Space Archive
27 March 2013, 09:34 AM ET
This space wallpaper is a schematic representing how light from a distant galaxy is distorted by the gravitational effects of a nearer foreground galaxy known as Einstein rings.
27 March 2013, 09:13 AM ET
A new class of supernova represents a miniature star explosion.
26 March 2013, 04:58 PM ET
Curiosity had been recovering from a memory issue since late February.
26 March 2013, 01:48 PM ET
SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier today (March 26).
26 March 2013, 01:34 PM ET
The Caltech Space Challenge runs all week.
25 March 2013, 06:06 PM ET
Scientists are unsure why Venus' vortex evolves as it does.
25 March 2013, 09:39 AM ET
Two very different galaxies are featured in this space wallpaper taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope—forming a peculiar galaxy pair called Arp 116.
23 March 2013, 10:13 AM ET
Stargazers from Maine to North Carolina reported seeing a bright, dazzling fireball on Friday, March 22.
22 March 2013, 03:59 PM ET
The telltale Chicxulub crater might have been carved by a smaller object than thought.
22 March 2013, 01:31 PM ET
The newest Landsat satellite has opened its eyes.
22 March 2013, 10:08 AM ET
A new mission to an asteroid could help scientists deflect dangerous space rocks that could threaten Earth.
22 March 2013, 09:43 AM ET
NASA won't send commands to its various Mars explorers for much of April.
21 March 2013, 06:32 PM ET
The earliest light of the universe doesn't look exactly as predicted.
21 March 2013, 05:08 PM ET
The newest Landsat satellite has opened its eyes.
21 March 2013, 09:44 AM ET
Jeff Bezos' yearlong quest has been a success.
21 March 2013, 09:35 AM ET
Scientists don't know what to expect at the solar system's extreme outer reaches.
20 March 2013, 03:09 PM ET
What if a rogue planet swept through the solar system?
20 March 2013, 12:54 PM ET
Does the U.S. military have the tools it needs to detect incoming meteors
20 March 2013, 09:38 AM ET
On Tuesday March 12, the comet known officially as comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS), stood almost directly above the western horizon, less than 5 degrees to the left of a very narrow crescent moon as seen in this space wallpaper.
20 March 2013, 09:29 AM ET
Curiosity has still not resumed science operations, however.
20 March 2013, 09:18 AM ET
Titan's northern seas could have winds raging as high as 44 miles an hour.
20 March 2013, 09:07 AM ET
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed the tiny craters made by the Grail moon probes.
19 March 2013, 09:45 AM ET
All rocky exoplanets likely host oceans of liquid water shortly after they form, one prominent researcher says.
19 March 2013, 09:37 AM ET
Though Jupiter is shrouded in swirling clouds, its atmosphere has some mysterious clear patches that scientists call 'hot spots.'
19 March 2013, 09:25 AM ET
Some dwarf galaxies speeding through the universe lose most of their gas, making them all but invisible from Earth.
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