Europe sets goals for space as UK bumps up cash for ESAThe European Space Agency is meeting in Italy to decide on its goals for the future, with the UK looking to use increased funding for the ESA to boost its own space industry.November 20, 2012 by Jon Yeomans in Innovation
US Space Fence plants first post – on a Pacific islandThe US Air Force's $3.5bn Space Fence surveillance system is designed to detect satellites and debris in low Earth orbit, and its first radar station will be based in the Marshall Islands.September 28, 2012 by Jon Yeomans in Innovation
NASA's Hubble gazes 13.2 billion years into universe's pastNASA has released the eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), the deepest-ever shot of the universe, composed of 10 years of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.September 26, 2012 by Jon Yeomans in Innovation