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05 December 2012, 03:00 PM ET
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will spend a year in orbit.
04 December 2012, 09:25 AM ET
The orbiter Atlantis holds the spacecraft in its payload bay.
03 December 2012, 09:19 AM ET
The Apollo 1 is pictured after an electrical spark ignited the environment, killing the crew.
03 December 2012, 02:30 AM ET
The museum display has space shuttle Atlantis tilted to look as if it's still soaring through space.
30 November 2012, 04:19 PM ET
Below the trails left by the stars in a dark and clear night as seen in this cool space wallpaper, a laser beam shoots out of Yepun, the fourth Unit Telescope of Europe’s flagship observatory, ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).
30 November 2012, 02:16 PM ET
The North Star, Polaris, is nearly 100 light-years closer to Earth than thought.
28 November 2012, 05:18 PM ET
New images of the "born-again" planetary nebula Abell 30 give a glimpse of what our sun might look like in 5 billion years.
28 November 2012, 03:35 PM ET
This amazing space wallpaper reveals nearby star-forming region around the star R Coronae Australis imaged by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.
28 November 2012, 09:30 AM ET
One of the Saturn stages is seen at the Michould Facility.
26 November 2012, 03:35 PM ET
The haze around Pluto can extend halfway to its moon Charon.
23 November 2012, 05:05 PM ET
From a "pie crust" on Mercury to a monster sun eruption, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
21 November 2012, 01:00 PM ET
Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status in 2006, joining Eris, Haumea, Makemake and Ceres. All the dwarf planets are tinier than Earth's moon.
21 November 2012, 10:54 AM ET
Saturn and Venus will appear so close they can be seen in the same telescope view.
20 November 2012, 03:51 PM ET
Earth's stratosphere and the Martian surface are similar in key ways, researchers say.
20 November 2012, 02:22 PM ET
A disc, micro-etched with 100 contemporary historical photographs is set to launch aboard an EchoStar XVI communication satellite and remain on geostationary orbit until the fires of a dying sun envelop it. Properly dubbed The Last Pictures Project.
16 November 2012, 12:21 AM ET
Learn why famous meteor showers like the Perseids and Leonids occur every year.
15 November 2012, 04:16 PM ET
Initial findings suggest levels comparable to those experienced on the International Space Station.
15 November 2012, 02:01 PM ET
Some of the most stunning and rare meteorites on Earth had violent births, scientists say.
14 November 2012, 05:59 PM ET
The Kepler mission should run through at least 2016.
14 November 2012, 05:06 PM ET
For geeky giving this holiday season, look no further.
13 November 2012, 06:48 PM ET
The total solar eclipse of 2012 was the last eclipse of its kind until 2015.
12 November 2012, 09:48 AM ET
Europe's Galileo global navigation system will eventually be comprised of 30 satellites. Early tests of those already launched indicate the system will be extremely accurate and robust, enabling self-landing aircraft and self-driving cars.
12 November 2012, 06:50 AM ET
The annual Leonid meteor shower will actually peak twice, first on Saturday (Nov. 17) and again on Nov. 20.
08 November 2012, 03:17 PM ET
The bobbleheads' wild ride was caught on video.
08 November 2012, 06:55 AM ET
Fictional super-spy James Bond turns 50 this year, and he's had quite a run of space-related adventures.
