Skywatching Archive
25 March 2013, 07:02 AM ET
If Comet ISON wants to be the 'comet of the century' this year, it better start getting brighter soon.
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.
24 March 2013, 10:31 AM ET
From dazzling northern lights to recovered Apollo rocket engines and Jupiter's hot spots , don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
24 March 2013, 10:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
23 March 2013, 03:24 PM ET
Similar fireballs occur every two to three days across the entire planet.
23 March 2013, 01:02 AM ET
Stargazers from Maine to North Carolina reported seeing a bright, dazzling fireball on Friday, March 22.
22 March 2013, 06:38 PM ET
The sun should roar back to life in 2013, producing its second activity peak in the last two years.
22 March 2013, 03:51 PM ET
The huge and ancient constellation Argo Navis is visible in Northern Hemisphere skies now.
22 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Comets are like snowflakes — no two are alike.
21 March 2013, 11:00 AM ET
The universe was born with the Big Bang as an unimaginably hot, dense point. SPACE.com offers an overview of the universe and its history, age and structure.
21 March 2013, 09:44 AM ET
See amazing photos of those dirty snowballs in space: comets.
21 March 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia, the heart nebula is a mix of gas and dark dust.
20 March 2013, 07:35 AM ET
The day and night are exactly the same length during today's equinox.
19 March 2013, 04:46 PM ET
Was the Chelyabinsk Meteor recognized by the world’s space-fairing superpowers as a natural event and not the start of a nuclear exchange? Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) quizzed Gen. William Shelton, U.S. Air Force Space Command about detection.
18 March 2013, 05:53 PM ET
Many people associate the first day of spring with March 21, not March 20.
18 March 2013, 04:04 PM ET
The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) witnessed super-heated particles emitted from a coronal mass ejection appear to fly-by the comet. But the comet and the CME did not actually cross paths. The time-lapse is from March 10-15, 2013.
18 March 2013, 09:23 AM ET
Chad Blakley (lightsoverlapland.com) captured imagery of the powerful geomagnetic storm over Abisko National Park on March 17th, 2013. The Moon, light cloud cover and dancing auroras made for quite a show.
18 March 2013, 06:31 AM ET
Comet ISON may become one of the brightest comets ever seen this coming November.
17 March 2013, 04:21 PM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
17 March 2013, 03:26 PM ET
From a lightning fast comet to St. Patrick's day in space, don't miss these amazing pictures.
17 March 2013, 08:40 AM ET
The massive solar eruption on March 15 sent charged particles toward the Earth at 3.2 million mph, NASA says.
16 March 2013, 07:16 AM ET
The celestial duo will dance together Sunday evening.
15 March 2013, 06:26 PM ET
See photos and sky maps for comet Pan-STARRS, which may be visible to the naked eye in March 2013.
15 March 2013, 09:44 AM ET
The Virtual Telescope Project in Italy will webcast live views of Comet Pan-STARRS at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT).
14 March 2013, 01:59 PM ET
NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) snapped imagery of the comet as it flew between the two planets. A three day time-lapse (March 9-12, 2013) was compiled from the photos.
