Science & Astronomy Archive
05 April 2013, 06:50 PM ET
See photos from NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 mission to Saturn and Jupiter in the 1970s.
05 April 2013, 06:31 PM ET
One mission will hunt Earth-like alien planets, while the other will probe the secrets of neutron stars.
05 April 2013, 06:04 PM ET
Are you a space station veteran? Take our quiz and find out.
05 April 2013, 05:16 PM ET
The money should jump-start an ambitious program to send astronauts to a space rock in 2021.
05 April 2013, 04:48 PM ET
Hydrogen peroxide could be an energy source for life, if it exists in Europa's underground ocean.
05 April 2013, 04:39 PM ET
The risky mission took the small satellite dangerously close to Jupiter's surface and through Saturn's outer rings.
05 April 2013, 02:25 PM ET
This beautiful space wallpaper reveals a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky known as J082354.96+280621.6, or J082354.96 for short. It is a starburst galaxy, so named because of the incredibly (and unusually) high rate of star formation occurring within
05 April 2013, 11:57 AM ET
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo flew a glide test in preparation for carrying passengers.
05 April 2013, 09:47 AM ET
This non-flying, full-scale version of the HL-20 lifting body was used for various tests of maintainability and human factors considerations.
05 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted an ultradense dead star bending the light of its larger companion.
04 April 2013, 05:09 PM ET
NASA's New Horizon mission snapped imagery of volcanic debris emanating from Io's Tvashtar volcano in 2007. The plume reaches up to 205 miles above the surface of Io.
04 April 2013, 02:53 PM ET
Pete Conrad overcame dyslexia to become one of NASA's most-traveled astronauts, logging four trips into space, including Apollo 12.
04 April 2013, 11:46 AM ET
See photos of America's historic spaceport, Kennedy Space Center in Florida
04 April 2013, 10:25 AM ET
Saturn's tilt will make this April one of the best for stargazers to view the planet's magnificent rings since 2006. Star clusters, the comet Pan-STARRS , and Jupiter will also be visible in the nights sky.
04 April 2013, 09:27 AM ET
A technician works atop the Saturn V rocket which is being prepared for the first manned lunar landing mission.
04 April 2013, 09:23 AM ET
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the unexpected views of Curiosity's huge parachute from space.
04 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Mars is on the other side of the sun from Earth, making communications difficult.
03 April 2013, 05:36 PM ET
The potential dark matter find announced today wouldn't have been possible without the International Space Station.
03 April 2013, 04:57 PM ET
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has high praise for the first results from the space station's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
03 April 2013, 01:36 PM ET
A space station particle detector has found hints of dark matter, but experiments deep below the Earth's surface may directly detect it.
03 April 2013, 07:01 AM ET
Here are some of the most puzzling mysteries facing astronomers today.
02 April 2013, 06:43 PM ET
The science results come from the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station.
02 April 2013, 03:17 PM ET
How much would you pay for Neil Armstrong's toy?
02 April 2013, 02:38 PM ET
Though dark matter is invisible, photos of galaxy clusters and gravitational lensing hint at its nature.
02 April 2013, 01:17 PM ET
This ghostly space wallpaper shows an object known as HH 151, a bright jet of glowing material trailed by an intricate, orange-hued plume of gas and dust.
