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04 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Hundreds of events will be held around the world.
03 October 2012, 02:24 PM ET
In this cool space wallpaper, on Sept. 28, 2012 an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-2F and GSAT-10, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits.
03 October 2012, 01:01 PM ET
The comets were found around a star 63 light-years away.
03 October 2012, 01:01 PM ET
Star clusters like this were thought to contain no black holes, or maybe just one.
01 October 2012, 03:28 PM ET
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test-fired its engines on Sept. 29 for its planned Oct. 7 launch.
28 September 2012, 12:29 PM ET
The average temperature is 61 F (16 C), but temperatures vary greatly around the world.
28 September 2012, 10:16 AM ET
In this superimposed view: Upper Venus = Canberra, Australia and Lower Venus = Svalbard ( Arctic) the planet appears on two different paths. June 5, 2012 was the last time Venus will cross the face of the Sun (as seen from Earth) in our lifetimes.
27 September 2012, 02:01 PM ET
Water on Mars has long been sought after by researchers.
26 September 2012, 05:23 PM ET
The photo shows Pluto and its largest moon Charon in visible light, the best view yet from Earth.
26 September 2012, 09:48 AM ET
The stark contrast of recent history compared in photograph.
25 September 2012, 07:15 PM ET
The huge European ATV-3 cargo ship has been docked to the space station for nearly six months.
25 September 2012, 05:23 PM ET
Amateur astronomers are keeping close watch on the newly discovered comet.
24 September 2012, 03:24 PM ET
NASA's RBSP spacecraft produced the clearest-ever recording of choruses in Earth's magnetosphere.
Primary Section: science
21 September 2012, 06:39 PM ET
California Science Center officials have been looking forward to Endeavour's arrival in LA since April 2011.
21 September 2012, 05:20 PM ET
Fires have caused dangerous levels of smog in the Northwest.
20 September 2012, 01:32 PM ET
The fall equinox marks changing seasons this weekend, with a chance of seeing auroras.
20 September 2012, 02:33 AM ET
NASA's Dawn probe skimmed close over the surface of Vesta to study its composition.
19 September 2012, 01:43 PM ET
The retired Space Shuttle landed at Ellington Field in Texas for an overnight stay. It rounds out its intinerary with a flight to its final destination - Los Angeles, CA on Sept. 20th. It will go on display at the California Science Center..
18 September 2012, 08:00 AM ET
Amelia Earhart's flight instructor examines the flight simulator for advanced aircraft.
17 September 2012, 06:32 PM ET
This new instrument on a telescope in Chile will map distant galaxies to attempt to unravel the mystery of dark energy.
17 September 2012, 04:23 PM ET
A Russian Soyuz 2 rocket launched the new MetOp-B weather satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday (Sept. 17).
17 September 2012, 03:54 PM ET
Foul weather has delayed Endeavour's ferry flight to California by two days, to Wednesday, (Sept. 18).
16 September 2012, 11:08 PM ET
American Joe Acaba and Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin had spent four months aboard the orbiting lab.
14 September 2012, 11:06 PM ET
Endeavour will begin a three-day trip from Florida to California on Sept. 17.
14 September 2012, 08:00 AM ET
This space station concept was submitted by George E. Mueller.
