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18 April 2013, 02:27 PM ET
This intriguing space wallpaper from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star. It is located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield).
18 April 2013, 02:05 PM ET
Scientists have discovered three super-Earths circling two different stars more than 1,000 light-years away.
18 April 2013, 02:01 PM ET
All three may be capable of supporting life as we know it, scientists say.
18 April 2013, 01:32 PM ET
A planetary system 1200 light years from Earth may contain two worlds entirely covered by global oceans. Kepler 62e and 62f are in the habitable zone of a roughly Sun-like star. Each planet is slightly larger than Earth.
18 April 2013, 11:39 AM ET
Don Yeomans and Elon Musk made Time Magazine's list of the most influential people this year.
18 April 2013, 10:23 AM ET
See some big cats in the spring sky this month.
18 April 2013, 06:23 AM ET
NASA will announce new results from the Kepler space telescope in a news conference Thursday (April 18).
18 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
See amazing artists' illustrations of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler spacecraft.
18 April 2013, 05:09 AM ET
The Orbital Sciences Antares rocket could launch from Virginia on Friday (April 19) at 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT).
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Researchers collected the chemical fingerprints of four warm, cloud-covered alien worlds that lie 128 light years away from Earth.
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Sex in space could present some challenges, but that won't stop people from trying.
17 April 2013, 06:10 PM ET
Check out views of the sun from the online Slooh Space Camera in a webcast Thursday.
17 April 2013, 05:06 PM ET
The next chance to launch the Antares rocket may come Thursday at 5 p.m. EDT.
17 April 2013, 05:02 PM ET
Orbital Science Corp will have to wait for another day after an umbilical came loose some 12 minutes before the scheduled launch time on April 17th, 2013.
17 April 2013, 04:22 PM ET
It might seem surprising that rockets launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore. But it's been going on for decades.
17 April 2013, 03:40 PM ET
Today, methane sloshes around on the surface of Titan, but the compound may vanish from Saturn's giant moon.
17 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
The famed cosmologist discussed the origin of the universe during a lecture at Caltech Tuesday night.
17 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
An ancient galaxy is churning out stars nearly 20 times as fast as its modern equivalents.
17 April 2013, 11:26 AM ET
Here are five things you might not have known about Antares.
17 April 2013, 11:22 AM ET
The European Space Agency took to the streets in Cologne, Germany to ask the public if they know the flight duration from Earth to the Red Planet.
17 April 2013, 09:59 AM ET
International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield soaks a washcloth, gives it a twist, and...well, you'll see.
17 April 2013, 09:36 AM ET
Where viewers in and around Washington, D.C., should look to spot the Antares rocket launch on April 21, 2013.
17 April 2013, 08:00 AM ET
A view of the instrumentation inside the A-29 during a research flight.
17 April 2013, 06:44 AM ET
The Antares test flight shows the industry is coming of age, supporters say.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
A new photo released by ESO shows fertile galaxies in a new light.
