Science & Astronomy Archive
07 May 2013, 01:23 PM ET
The fire kicked up a lot of smoke.
07 May 2013, 08:00 AM ET
But the more scientists learn, the more questions they have about these strange new worlds.
06 May 2013, 04:55 PM ET
NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes made the stunning discovery.
06 May 2013, 04:39 PM ET
See photos of NASA's PhoneSat mission and other smartphones in space.
06 May 2013, 03:40 PM ET
NASA's Curiosity rover should help clarify Mount Sharp's origins in the coming months.
06 May 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Arecibo Observatory has been used to send a SETI message as well as for scanning the skies for approaching asteroids.
06 May 2013, 03:25 PM ET
This space wallpaper reveals a stunning view from ESA’s Herschel space observatory of the iconic Horsehead Nebula in the context of its surroundings.
06 May 2013, 02:40 PM ET
Genetically engineered plants on board the International Space Station designed to endure extreme conditions are also designed to glow when stressed.
06 May 2013, 10:59 AM ET
A record breaking Gamma-ray burst captured by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope is depicted in the first animation as the comparatively bright spot in the sky and in the second more detailed animation showing only a 20-degree-wide region of the sky.
06 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Water in Jupiter's stratosphere almost entirely comes from the 1994 crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, scientists say.
05 May 2013, 11:37 AM ET
How to send people to the Red Planet by 2030 is the topic of a three-day summit this week.
05 May 2013, 09:03 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
04 May 2013, 10:07 AM ET
The sun fired off a dazzling solar eruption on Friday, May 3, after days of increased activity.
04 May 2013, 12:14 AM ET
From a 'bullet' hitting the ISS to a monster storm on Saturn, don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
03 May 2013, 01:28 PM ET
Layers of gas on Saturn act as insulation, preventing heat from escaping.
03 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
See photos of Chicago's historic Adler Planetarium located right on Lake Michigan.
03 May 2013, 05:30 AM ET
A vat of water buried under Ontario hopes to find the elusive signal of dark matter.
03 May 2013, 05:30 AM ET
The list of possible uses is pretty long at this point.
02 May 2013, 06:00 PM ET
Curiosity's month of freedom on the Red Planet is over.
02 May 2013, 03:12 PM ET
The Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking space wallpaper of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an interstellar cloud.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Gravity waves, predicted by Einstein, have yet to be seen, but new advanced experiments are in the works.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Many different types of exoplanets could potentially support life, MIT's Sara Seager says.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
NASA and the European Space Agency are doubling down in the search for alien planets.
02 May 2013, 02:01 PM ET
An alien planet orbits a star other than our sun, and is sometimes called an "exoplanet." Learn more about the types of alien planets, including exoplanets and extrasolar planets, and get the latest news.
