Science & Astronomy Archive
14 April 2013, 11:40 AM ET
From dazzling solar flares to tears in space, don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
14 April 2013, 10:30 AM ET
The pieces are coming together for space shuttle Atlantis' museum display.
14 April 2013, 08:50 AM ET
The memory of the late Sally Ride, first American woman in space, lives on with the U.S. Navy.
14 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
It may only cost you $500 million to get to the moon, instead of the originally advertised $750 million.
12 April 2013, 11:07 PM ET
All work and no play makes Chris Hadfield of Expedition 34/35 aboard the International Space Station a dull space station commander.
12 April 2013, 05:57 PM ET
NASA is helping ring in Earth Day on April 22 with a month full of special events.
12 April 2013, 05:54 PM ET
This beautiful space wallpaper is an artist’s impression of an exoplanet seen from its moon. The diversity of exoplanets is large — more than 800 planets outside the Solar System have been found to date, with thousands more waiting to be confirmed.
12 April 2013, 03:20 PM ET
Iranian media reports a 27-year-old inventor says he has built a machine that 'brings the future to you' prompting teasing from tech writers.
12 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Hunting dangerous asteroids should not just be NASA's responsibility, lawmakers said this week.
12 April 2013, 05:04 AM ET
Some intriguing tidbits about the Hermit Kingdom's hush-hush missile program.
11 April 2013, 03:30 PM ET
These shots of the Martian surface from orbit show our planetary neighbor as never before.
11 April 2013, 02:25 PM ET
Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield talks about Yuri's Night, a celebration of the day Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
11 April 2013, 01:34 PM ET
Planetary-science cuts in NASA's 2014 budget are shortsighted, scientists say.
11 April 2013, 11:42 AM ET
The powerful solar flare erupted from the sun at 3:16 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 11.
11 April 2013, 10:16 AM ET
Astrophotographer JP Brahic captured this beautiful image of sunspot AR 1711 from France on April 5.
11 April 2013, 09:44 AM ET
The X-34 demonstrator is delivered to Dryden Flight Research Center.
11 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The REAL Space Act would help safeguard American leadership in space, its sponsors say.
10 April 2013, 10:43 PM ET
The scene was lively at the 29th annual gathering of the world's space industry leaders.
10 April 2013, 06:08 PM ET
The mission is in its early stages, but some details are already emerging.
10 April 2013, 05:38 PM ET
See reactions to NASA's 2014 budget from space agency, industry and science luminaries.
10 April 2013, 03:21 PM ET
NASA's 2014 budget request includes $105 million to kick-start the agency's asteroid capture mission.
10 April 2013, 01:42 PM ET
NASA's Charles Bolden released a statement about the budget today.
10 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
Saturn's icy rings are creating rain in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant.
10 April 2013, 11:46 AM ET
NASA's 2014 budget request would fund the agency below 2012 levels, at about $17.7 billion.
10 April 2013, 09:33 AM ET
Scientists have new evidence that the Chicxulub impact set the world's forests ablaze.