Skywatching Archive
06 January 2013, 10:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
05 January 2013, 11:00 AM ET
Skywatchers up before dawn Sunday can watch a celestial dance unfold.
03 January 2013, 05:05 PM ET
Many folks braved the cold to watch the shower's peak.
03 January 2013, 02:00 PM ET
See photos of the meteorites from Mars discovered on Earth over the ages.
03 January 2013, 01:09 PM ET
An asteroid known as 2003 EH1 litters the Earth's atmosphere with its debris in the annual meteor shower. Photographer John Chumack (galacticimages.com) captured the event from his home observatory in Ohio on January 2nd-3rd, 2013.
03 January 2013, 10:09 AM ET
See striking photos of the 2013 Quadrantid meteor shower, the first shooting star display of the year.
02 January 2013, 04:58 PM ET
NASA will webcast live views of the Quadrantid meteor shower tonight through Friday (Jan. 2 to 4).
02 January 2013, 06:00 AM ET
The Earth is just 91.4 million miles from the sun today. Normally, it is 93 million miles away.
02 January 2013, 06:00 AM ET
The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight and early Thursday, Jan. 3.
02 January 2013, 12:32 AM ET
See the Quadrantid meteor shower of 2013 live online tonight here courtesy of NASA.
31 December 2012, 01:49 PM ET
See sky maps for the most promising night sky events of January 2013.
31 December 2012, 12:42 PM ET
The Quadrantid meteor shower should put on a show late Wednesday and early Thursday (Jan 2 and 3).
31 December 2012, 09:04 AM ET
The first month of 2013 features the Auriga constellation, double star Capella, up to 40 Quadrantids per hour during the showers peak, Jupiter and Saturn.
31 December 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Night sky photographer Tamas Ladanyi shoots stunning image of the moon and Jupiter over a lake in Hévíz.
30 December 2012, 10:11 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
29 December 2012, 09:43 AM ET
From a spacecraft that will sample asteroids to stunning images of lights across our black marble earth, don't miss these amazing space pictures.
28 December 2012, 11:40 AM ET
A dazzling comet, a ring-of-fire solar eclipse and more will grace Earth's skies in 2013.
28 December 2012, 07:12 AM ET
Space photographers Bob and Janice Fera captured this spectacular view of the reflection nebula NGC 1333.
28 December 2012, 07:00 AM ET
December's full moon rises tonight, Dec. 28, in a final lunar display for the year.
27 December 2012, 03:01 PM ET
See our top 100 images of the year in space exploration and astronomy!
27 December 2012, 11:00 AM ET
See spectacular views of the Earth at night in 2012 as seen by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite.
26 December 2012, 05:30 AM ET
Skywatcher shoots star trails over construction site of India’s largest telescope.
26 December 2012, 05:30 AM ET
The final full moon of the year rises into the sky on Friday, Dec. 28.
24 December 2012, 06:56 AM ET
The two heavenly bodies will dance close together Tuesday night.
