Skywatching Archive
04 February 2013, 03:13 PM ET
2012 DA14 will not hit the planet on Feb. 15, though it will give us a historically close shave.
03 February 2013, 01:03 AM ET
The official midpoint of northern winter will occur Sunday night, 23 minutes before the Super Bowl kickoff.
02 February 2013, 04:27 PM ET
See how Saturn and the moon will form a celestial team in this Super Bowl Sunday sky show.
02 February 2013, 09:23 AM ET
From our first furry space pioneers to the tricks of eating nachos in space, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
02 February 2013, 01:22 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
01 February 2013, 05:30 PM ET
An asteroid half the size of a football field will pass Earth on Feb. 15 from 17,200 miles away.
01 February 2013, 03:54 PM ET
Asteroid 2012 DA14 will make a very near fly-by of the Earth. Mercury, Mars and the Moon get cozy and Comet Pan-STARRS will be visible.
01 February 2013, 02:41 PM ET
Skywatcher Ajay Talwar captures dazzling photo of Mars, Saturn and Spica over historic landmark in Delhi, India.
01 February 2013, 11:37 AM ET
Stargazers will be able to see a clear view of the Orion and Canis Major Constellations this month, and the many bright stars they contain.
31 January 2013, 06:16 PM ET
The moon looks strangely different in a telescope around last quarter.
31 January 2013, 01:41 PM ET
The winter night sky offers a chance to view underappreciated constellations.
31 January 2013, 12:34 PM ET
Satellite sleuth Kevin Fetter of Brockville, Ontario, caught this view of the secretive X-37B robotic space plane cruising across the sky during May, 2010. The capabilities and possibile missions of this program have not been made public.
31 January 2013, 06:24 AM ET
The tiny FITSAT-1 is visible from the ground with binoculars when its lights are flashing.
30 January 2013, 04:00 PM ET
Star trails illuminate Wadi Rum desert in stunning night sky photo by astrophotographer Bashar Alaeddin.
29 January 2013, 10:01 AM ET
On February 15, 2013, asteroid DA14's nearest approach will be 17,200 miles. It is about half the size of a football field and similar in size to the asteroid that leveled 100 square miles of forest in Siberia in 1908 (Tungunska Event).
29 January 2013, 08:00 AM ET
First quarter moon wows night sky photographer Victor Rogus
of Jadwin, Mo.
28 January 2013, 04:36 PM ET
160,000 light years from Earth, the region of hurried massive star growth and supernovas called DL50 is radiating x-rays 20x faster than a typical such structure. Chandra X-Ray Observatory scientists are looking to find out why.
28 January 2013, 11:26 AM ET
Mario Livio is a scientist working on the Hubble Space Telescope, a successful author and a lover of art. He tells us how he found a way to do what he loves for a living and how you can, too.
26 January 2013, 06:59 PM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
26 January 2013, 09:30 AM ET
From a spectacular image of Orion's molecular cloud to dung beetles that navigate by stars, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
26 January 2013, 09:30 AM ET
Moon Astronomy Lesson: Learn more about moon phases, a waxing and waning crescent or gibbous moon and the lunar cycles of Earth’s moon each month at SPACE.com.
26 January 2013, 08:35 AM ET
The first full moon of 2013 rises tonight, but did you know it has many names?
24 January 2013, 01:19 PM ET
Like ancient seafarers, the insects rely on the starry sky and galaxy glow to move away back from a poop pile.
24 January 2013, 10:00 AM ET
If it survives its fiery flight through the sun's atmosphere, the comet could shine as brightly as the moon.
23 January 2013, 06:17 PM ET
Two comets possibly bright enough to be seen by the naked eye are nearing the sun.
