Halloween asteroid that flew by Earth looks like a skull
Spinning skull, zombie comet make a fitting finale to this spooky space tale
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2 degrees, pilot's license, NASA job ... at 17 years old
Moshe Kai Cavalin got a community college degree at 11, and has not stopped his prodigious path since, which also includes published books
Space station marks 15 years of housing humans in orbit
More than 200 people have visited or lived aboard the sprawling laboratory complex to date, building the outpost piece by piece
Webcast will capture Halloween asteroid flyby
The asteroid nicknamed "Spooky" will zoom past Earth on Halloween
Pluto's glowing halo shines in new NASA image
Layers of sunlit haze surround the dwarf planet in the first picture showing its complete crescent
Report: NASA needs better handle on Mars health hazards
NASA needs to get cracking if it wants to keep its astronauts alive and well on future missions to Mars
Space station astronauts carry out extended spacewalk
Space station skipper Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren take longer than expected to complete a variety of maintenance tasks
NASA spies X-ray flares blasting off from black holes
Data from a pair of telescopes may help scientists understand how black holes create some of the brightest objects in space
Space station astronauts set for spacewalk
Space station commander Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren head outside Wednesday for a 6.5-hour spacewalk
Why is the Milky Way's monster black hole belching?
Astronomers aren't sure what made the giant back hole at the galaxy's center emit a huge number of powerful X-ray flares
Probe to fly through geyser-like plumes of Saturn's moon
NASA's Cassini space probe will streak through geyser-like plumes erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus from a vast sub-surface ocean
The astronaut wives club
Gather a group of women who's astronaut husbands were aiming for the Moon -- and you'll get a dose of down to earth reality
New NASA observatory is changing astronomy
NASA's "Sofia Mission" takes astronomers to the sky in a 747 that has a powerful telescope built into it
Astronaut, mom Karen Nyberg: More women at NASA is "fantastic"
NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg speaks from the International Space Station about the research experiments and tests she and her colleagues will be conducting
Galactic starburst spied by Hubble Space Telescope
New image shows a galaxy 16 million light-years away surrounded by a glowing ring of bright young stars
Scientists developing weapons to fight fires before they start
Scientists are working with a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory using two weather and Earth observing satellites to survey millions of acres of California
Lunar maps let you explore the moon like never before
A new digital atlas covers the entire surface of the moon, marking craters, volcanoes and Apollo landing sites
Mars rover Curiosity celebrates one year on red planet
Ben Tracy reports on why its work is being called the "Superbowl of planetary exploration"
What' next for Curiosity Rover's Mars mission?
NASA's Curiosity Rover has already exceeded expectations
Engineer-turned-icon: How "Mohawk Guy" made NASA cool again
It's been a year since Bobak Ferdowsi suddenly rocketed to fame
NASA heads back to the moon
NASA will launch a small, unmanned craft, aboard a rocket bound for the lunar surface with the goal of solving a 40-year-old mystery
Scott Kelly tweets space views of Hurricane Patricia
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted two breathtaking views of the Category 5 storm with a warning: "It's massive. Be careful!"
Furloughed workers worry shutdown is threatening national security
Many furloughed government employees fear the government shutdown has made America more vulnerable
Remembering space pioneer Scott Carpenter, dead at 88
Scott Carpenter was one of America's first astronauts, who then became an underwater ocean explorer
Real "Death Star" is vaporizing its own planet
The star is currently destroying and disintegrating an orbiting planet bit by bit
Trump and Zelenskyy say they're nearly in agreement on Ukraine peace plan
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday after he said he had a "good and very productive" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Bank of America CEO warns market "will punish people" without independent Fed
Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan stated last week that, as President Trump seeks a new chair of the Federal Reserve, maintaining the banking system's independence is paramount.
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Bondi Beach shooting hero says he just wanted to save innocent people
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man hailed as a hero for disarming one of the gunmen behind a deadly antisemitic attack on Australia's Bondi Beach, says he just wanted to save innocent people.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s cinema icon and animal rights activist, dies at 91
At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Brigitte Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability.
Top news headlines of 2025 month-by-month
From political upheavals and gun violence, to the first American-born pope, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a transformative year in U.S. history.
South Korean mine could soon supply the U.S. with a critical mineral
The Sangdong mine contains millions of tons of tungsten, known as a war metal that can withstand extraordinary temperatures, something the U.S. desperately needs for defense.
1 person killed after 2 helicopters crash in Hammonton, NJ
One person was killed and another was critically injured after a helicopter collision
Gas line explosion shuts down major Southern California freeway
Several lanes of the 5 Freeway were closed and a shelter-in-place order was issued to residents in Castaic, California, after a gas line ruptured on Saturday.
Tracking winter "bomb cyclone" snarling flights. Maps show the latest forecast
More than 51 million Americans live in areas under winter storm alerts stretching from northern Minnesota to the Eastern Seaboard.