rejected a proposal that would have seen Pluto retain its status as a proper planet.
Instead, Pluto has now been re-classed as one of the [...]

Atlantis’s crew stand for their group photo.
From left: Pilot Christopher Ferguson, Mission Specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Joseph Tanner, Commander Brent Jett, and Mission Specialists Steven MacLean and Daniel Burbank. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston.
The final launch rehearsal is now competed and with the replacement of a few faulty bolts on the communication antenna, Atlantis is looking [...]

A neolithic stone carving of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) has been discovered in a remote part of Inner Mongolia, along with other “unexplained” carvings thought to be depictions of the gods.

The space shuttle Discovery uncoupled itself from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, and started its journey home.
Discovery is due to land around 9.15am EDT on Monday, with the deorbit burn (re-entry) set for around 8am EDT. Nasa said weather forecasters predict a chance of showers at the landing site at the Kennedy Space Center, [...]