Skywatching Archive
01 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Curiosity may have found traces of salty perchlorates in Rocknest, a potential hint of life's building blocks.
27 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Chondrules, one of the solar system's first solids, heated up in regions far away from the sun, scientists think.
26 March 2013, 06:14 PM ET
A new class of supernova represents a miniature star explosion.
26 March 2013, 11:19 AM ET
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will oversee the restoration of Jeff Bezos' vintage NASA Apollo rocket engines.
25 March 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Photographer Greg Gibbs captured this stunning photo of an airplane cruising in front of the moon and Jupiter.
22 March 2013, 10:54 AM ET
A NACA research aircraft is launched for a test flight.
21 March 2013, 04:10 PM ET
The newest Landsat satellite has opened its eyes.
21 March 2013, 02:55 PM ET
The Merlin 1D has achieved flight qualification status, the company announced Wednesday.
21 March 2013, 09:50 AM ET
A NASA technician inspects a transport model between wind tunnel tests at Langley.
20 March 2013, 02:22 PM ET
Jeff Bezos' yearlong quest has been a success.
20 March 2013, 12:45 PM ET
Here are five facts about NASA's twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
20 March 2013, 11:25 AM ET
Does the U.S. military have the tools it needs to detect incoming meteors
20 March 2013, 10:29 AM ET
Astronomers have spotted a star in our galaxy that races around a black hole at a breakneck speed, orbiting once every 2.4 hours.
19 March 2013, 10:37 AM ET
Contractor may have had access to high-level imaging technology with potential military uses.
16 March 2013, 07:16 AM ET
The celestial duo will dance together Sunday evening.
14 March 2013, 12:22 PM ET
Three astronauts are heading back to Earth tonight after 143 days in space.
13 March 2013, 10:36 PM ET
Satellite spots fresh lava at Kamchatka's Tolbachik volcano.
13 March 2013, 06:39 PM ET
The two-year mission of the one-ton rover is to find out if Mars is, or was, capable of supporting life.
13 March 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Galaxies began churning out stars within the first billion years of the universe.
13 March 2013, 11:02 AM ET
A close conjunction of the moon and Jupiter is sure to dazzle stargazers this week.
13 March 2013, 10:55 AM ET
At SXSW, NASA social media team tells how they made Mars Curiosity Rover a household name.
13 March 2013, 06:30 AM ET
One to 10 tiny, undiscovered moons could be circling Pluto, according to a new simulation.
12 March 2013, 09:40 AM ET
This simulator, originally known as the MASTIF, was built at the Lewis Research Center.
12 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Solar sailing holds promise for interstellar flight, though daunting challenges must be overcome.
11 March 2013, 04:46 PM ET
Higher temperatures and a longer growing season mean some of Earth's chilliest regions are looking increasingly green, researchers say.
