Comet chaser is grounded
Doubts about the reliability of the Ariane 5 rocket have forced ESA to postpone its long-awaited Rosetta mission.
Proxima Centauri comes into focus
Astronomers accurately measure the size of a small star for the first time
Astrophysicists bag Euro prize
EU awards Descartes prize for research on gamma-ray bursts
Magnetic meteorites
Physicists find extraterrestrial magnetic carbon in a meteorite
INTEGRAL takes off
The European Space Agency has launched the most sensitive ever gamma-ray observatory
Poles hint at past climate on Mars
New evidence is set to reveal the history of our nearest neighbour
NASA names the successor to Hubble
NASA has awarded a contract worth $825m to TRW to build the James Webb Space Telescope
Hope fades for comet mission
NASA’s CONTOUR spacecraft is silent, presumed broken
Earthshine sheds light on extrasolar planets
Reflected sunlight could help astronomers interpret the spectra of distant planets
Galactic lenses cut black holes down to size
Quasar claim could boost models of the early Universe
