News Archive
22 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
A new mission to an asteroid could help scientists deflect dangerous space rocks that could threaten Earth.
21 March 2013, 06:18 PM ET
Some parts of the moon haven't seen the sun in millions, and even billions, of years but NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is shedding light on these permanently shadowed regions.
21 March 2013, 05:46 PM ET
The broadcast came from the SCORE satellite in 1958.
21 March 2013, 04:46 PM ET
Childhood recollections of the world's largest optical telescopes.
21 March 2013, 04:45 PM ET
The earliest light of the universe doesn't look exactly as predicted.
21 March 2013, 04:10 PM ET
The newest Landsat satellite has opened its eyes.
21 March 2013, 03:56 PM ET
About every 2 years, the Sun blocks Earth's view of Mars (solar conjunction) for a couple of weeks. During that time, talking to our assets on the ground and on orbit around the Red Planet, is somewhat of a challenge.
21 March 2013, 02:55 PM ET
The Merlin 1D has achieved flight qualification status, the company announced Wednesday.
21 March 2013, 12:00 PM ET
The path of 13.4 billion year-old photons detected by Europe's Planck spacecraft has been mapped. The Planck Mission was launched on May of 2009.
21 March 2013, 09:54 AM ET
The European Space Agency's Planck observatory created the map by measuring the cosmic microwave background.
21 March 2013, 09:50 AM ET
A NASA technician inspects a transport model between wind tunnel tests at Langley.
21 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Fragments of the Feb. 15 meteor explosion over Russia have made their way into the hands of U.S. scientists.
21 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Scientists don't know what to expect at the solar system's extreme outer reaches.
21 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket will loft a simulated payload to an altitude of about 155 miles.
21 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, the heart nebula is a mix of gas and dark dust.
20 March 2013, 04:53 PM ET
NASA's chief spoke before Congress after an agency contractor was arrested.
20 March 2013, 01:56 PM ET
John Glenn and Scott Carpenter won Explorers Club medals.
20 March 2013, 01:10 PM ET
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to raise sunken Apollo 11 moon rocket engines from the ocean floor. Learn more about the Saturn V rocket's F-1 engines in this SPACE.com infographic.
20 March 2013, 01:02 PM ET
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched in 1977 to visit the outer planets of the solar system. After 35 years in space, the twin probes are approaching the edge of our solar system.
20 March 2013, 01:00 PM ET
See images from NASA's twin Voyager probes, the farthest spacecraft from Earth.
20 March 2013, 12:48 PM ET
Bezos Expeditions, led by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, located and recovered remains and debris from two F-1 engines that powered Project Apollo's Saturn V rockets. They located and photographed others artifacts as well.
20 March 2013, 12:45 PM ET
Here are five facts about NASA's twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
20 March 2013, 12:17 PM ET
A sudden drop in cosmic ray intensity suggests that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is in a new region of space.
20 March 2013, 11:25 AM ET
Does the U.S. military have the tools it needs to detect incoming meteors
20 March 2013, 11:25 AM ET
This sizzling space wallpaper is an artist’s impression showing exoplanet HD 189733b as it passes in front of its parent star, called HD 189733A.
