AP - The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said Friday.

Paris (AFP) Sept 5, 2008 - A European spacecraft racing through the asteroid belt skimmed past a 10-kilometre (six-mile) space rock on Friday to carry out its first scientific work in a decade-long trek into the Solar System, mission controllers said.

Moscow (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 - Russia's top space official said international cooperation is needed to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision with the Earth.