Entertainment Archive
08 March 2012, 04:15 PM ET
Space weather scientists are continuing to monitor the ongoing solar storm.
08 March 2012, 11:15 AM ET
This cool space wallpaper shows a massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
08 March 2012, 10:55 AM ET
A towering dust devil, casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this space wallaper acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
07 March 2012, 02:05 PM ET
The Grail probes' measurements should help scientists learn about the moon's structure and evolution.
06 March 2012, 02:49 PM ET
In a new paper, astronomers claim that a rare alignment of the Earth, moon and sun caused extreme tides that dislodged the iceberg that sunk the Titanic 100 years ago. Other scientists are skeptical.
06 March 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The eruptions are caused by discontinuities in the solar wind.
05 March 2012, 10:57 AM ET
NASA scientists say the asteroid 2011 AG5 likely doesn't pose a serious threat to our planet.
02 March 2012, 03:52 PM ET
The treasure hunts will be held every Friday for the next two months.
02 March 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Scorpius, the Scorpion, is a constellation easily seen from the Southern Hemisphere during summer months.
29 February 2012, 01:19 PM ET
At SpaceKids on SPACE.com, you'll find big questions and answers about everything from the moon to Mars to our Milky Way.
29 February 2012, 09:48 AM ET
Europe's Very Large Telescope captured this time-lapsed imagery of the crescent Moon illuminated by the phenomenon called earthshine. Sunlight bouncing off the Earth in the direction of the moon creates this surreal view.
27 February 2012, 12:50 PM ET
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has the funding to move forward, but faces a tougher road than past "big science" projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope.
23 February 2012, 02:39 PM ET
On February 13th, 2012, NASA's All-Sky camera in Georgia captured this meteor burning up in the night sky. There have multiple sighting of these slow moving space rocks this month, some of which made it as far as 31 miles above the Earth's surface.
22 February 2012, 02:51 PM ET
The carbon buckyballs circle a pair of stars 6,500 light-years from Earth.
21 February 2012, 11:12 AM ET
The temblor may have been driven by activity from a nearby volcano.
21 February 2012, 07:55 AM ET
See photos and images of ancient volcanoes on Mars from spacecraft at the Red Planet.
18 February 2012, 02:24 PM ET
John Glenn's legacy still lives on in space, 50 years after his historic orbital flight.
17 February 2012, 05:09 AM ET
Longest, fastest, biggest: We've got the space records right here.
13 February 2012, 01:29 PM ET
A hidden lake beneath an icy shelf could provide clues for how to explore Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.
10 February 2012, 10:00 AM ET
Some otherwise habitable planets might have their water stripped away by gravity, scientists say.
09 February 2012, 12:17 PM ET
See artist's illustrations of potential gateway stations for deep space exploration.
07 February 2012, 04:19 PM ET
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been sending acceptance letters to students in tubes with a task of 'hacking' them in some creative way. Erin King's tube shined the brightest as she turned it into a high-altitude balloon project.
01 February 2012, 07:24 AM ET
In February 2012, skywatchers can enjoy views of the zodiacal light, and see Venus and Uranus together in a small telescope.
30 January 2012, 01:55 PM ET
NASA's "Space Race Blastoff" game tests players' space trivia smarts on Facebook.
28 January 2012, 07:00 AM ET
A waxing crescent moon will pay a visit to Jupiter in the evening sky.
