Science & Astronomy Archive
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, 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, 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.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Funding levels are basically unchanged from 2013, though several programs got the axe.
16 April 2013, 05:15 PM ET
Lori Garver will host an "Ask Me Anything" session at 2 p.m. EST.
16 April 2013, 03:43 PM ET
The new exhibits gives visitors a sense of what it's like to live aboard the orbital outpost.
16 April 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Virgin Galactic ran oxidizers through the spacecraft's propulsion system during an April 12 test.
16 April 2013, 02:56 PM ET
Radarsat-1 has collected images of Earth for more than 17 years.
16 April 2013, 02:18 PM ET
Charlie Duke was the voice on the radio talking to the Apollo 11 crew during landing. A few years later, he walked on the moon himself on Apollo 16.
16 April 2013, 01:27 PM ET
This stunning space wallpaper, taken using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a unique example of a globular cluster — Palomar 2. Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters.
16 April 2013, 12:50 PM ET
New findings from a NASA moon probe could lead to safer, more efficient spacecraft.
16 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Experiments done in microgravity are revealing new insights about cell behavior.
15 April 2013, 04:32 PM ET
Bright moonlight will dampen the Lyrids' effec however.
15 April 2013, 03:14 PM ET
This cool space wallpaper shows a perspective view of a 50 km diameter crater in Thaumasia Planum.
15 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
A new science fiction film explores a cosmic class struggle in the future.
15 April 2013, 11:00 AM ET
NASA scientists have found that a comet will almost certainly safely fly past Mars next year.
15 April 2013, 09:45 AM ET
Physicists remain uncertain whether the Higgs boson they've discovered behaves as expected.
15 April 2013, 09:09 AM ET
The company behind the contest fights back against some disapproving words from the IAU
15 April 2013, 05:11 AM ET
Orbital Sciences will launch its first private Antares rocket test from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wednesday, April 17.
