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13 May 2013, 05:32 PM ET
NASA's Maven mission will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
13 May 2013, 05:01 PM ET
Debris from the first American space station is on view near where it landed in Australia
13 May 2013, 04:37 PM ET
Astronomers used a new method to discover a planet orbiting another star.
13 May 2013, 04:37 PM ET
Only three poems will be selected to ride on the Maven orbiter, which is slated to launch in November.
13 May 2013, 04:17 PM ET
The plankton blooms occur most springs.
13 May 2013, 04:11 PM ET
The all-sky and wide-field cameras at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama delivered 2 different angles on an incoming object during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 8th, 2013.
13 May 2013, 02:34 PM ET
A brief rundown on solar flares, their classification and their potential impacts on Earth.
13 May 2013, 02:12 PM ET
NASA and the NSF are facing ambitious goals with slashed budgets.
13 May 2013, 02:07 PM ET
The first x-class flare (X1.7) of year was soon followed by a second more powerful X2.8-class flare, separated by about 14 hours on May 13th, 2013. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory had its eyes fixed on the show.
13 May 2013, 01:39 PM ET
The shuttle Atlantis exhibit is due to open June 29.
13 May 2013, 01:10 PM ET
The sun's unceasing activity affects our planet beyond providing obvious light and heat.
13 May 2013, 01:00 PM ET
See amazing photos of the sun during the peak of solar activity in 2013.
13 May 2013, 12:48 PM ET
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X-1.7-class flare on May 13th, 2013 and STEREO-B recorded the ensuing coronal mass ejection. -- As an added bonus, a massive prominence erupted from near the southwestern limb of the Sun.
13 May 2013, 12:48 PM ET
Launched on May 14, 1973, Skylab was the United States' first manned space station, allowing NASA to begin studying the effects of long term habitation in space and conduct research in zero gravity.
13 May 2013, 12:29 PM ET
The sun is firing off its strongest solar flares of the year as it edges closer to peak sun storm season.
13 May 2013, 10:22 AM ET
This space wallpaper is an illustration of the thin, rocky debris disc discovered around the two Hyades white dwarfs.
13 May 2013, 10:20 AM ET
Chris Hadfield is saying his goodbyes to the International Space Station through song.
13 May 2013, 10:07 AM ET
An X1.7-class solar flare erupted on the eastern limb of the Sun, as seen from Earth, on May 13th, 2013. It is not Earth directed but the resulting coronal mass ejects is on course to hit NASA's Epoxi and Spitzer spacecraft on May 15th.
13 May 2013, 09:51 AM ET
The ISS commander and internet sensation is coming back home on May 13th, 2013. He reflects on his mission and the time spent connecting with the public.
13 May 2013, 09:25 AM ET
Pilot and the X-1E are ready for flight.
13 May 2013, 07:54 AM ET
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will return to Earth Monday (May 13) at 10:31 p.m. EDT to bring the space station crew home.
13 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
There may not be a lot of air, but there's still a lot of weather in space. Get the latest news of space weather and solar flares here from SPACE.com.
13 May 2013, 06:29 AM ET
The sun unleashed a Mother's Day solar flare on May 12, sparking an X1.7-class sun eruption.
12 May 2013, 08:19 PM ET
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield capped off his mission aboard the International Space Station with a zero-g performance of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'.
12 May 2013, 06:56 PM ET
NASA astronaut Nicole Stott shares what life is like balancing work as a space-traveling astronaut and the down-to-Earth challenge of being a parent.
