Roscosmos deny involvement in space tourism flights to Moon

(Soyuz craft departing the ISS – Photo Credit: NASA)

The Russian Federal Space Agency have confirmed they will not be involved in a plan to send two space tourists on a flight around the Moon, despite claims that the trip would use their Soyuz spacecraft.

New study finds Titan’s atmosphere may be older than Saturn

(Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)

It’s well accepted that moons form after planets, but new research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may have formed before its parent planet. Nitrogen found in Titan’s atmosphere predates Saturn and is thought to originate in the Oort cloud, a vast expanse of icy rocks surrounding the solar system that is the cold birthplace of the most ancient comets. The finding rules out the possibility that Titan formed within the warm disk surrounding an infant Saturn.

Curiosity Rover captures selfie to mark first year on Mars

(Photo Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech/MSSS)

Today, NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover celebrates the completion of a full Martian year on the Red Planet, and it marked the occasion by taking a selfie.

Image of the Day: 24/6/14

(Photo Credit: NASA/ESA)

Taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, the subject of this picture is dwarf galaxy NGC 5474, which is located 21 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major.