Skywatching Archive
19 September 2012, 10:45 AM ET
Endeavour left NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
19 September 2012, 07:01 AM ET
Methane on alien planets could spark hopes of extraterrestrial life. Not so fast, scientists say.
18 September 2012, 04:22 PM ET
Russia has revealed a trove of trillions of carats of diamonds in a Siberian meteor crater. How'd they get there?
18 September 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The camera will observe distant galaxies to puzzle out the nature of dark energy.
17 September 2012, 03:08 PM ET
A spinning rocket stage could hurl tiny satellites toward other planets like mighty Thor wielding his hammer.
17 September 2012, 02:20 PM ET
The space agency will dole out a total of $2.7 million in awards.
16 September 2012, 07:10 PM ET
Joe Acaba, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin had spent the last four months aboard the orbiting lab.
14 September 2012, 05:05 PM ET
NASA and U.S. military researchers want to make space robots that borrow the best traits of living creatures.
14 September 2012, 10:26 AM ET
The next generation of space engineers wear mohawks instead of pocket protectors.
14 September 2012, 07:30 AM ET
The star is the most magnetic massive star ever seen.
13 September 2012, 05:08 PM ET
The fiery crash of the first Morpheus prototype hasn't stopped the innovative project.
13 September 2012, 08:02 AM ET
The first man to walk on the moon will be remembered at the National Cathedral today.
13 September 2012, 07:00 AM ET
A NASA-backed 3D printing effort could lead to space manufacturing of huge telescopes or spacecraft.
12 September 2012, 06:36 PM ET
The nation will say goodbye to Armstrong Thursday morning (Sept. 13) during a ceremony at Washington National Cathedral.
12 September 2012, 09:36 AM ET
See photos of President John F. Kennedy and NASA during the space race that ended with Americans walking on the moon.
11 September 2012, 11:21 AM ET
Amateur astronomers saw the flash from an impact on Jupiter on Sept. 10.
10 September 2012, 04:27 PM ET
Glavin works on the Mars rover Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, or SAM.
10 September 2012, 02:52 PM ET
Leslie now on its way to Newfoundland.
10 September 2012, 02:17 PM ET
The first crewed launch of the program proved that the Apollo spacecraft could get astronauts to the moon.
10 September 2012, 11:46 AM ET
Ancient city straddles Europe-Asia divide.
10 September 2012, 10:57 AM ET
Manned and unmanned planes are keeping tabs on the tropical cyclone.
07 September 2012, 05:51 PM ET
One of the astronauts on Apollo 16 left his family on the moon.
07 September 2012, 12:01 PM ET
Endeavour will make some stops along the way to its final home in Los Angeles.
07 September 2012, 11:30 AM ET
Like Icarus of legend, astronaut Sunita Williams reaches out toward the sun.
06 September 2012, 03:12 PM ET
New Mars photos show the Curiosity rover's tracks and parachute from space.
