European scientists have to delay their ExoMars mission by a further two years as a result of governments tightening their financial belts. It means the flagship mission to Mars won't launch until January 2016 - the original launch date was to be in 2… more »

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Back on the 6th October the Messenger probe made it's second pass of the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury. Earlier this year the NASA mission re… more »