Video Archive
12 March 2013, 09:42 AM ET
Both the Earth and Moon blocked NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's view of the Sun on March 11, 2013.
11 March 2013, 05:24 PM ET
The rocket made its highest leap to date, 262.8 feet/80.1 meters, and landed safely on March 7th, 2013. Set to 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash. Video courtesy of SpaceX
11 March 2013, 12:05 PM ET
A new STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS trailer premiered in front of 'Oz' and we have the action-packed minute plus right here.
11 March 2013, 11:56 AM ET
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory's Helio-Seismic and Magnetic Imager snapped imagery of the Sun during a time that was predicted to be part of Solar Maximum (the peak of the 11 year cycle of solar activity). Activity is lower than expected.
08 March 2013, 06:59 PM ET
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has delivered precise topographic maps of the surface and craters on the portion of the moon that hasnt seen sunlight in nearly 2 million years. Researchers are able to light up the crater floors using 3D models.
08 March 2013, 05:32 PM ET
China's FENGYUN 1C polar-orbiting weather satellite was destroyed during the test of the weapon in 2007. Analytical Graphics created this animation using data tracks of the debris in June 2007. Courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc.
08 March 2013, 04:55 PM ET
In 2007, China blew up their FENGYUN 1C polar-orbiting weather satellite. Engineers in Moscow determined that a piece of the doomed satellite collided with Russia's BLITS satellite in Jan. 2013. Courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc.
08 March 2013, 04:26 PM ET
Explosions on the Sun that blast ionized plasma across space can have a big impact on the day to day lives of humans. The United Nations are taking the matter very seriously.
08 March 2013, 03:36 PM ET
The team at Wallops Range Control joined in on the latest Internet dance craze, the "Harlem Shake".
08 March 2013, 09:58 AM ET
Astronaut Chris Cassidy, who is making final preparations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for a March launch to the International Space Station talks with Space.com and answers some reader submitted questions.
07 March 2013, 04:58 PM ET
On March 7th, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was in a position to observe the Earth passing in front of the Sun.
07 March 2013, 12:38 PM ET
Jerry Ross believes NASA's Orion program is progressing too slowly. He has logged the most flight hours between Space Shuttle and Space Station.
07 March 2013, 09:27 AM ET
Since 1998, Claudio Sanchez has been spinning a multimedia experience made of music, books and comics. It tracks Coheed & Cambria Killgannon's war-ravaged multi-planetary universe. CosMix speaks with Sanchez about morphing his life into the concept.
06 March 2013, 11:51 AM ET
Jerry Ross has logged the most flight hours between Space Shuttle and Space Station and has deep concerns over handing the keys over to private space companies to deliver crew to the International Space Station.
06 March 2013, 11:45 AM ET
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin prepare for their final exams before their scheduled trip to the International Space Station on March 28th aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket.
05 March 2013, 06:20 PM ET
A pair of binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud eclipse one another on each orbit. By studying changes in the duo's brightness, astronomers have come up with the most accurate assessment of the distance between us and them (163,000 light-years).
05 March 2013, 04:56 PM ET
The Comet known as 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) flies about 31,000 miles away from the surface of the Red Planet on October 19th, 2014.
05 March 2013, 04:54 PM ET
A space rock about 330 feet long flies past Earth at 2.5x lunar distance of the Moon on Saturday March 9th, 2013. Gianluca Masi of The Virtual Telescope Project snapped imagery of asteroid 2013 ET on March 4th, 2013.
05 March 2013, 02:43 PM ET
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has entered eclipse season, where the Earth is blocking the Sun from the spacecraft's vantage point. Shortly after the Sun was in full view again, an M1.2 flare popped from Earth-facing sunspot AR1686.
05 March 2013, 11:26 AM ET
The Science Channel partnered with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intellegence) Institute to take a fresh look at the age old question.
05 March 2013, 10:16 AM ET
Galaxy cluster Abell 68 (hundreds of billions of stars forming a swarm of galaxies) creates gravitational lens stretching appearance normal spiral galaxy's image to resemble the classic '80's game character. The effect was predicted by Einstein.
05 March 2013, 08:52 AM ET
Maximum solar activity (increased amounts of sun flares, sunspots, prominences and coronal mass ejections) is cyclic. 2013 should be the 11-year peak but the Sun is not presenting that way. Researchers think twin peaks may carry into 2014.
04 March 2013, 03:04 PM ET
The Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi captured the asteroid on March 3rd, 2013 on approach to its minimum distance from Earth (~246,000 miles, about the distance of the Moon). Look for the small bright speck in the center of the screen.
04 March 2013, 11:09 AM ET
Astronauts always seem to have a great set of pearly whites, but do you know why that's actually a requirement for astronauts? The ESA asked regular people if they know why, but you can find out in this video.
04 March 2013, 09:04 AM ET
An asteroid (named 2013 EC) on a trajectory to fly-by Earth was discovered on March 2nd, 2013 at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Its nearest approach (March 4) was ~246,000 miles, about the distance of the Moon.
