Webb telescope captures images of new stars forming in Cat's Paw Nebula

The Cat's Paw Nebula is about 4,000 light-years from Earth, near the constellation Scorpius.

• Jul 10

First close-up of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest telescope

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest telescope in the world.

• Jul 1

Blue Origin rockets 6 astrotourists on sub-orbital flight to space

Running a week late because of weather, it was clear sailing Sunday for Blue Origin's 13th passenger flight.

• Jun 29

Fireball seen as meteorite streaks through sky over Georgia and South Carolina

The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina.

• Jun 27

James Webb telescope captures images of possible newly discovered exoplanet

The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been dubbed TWA 7b after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured evidence of it.

• Jun 26

Webb Telescope captures images of exoplanet

NASA's James Webb Telescope has captured unprecedented pictures of a newly discovered exoplanet, a planet that is outside our solar system.

• Jun 26
• 00:25

Crew docks at space station for 2-week commercial mission

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Grace brought a privately-financed crew of researchers to the space station for a two-week stay.

• Jun 26

Watch: Axiom-4 crew docks at ISS

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew successfully docked at the International Space Station early Thursday morning. It is the the fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS, NASA says. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has the details.

• Jun 26
• 03:47

Small air leaks impact ISS amid SpaceX launch

SpaceX launched a four-person crew into orbit Wednesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Derrick Pitts, the chief astronomer and planetarium director of the Franklin Institute, joins "The Daily Report" to break it down.

• Jun 25
• 02:54

First close-up images of Mars ridges show "dramatic evidence" of water

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, NASA said.

• Jun 25

SpaceX launches private mission

SpaceX launched a chartered rocket carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary early Wednesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Axiom Mission 4 crew is expected to reach the International Space Station by Thursday. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has the latest details.

• Jun 25
• 02:46

SpaceX launches commercial crew to space station, led by veteran astronaut

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the space station.

• Jun 25

World's largest telescope unveils first images of galaxies in stunning detail

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions in spectacular detail.

• Jun 23

Why did SpaceX's Starship explode?

SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded in Texas on Wednesday night as it was preparing for a test launch. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has the details.

• Jun 19
• 02:21

Video shows SpaceX Starship explosion at Texas launch site

A SpaceX Starship exploded​ at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball.

• Jun 19

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