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27 May 2012, 09:41 AM ET
From complete coverage of SpaceX historic flight to your favorite photos of the solar eclipse, it's been a busy week in space.
27 May 2012, 07:36 AM ET
See amazing images of the annular solar eclipse, the SpaceX capsule landing on the ISS and more in the best photos for the week of May 27, 2012.
27 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The quarter moon slips by planet Mars in the Memorial Day night sky on Monday.
25 May 2012, 03:05 PM ET
The Flaming Star Nebula blazes about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga.
25 May 2012, 10:38 AM ET
A Namibia park is home to some of the darkest skies ever measured.
24 May 2012, 06:46 PM ET
Now may be one of the last times to see SpaceX's Dragon space capsule on its 1st station flight.
24 May 2012, 01:05 PM ET
See images of the Transit of Venus across the sun as witnessed by people throughout history.
23 May 2012, 03:15 PM ET
Wednesday and Thursday offer a great chance for skywatchers to observe the unlit areas of the moon.
23 May 2012, 12:29 PM ET
Hawaii is a metaphor for Earth’s place in the cosmos. Native Hawaiians have long recognized the sky’s spiritual and intellectual value. Hawaii hosted observers of the Venus Transits of 1874 & 1882; and it warmly supports astrophysicists today.
23 May 2012, 12:00 PM ET
Don Pettit captured images of April's Lyrid meteor shower from the space station.
22 May 2012, 02:01 PM ET
NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) caught Jupiter, Mercury and the Pleiades Star Cluster converging within its camera's field of view.
22 May 2012, 12:49 PM ET
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured the stunning solar eclipse shadow sight.
21 May 2012, 04:11 PM ET
Venus is a brilliant light in the night sky, but that's about to change.
21 May 2012, 03:30 PM ET
The satellites photographed the annular solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 from space.
21 May 2012, 02:39 PM ET
See amazing solar eclipse pictures from the annular eclipse of May 20, 2012 and vote for your favorites.
21 May 2012, 01:38 PM ET
Many eyes – human and robotic – captured photons from the May 20th 2012 annular eclipse. We've compiled videos from NASA/JAXA (Hinode), ESA, Matt Hartman, Cory Pool and Alek O. Komarnitsky to make this celestial ballet set to music by Mark Petersen.
21 May 2012, 11:34 AM ET
Astrophotographers traveled to scenic Horseshoe Bend to observe annular eclipse.
21 May 2012, 10:21 AM ET
Europe's Proba 2 satellite passed through the moons shadow four times, producing a time-lapse study of partial solar eclipses from above Earth's atmosphere on May 20th 2012.
21 May 2012, 10:07 AM ET
From Asia to the United States, the May 20 annular solar eclipse was a sight to behold.
21 May 2012, 09:49 AM ET
Using filters that only pass light when excited hydrogen atoms change state, pro photographer Cory Poole stacked 700 frames to uncover prominences and other disturbances of the Sun’s chromosphere. Learn how he did it at corypoole.com.
21 May 2012, 08:13 AM ET
The May 20, 2012 partial solar eclipse was captured by Alek O. Komarnitsky (www.komar.org) as it set behind the Rocky Mountains. The 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse was seen in other parts of the United States and the world.
21 May 2012, 07:36 AM ET
Flashes of burning meteor rock as they slammed into Earth's atmosphere were recorded by astronaut Don Petit aboard the International Space Station on April 21, 2012.
21 May 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Venus will trek across the sun's face on June 5, marking the last such transit until 2117.
21 May 2012, 04:13 AM ET
The eclipse will occur in the afternoon and early evening on May 20.
21 May 2012, 12:34 AM ET
The crowd cheered on the eclipse and booed away clouds.
