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11 March 2013, 11:56 AM ET
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory's Helio-Seismic and Magnetic Imager snapped imagery of the Sun during a time that was predicted to be part of Solar Maximum (the peak of the 11 year cycle of solar activity). Activity is lower than expected.
05 March 2013, 09:54 AM ET
Galaxy cluster Abell 68 produces a gravitationally lensed image of a galaxy that looks like a familiar video game foe.
04 March 2013, 10:58 AM ET
This amazing space wallpaper shows an artist’s impression of the formation of a gas giant planet in the ring of dust around the young star HD 100546.
03 March 2013, 02:40 PM ET
The unmanned Dragon space capsule linked up with the International Space Station early Sunday (March 3).
01 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The X-15 test program offers lessons for the emerging suborbital spaceflight industry.
01 March 2013, 12:05 AM ET
CubeSats could someday be used for cheap, high-risk missions.
28 February 2013, 03:18 PM ET
China will send three astronauts to space this summer on a docking mission to its orbiting lab, according to news reports.
28 February 2013, 12:50 PM ET
The latest eruption at Italy's Mount Etna seen from space.
27 February 2013, 05:22 PM ET
An upcoming planetary alignment would allow a human-rated spacecraft to leave Earth on January 5, 2018, flyby Mars on August 20, 2018 and make a low-coat "free-return" to land on May 21, 2019 says Dennis Tito's Inspiration Mars Foundation.
25 February 2013, 12:41 PM ET
Goddard, the American father of modern rocketry, built and tested the world's first liquid-fuel rocket.
20 February 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii are building ATLAS to detect incoming space rocks.
19 February 2013, 05:26 PM ET
The NASA video clearly shows asteroid 2012 DA14 tumbling through space near Earth.
19 February 2013, 04:20 PM ET
The meteor blast was stronger than nuclear explosions and detected from as far away as Antarctica.
19 February 2013, 01:32 PM ET
A data relay malfunction caused NASA to lose all contact with the International Space Station Tuesday (Feb. 19).
15 February 2013, 01:54 PM ET
See images snapped of asteroid 2012 DA14 as it passed close to Earth on Feb. 15, 2013.
15 February 2013, 09:27 AM ET
A meteor crashes into the Urals in central Russia, injuring over 900 people authorities say.
12 February 2013, 07:41 PM ET
But asteroid 2012 DA14's tilted orbit rules it out as a mining target.
12 February 2013, 10:54 AM ET
Images from the early days of NASA and spaceflight.
10 February 2013, 04:00 PM ET
New research shows how Antarctica's bizarre Don Juan Pond stays fluid.
10 February 2013, 12:14 PM ET
The next Landsat satellite will monitor water supplies and retreating glaciers, among other things.
10 February 2013, 02:17 AM ET
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield rang in the Chinese New Year with amazing photos of China from space.
08 February 2013, 02:05 PM ET
NOAA's GOES-13 satellite was on hand to witness 2 low pressure systems joining forces over the east coast of the United States. The resulting Nor'easter of February 8th and 9th 2013 has been called a 'historic storm' .
08 February 2013, 06:30 AM ET
February offers the best opportunity to spot Mercury in the night sky.
06 February 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Retired NASA astronaut Jerry Ross is the ultimate frequent flyer.
04 February 2013, 08:31 PM ET
A new documentary from Nova shows how scientists image the Earth using satellites.
