Skywatching Archive
14 November 2012, 10:10 AM ET
The Lunar Prospector is shown mated to the Star 37 Trans Lunar Injection module.
13 November 2012, 03:20 PM ET
Today's celestial event is the last total solar eclipse until March 2015.
13 November 2012, 01:24 PM ET
Several groups will provide free webcasts of the total solar eclipse of Nov. 13, 2012.
13 November 2012, 01:22 PM ET
For thousands of years, historians have viewed solar eclipses as omens of things to come.
12 November 2012, 07:01 AM ET
Scientist Hans Amundsen explains what Arctic rocks can tell us about a famous Mars meteorite.
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.
11 November 2012, 09:14 AM ET
Veteran solar eclipse chasers Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre offer tips for this week's total solar eclipse.
09 November 2012, 03:31 PM ET
Anyone can nominate a name for 99 cents.
09 November 2012, 07:00 AM ET
NASA astronaut Suni Williams used it to drive a LEGO robot on Earth's surface.
09 November 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The famous astronomer helped DC comics locate a real-life star to host the fictional planet.
08 November 2012, 09:19 AM ET
This space station concept from 1960 used Apollo hardware.
07 November 2012, 10:09 AM ET
The photographer's campsite glows over the white salt.
03 November 2012, 06:38 PM ET
The retired shuttle orbiter Atlantis arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center.
02 November 2012, 01:14 PM ET
One silver lining of the devastating power outages is the chance to see a dark night sky.
02 November 2012, 07:57 AM ET
The shuttle Atlantis departed its Vehicle Assembly Building to make the 9.8 mile trek to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center.
02 November 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Asteroid belts like the one between Mars and Jupiter appear to be rare beyond our solar system.
01 November 2012, 02:00 PM ET
NASA's Fermi telescope has detected some of the first light emitted by stars in the early universe.
01 November 2012, 10:52 AM ET
A plasma accelerator company says their technology, used in space, will be a cheaper form of propulsion than the competition.
31 October 2012, 04:42 PM ET
Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide should be outside the space station for about 6 1/2 hours.
31 October 2012, 03:01 PM ET
The new museum exhibit featuring retired shuttle orbiter Endeavour opened Wednesday in Los Angeles.
31 October 2012, 02:01 PM ET
Ancient supernovas occurred shortly after the universe was born in the Big Bang.
31 October 2012, 10:40 AM ET
31 October 2012, 10:15 AM ET
Photographer Josh Knutson saw a rare double green flash off the California coast.
31 October 2012, 07:01 AM ET
A conjunction between the planet Jupiter and Earth's moon will occur this week.
31 October 2012, 07:01 AM ET
Old stars, as well as some that look deceptively young, are on view in a glowing globular cluster
