
When to see August's supermoons and rare blue moon
August features a pair of supermoons. The second supermoon will be a rare blue moon.
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August features a pair of supermoons. The second supermoon will be a rare blue moon.
Northrop Grumman launched the final Antares 230+ rocket Tuesday on a flight to deliver four tons of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The rocket booster was built in a cooperative venture with U.S., Russian and Ukrainian components. Watch the launch.
The final Antares 230+ rocket will send a Cygnus cargo ship to the space station with 8,300 pounds of equipment and supplies.
Officials say President Biden will keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, after the Trump administration previously proposed relocation from to Huntsville, Alabama. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on why the decision was made and the likely political dust up that will follow.
NASA has heard a "heartbeat" from its Voyager 2 spacecraft after a wrong command accidentally cut off communications.
The waters off Florida's southern tip were so hot Tuesday that you could mistake a dip in the Atlantic for a hot tub. All of these high temperatures -- on the sea and on land -- have concerned scientists about the future of the planet. Allegra Legrande, climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joined CBS News to explain what's happening to the Earth -- and what needs to be done before it's too late.
Police clamp down on COVID protests in China; NASA's Orion moon capsule breaks distance record.
Winter storm slams western states; NASA's historic Artemis I moon mission ends with Orion capsule splashdown.
Jury deliberations resume this morning in Derek Chauvin trial; NASA celebrates historic flight on Mars
Closing arguments set to begin in the trial of Derek Chauvin; NASA makes space history with Mars helicopter flight.
NASA launched the first spaceflight of the Artemis program this morning. In 2021, Bill Whitaker reported on Artemis, which aims to put the first woman on the moon.
NASA said that redirecting an asteroid could lead to "a cluster of threatening boulders heading in our direction."
Uvalde school district police chief fired; uncrewed flight will be first NASA mission to moon in nearly 50 years
NASA gears up for historic moon mission; Taylor Swift wins Video of the Year at MTV VMAs
Trump search affidavit to be released; First trip back to the moon in 50 years.
Biden clarifies Putin comment that sparked controversy; Will Smith slaps Chris Rock over joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair
It was a "text-book launch" for the rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on its lunar mission, with the next big test less than 2 months away.
On the one-year anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA on Wednesday released a remarkable new image snapped by the telescope of a star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.
NASA is celebrating one year of images from the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA administrator Bill Nelson joined CBS News to talk about some of the images the telescope has captured, including one released Wednesday of a stellar nursery.
The stellar nursery in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex features about 50 young stars, all similar to Earth's sun or smaller.
Kate Calvin, NASA chief scientist and climate adviser, breaks down on "Face the Nation" how climate change is driving some of the most recent weather and health events.
A statue of the late astronaut Sally Ride was unveiled Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California. Forty years ago, Ride made history when she became the first American woman to travel to space. Elise Preston has more.
NASA unveiled a stunning image of the ringed planet and several of its moons.
The group will spend 378 days inside a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot space meant to replicate conditions on the red planet.
Musk says the Super Heavy/Starship rocket may be ready for a second attempt to reach orbit in about six weeks.
Two young children were killed and 17 others were injured in a shooting at a south Minneapolis school Mass Wednesday morning. The gunman is also dead.
Two children are dead and more are injured after a shooting at a back-to-school mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
The Food and Drug Administration rescinded the emergency use authorization that made COVID-19 shots available for healthy children under 5 years old.
In the weeks since President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., violent crime is down vs. the same time last year.
Denmark's primary national broadcaster says Americans linked to Trump are carrying out covert influence operations to foment dissent in Greenland.
A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he has asked a judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States.
No college degree? Here are the jobs — and metro areas — that are most likely to pay you a six-figure salary.
The U.S. military detected a Russian spy plane in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, marking the fourth such sighting in one week.
Fans have been eager to learn everything they can ever since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement in a joint post.