Space

Blue Origin to launch 15th space mission

Blue Origin is set to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins with more details.

• Oct 8
• 03:33

Interstellar comet passing by Mars seen in rare images

The images taken by two Mars orbiters show a bright, fuzzy white dot of the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, appearing to move against a backdrop of distant stars.

• Oct 7

Bill Nye warns U.S. could "cede leadership to other countries" if NASA budget is cut

Bill Nye the Science Guy on Monday protested against a federal budget proposal that would see NASA's funding reduced from $24 billion to $18.8 billion.

• Oct 6

Extended interview: Bill Nye

Bill Nye the Science Guy joined hundreds of protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday to demonstrate against the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to NASA science activities. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett spoke with Nye about his fight to keep the space agency funded.

• Oct 6
• 19:16

Bill Nye warns against proposed NASA cuts

Hundreds gathered in Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest against the Trump administration's proposed cuts to NASA's science activities. Leading the charge was Bill Nye, who joins "The Takeout" to discuss why he's fighting to save the space agency from deep cuts.

• Oct 6
• 06:02

Supermoon will appear tonight. Here's what to know.

The first supermoon of 2025 will arrive soon. Here's what to know about the phenomenon.

• Oct 6

Mysterious planet is gobbling 6 billion tons of gas and dust a second

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of 6 billion tons a second.

• Oct 2

Galaxy's largest star formation captured in never-before-seen detail

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic fields.

• Sep 25

Space weather satellites blast off to collect information on solar storms

A SpaceX rocket lifted off Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP.

• Sep 24

NASA introduces newest astronaut recruits

NASA on Monday introduced its 10 newest astronaut candidates. They represent America's future in space, wherever in the cosmos that leads. Mark Strassmann has more.

• Sep 22
• 01:42

NASA introduces 10 new astronaut candidates

The new selection of NASA astronauts will spend two years in training before becoming eligible for flight assignments.

• Sep 22

Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches space station after software fix

The capture by the International Space Station's robot arm came a day late because of an unexpected, but now resolved, software issue.

• Sep 18

Musk, Bezos' competition for space dominance

Today's quest for dominance in outer space looks quite different from the first space race between the U.S. and Russia in the 1950s. The new book "Rocket Dreams" looks into the new era, including the trillion-dollar competition between Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Author Christian Davenport joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

• Sep 17
• 03:57

Cygnus cargo ship set to rendezvous with space station after delay

This comes after two planned engine firings shut down prematurely, NASA said, putting the Cygnus cargo ship's approach to the space station on hold.

• Sep 17

NASA says solar activity is increasing: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.

• Sep 16

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