Science & Astronomy Archive
05 March 2013, 09:16 AM ET
In June 1961, the Plum Brook reactor goes critical for the first time.
05 March 2013, 08:52 AM ET
Maximum solar activity (increased amounts of sun flares, sunspots, prominences and coronal mass ejections) is cyclic. 2013 should be the 11-year peak but the Sun is not presenting that way. Researchers think twin peaks may carry into 2014.
05 March 2013, 08:02 AM ET
Veteran night sky photographer Bill Snyder snapped the stunning image of Hourglass Nebula.
05 March 2013, 07:01 AM ET
A new proposal would establish a European space junk-surveillance program.
05 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The 1-ton robot is out of safe mode and may be back in action as early as this weekend.
04 March 2013, 07:03 PM ET
Hermann Oberth's ideas about missiles and space travel make him one of three "fathers of rocketry."
04 March 2013, 04:04 PM ET
Find out how long the moon is officially "full," why a half-illuminated moon is called a "quarter moon," and more.
04 March 2013, 03:26 PM ET
Comet Pan-STARRS will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere on March 7.
04 March 2013, 02:27 PM ET
The Cassini probe's new photos show Venus gleaming over Saturn's massive shoulder.
04 March 2013, 12:31 PM ET
Astronauts need good teeth to fly on board the International Space Station. Why?
04 March 2013, 09:38 AM ET
The space vehicle leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building.
04 March 2013, 05:10 AM ET
Astrophotographers Bob and Janice Fera captured this brilliant image of spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, M82.
03 March 2013, 02:40 PM ET
The unmanned Dragon space capsule linked up with the International Space Station early Sunday (March 3).
03 March 2013, 10:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
02 March 2013, 05:27 PM ET
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule will be captured by the space station's robot arm at 6:01 a.m. EST (1101 GMT).
02 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Exploring the final frontier has always been a tough proposition.
01 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The X-15 test program offers lessons for the emerging suborbital spaceflight industry.
01 March 2013, 06:53 AM ET
Both NASA and SpaceX will provide live launch coverage during the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule launch today (March 1).
01 March 2013, 02:20 AM ET
A private, unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station today.
01 March 2013, 12:05 AM ET
CubeSats could someday be used for cheap, high-risk missions.
28 February 2013, 06:35 PM ET
Comet Hyakutake's long tail astounded skywatchers when it approached Earth in 1996.
28 February 2013, 03:18 PM ET
China will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.
28 February 2013, 02:02 PM ET
An unusual vertical column hides the black hole in an X-ray binary system with a rare orientation.
28 February 2013, 10:48 AM ET
The tiny nanosatellite uses a Google Nexus One smartphone as its brain.
28 February 2013, 10:05 AM ET
A telescope has spotted a planet in the process of forming around a nearby star.
