Search for Life Archive
09 May 2012, 06:01 AM ET
Russia is ready and willing to partner on a mission to Mars, a Russian space official said.
07 May 2012, 01:07 PM ET
The U.S. military needs a way to quickly identify satellites that may change orbits or drop out of sight in the middle of Earth's crowded space lanes.
03 May 2012, 04:13 PM ET
"The Unknowns" claim they leaked documents and data from several major targets including NASA.
03 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Camilla is the rubber chicken mascot for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
01 May 2012, 04:30 PM ET
The Vinci space plane looks like a jetliner and takes off horizontally from a runway.
30 April 2012, 05:47 PM ET
The nine main engines on the Falcon 9 were worked out for 2 second on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry the first commercial spacecraft, the Dragon capsule, to dock with the International Space Station.
23 April 2012, 07:23 PM ET
Black mats thought to be linked to asteroids may have come from terrestrial dust.
23 April 2012, 11:26 AM ET
What's that object above the flag? Hmm...
20 April 2012, 06:00 AM ET
Enterprise will boldly go where no shuttle has before: New York City.
19 April 2012, 07:28 AM ET
See photos of NASA's Enterprise, the first winged space shuttle prototype.
18 April 2012, 05:01 PM ET
A new study shakes up dark matter theories, scientists say.
18 April 2012, 07:00 AM ET
SPACE.com writer Mike Wall's thoughts about his whirlwind trip to Alaska to tag along with aurora researchers.
17 April 2012, 05:21 PM ET
About 6,000 people gathered at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center to watch shuttle Discovery fly in from Florida.
16 April 2012, 09:55 AM ET
A new moon should provide dark skies for the annual shower.
13 April 2012, 11:54 AM ET
History will come full circle when the modified jet carries Enterprise once again.
13 April 2012, 06:39 AM ET
A pulsar near the black hole could help scientists understand how it distorts the space-time.
12 April 2012, 08:02 PM ET
The rocket apparently broke apart and crashed into the sea, according to press reports.
12 April 2012, 02:50 AM ET
The video depicts North Korea's Unha-3 rocket launching a satellite into orbit.
10 April 2012, 08:24 AM ET
A pair of retrofitted jumbo 747's carried the orbiters cross country on many occasions. With the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, they'll make their final deliveries of Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise to their new museum homes.
09 April 2012, 12:25 PM ET
In this space wallpaper, Abell 33 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Hydra.
09 April 2012, 05:03 AM ET
Amateur astrophotographers took these pictures of the glorious night sky.
04 April 2012, 07:00 AM ET
A new study should help future missions determine how deep to dig for life on Europa.
03 April 2012, 06:11 PM ET
See photos of the U.S. Air Force's launch of a new spy satellite NROL-25 from California in April 2012.
03 April 2012, 11:15 AM ET
Star trails are created as the Earth rotates on its axis, with the center being close to either Polaris, the north star, or the Southern Cross in this stunning space wallpaper.
30 March 2012, 03:24 PM ET
The Morning Star appears to pass across the face of the Sun at regular intervals of 8, 121.5 and 105.5 years. In 2004, NASA's TRACE spacecraft captured the event and in June 2012 humans will see the last transit before the pair in 2117 and 2125.
