A clicking countdown clock has started, leading to a liftoff of the orbital mission of Cosmos 1 -- billed as the world's first solar sail spacecraft. Launch of the private space mission from a ...

SAINT-MICHEL OBSERVATORY, FRANCE–(Marketwire -07/25/12)- Cosmos Story, the first audio and visual guided journey through the universe, is now available for iPad and iPhone. Co-created by an ...

Astronomy is a never-ending wonder: planets and stars, comets, black holes, supernovas, quasars, pulsars and much more. And above all, the miracle of life. This exciting travel questions the place of ...

Birth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star. The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet.