Skywatching Archive
01 October 2012, 03:34 PM ET
Electric tails of these "pulsar planets" may be a clue to finding more of the strange alien worlds.
01 October 2012, 09:19 AM ET
01 October 2012, 07:01 AM ET
David Grinspoon plans to use the Curiosity rover's most "RAD" instrument.
28 September 2012, 12:29 PM ET
The average temperature is 61 F (16 C), but temperatures vary greatly around the world.
27 September 2012, 02:33 PM ET
NASA's Messenger mission has spent several years mapping Mercury, which was poorly understood for decades.
27 September 2012, 11:15 AM ET
Curiosity took a break from Martian rocks to observe Mars biggest moon in the sky.
26 September 2012, 07:00 AM ET
New kinds of clothes, and a rethinking of clothing altogether, may be necessary.
25 September 2012, 06:55 PM ET
What was the first animal in space? The answer may have you buzzing.
25 September 2012, 02:25 PM ET
The Hubble Space Telescope's Extreme Deep Field survey reveals 5,500 galaxies and peers back 13.2 billion years into the universe's past.
25 September 2012, 01:00 PM ET
If all goes according to plan, Felix Baumgartner will jump from nearly 23 miles above the Earth.
25 September 2012, 09:29 AM ET
Cowboy Joe mounts his steed.
24 September 2012, 06:01 PM ET
Future missions hoping to explore Europa's ocean may have to dig very deep.
24 September 2012, 03:08 PM ET
The Republican nominee says he'll secure the nation's leadership position in space.
24 September 2012, 11:46 AM ET
The largest public meteorite auction ever held opens in Manhattan in October.
22 September 2012, 05:09 PM ET
Tonight is the night for lunar lovers to gaze at Earth's moon.
22 September 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Today's equinox marks the time of year when day and night are equally long.
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, 05:45 PM ET
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a bill Friday (Sept. 21) to limit liability for private spaceflight companies.
21 September 2012, 05:20 PM ET
Fires have caused dangerous levels of smog in the Northwest.
21 September 2012, 10:05 AM ET
The team of NACA researchers and pilots discuss the XS-1.
20 September 2012, 07:20 PM ET
The Slooh Space Camera will webcast free views of the sun and moon taken by telescopes around the world.
20 September 2012, 03:22 PM ET
Astronauts could get MRI medical imaging aboard the space station by 2020.
20 September 2012, 03:05 PM ET
NASA's youngest space shuttle has returned to its birthplace - California - for life as a museum piece.
20 September 2012, 09:36 AM ET
A group of astronauts await tests of the LRV.
20 September 2012, 07:54 AM ET
Endeavour is flying piggyback on NASA's final ferry flight of the space shuttle era.
