Skywatching Archive
30 April 2013, 10:38 AM ET
After four years in orbit, the Herschel Space Telescope has reached the end of its life.
30 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is almost ready to carry tourists to space.
29 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Comet ISON's trail of dust could pass through the Earth's atmosphere creating an unusual meteor shower.
27 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Telescopes in the Canary Islands will broadcast a live view.
26 April 2013, 01:50 PM ET
The small satellite is called HiakaSat.
26 April 2013, 09:59 AM ET
A Russian Progress cargo capsule successfully delivered more than 3 tons of supplies to the International Space Station today (April 26).
26 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
A high-altitude balloon should offer unique perspectives on Comet ISON, researchers say.
25 April 2013, 06:04 PM ET
NASA's 2014 would effectively cut planetary science funding by more than $200 million.
25 April 2013, 02:01 PM ET
A new study has found that plumes of dust in Saturn's rings were caused by impact events.
25 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The comet might even be bright even to see during the daytime.
24 April 2013, 05:59 PM ET
The three solar eruptions may deal a glancing blow to NASA's Messenger spacecraft at Mercury.
24 April 2013, 09:56 AM ET
After launching from Kazakhstan early this morning, a Russian Progress capsule suffered a glitch once in orbit.
23 April 2013, 06:45 PM ET
The 2014 Sochi Olympic torch will fly to the International Space Station.
23 April 2013, 05:40 PM ET
A New Jersey resident is refurbishing the Shuttlecraft Galileo from "Star Trek: The Original Series."
23 April 2013, 02:43 PM ET
'After Earth' stars Will and Jaden Smith have hope for humanity and our home planet.
22 April 2013, 05:38 PM ET
Don't miss your chance to see live views of the Lyrid meteor shower tonight (April 22).
22 April 2013, 08:03 AM ET
Ever wonder what a city would look like among the stars?
19 April 2013, 01:20 PM ET
You can't see any footprints, but it's still neat to observe the six Apollo landing sites through a telescope.
18 April 2013, 05:41 PM ET
The site also snagged the honor in 2010.
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Researchers collected the chemical fingerprints of four warm, cloud-covered alien worlds that lie 128 light years away from Earth.
17 April 2013, 06:10 PM ET
Check out views of the sun from the online Slooh Space Camera in a webcast Thursday.
17 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
An ancient galaxy is churning out stars nearly 20 times as fast as its modern equivalents.
16 April 2013, 03:43 PM ET
The new exhibits gives visitors a sense of what it's like to live aboard the orbital outpost.
16 April 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Virgin Galactic ran oxidizers through the spacecraft's propulsion system during an April 12 test.
16 April 2013, 02:56 PM ET
Radarsat-1 has collected images of Earth for more than 17 years.
