5 planets will align across the sky on Tuesday night. Here's how to see them
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will align on Tuesday night.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will align on Tuesday night.
The airplane-sized asteroid passed by last week on a track that placed it between the Earth and moon's orbits, which is relatively rare.
The space rock's anticipated trajectory places it at about half the distance to the moon, so people with telescopes may be able to see it from Earth.
The spacecraft delivered more than 3 tons of equipment and supplies, including fresh fruit for the space station crew.
NASA and Axiom Space are unveiling the design of the new spacesuit that will be worn by the next man and first woman to land on the moon as part of the Artemis III mission. Mark Strassmann traveled to Houston to get a sneak peek of the new suit.
Compared to the bulky and inflexible Apollo suits that caused astronauts to fall while walking on the moon, the new suits are designed to be more mobile.
The Cargo Dragon launching came just three days after SpaceX brought four station crew members back to Earth.
NASA's Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare phase of a star in the constellation Sagittarius on the cusp of dying.
A new image from the James Webb Telescope shows a Wolf-Rayet star on the verge of becoming a supernova. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins Elaine Quijano and Lana Zak to discuss the massive star, the plans for the Webb telescope and SpaceX's latest venture into phone service.
Students at a North Texas school are helping develop parts that will actually be used in space. It's part of a NASA program in which students are mentored by NASA employees. Olivia Leach has more.
Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut departed the International Space Station Saturday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule headed back to earth.
Streaking through the night sky like a brilliant meteor, the Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
In case you missed it, a daughter's TikTok helped save her family restaurant and the U.S. Army is resurrecting a once familiar slogan to garner recruits.
A 78-year-old in the U.K. honors Queen Elizabeth II by dedicating her house to royal family memorabilia. Children's book author Mo Willems discusses his new book "The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!" And NASA's first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight, continues to make an impact.
One astronomer said he believes there's about a "1 in 400 chance" the asteroid could impact Earth.
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut successfully docked on the International Space Station on Friday.
The Crew Dragon delivered a three-country, four-man crew for a six-month stay. They'll replace four other station crew members who plan to return to Earth around March 9.
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts to work on the International Space Station. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joined CBS News to discuss why the launch had been delayed, the importance of international coordination on space travel, and how SpaceX has changed the landscape.
The four Crew Dragon fliers will replace another crew that will be wrapping up a 154-day stay in orbit.
The rescheduled launch of a four-man crew kicks off a 24-hour rendezvous with the space station.
An issue with the Falcon 9 rocket's engine ignition system prompted the postponement.
A SpaceX rocket is set to launch a four-man crew to the International Space Station early Monday. Mark Strassmann has more.
In Florida, a SpaceX readied a Crew Dragon capsule for launch early Monday to carry another four-man crew to the outpost.
A new Soyuz capsule is heading for the International Space Station, which is orbiting 250 miles above the Earth's surface. It's part of a rescue mission after a previous capsule suffered a coolant leak. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins John Dickerson to discuss the mission's next steps.
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft will provide a safe ride home for three space station fliers whose ship was damaged by a micrometeoroid impact.
The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted.
The manhunt for the Brown University shooter was complicated by the early misidentification of a person of interest and limited, low-quality video footage.
The airstrikes on ISIS targets are being conducted in response to the killing of two U.S. Army soldiers and an civilian contractor by a lone terrorist in Palmyra, Syria.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump.
Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.
A federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who secured the indictments against them, was unlawfully appointed to her role as interim U.S. attorney.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicenter of the strike, Ukraine's Emergency Service said.
The Brown University shooting suspect was found dead in a storage unit in New Hampshire. Authorities believe he is also responsible for killing an MIT professor.
Friends and colleagues of Rob Reiner sat down with CBS News to share personal anecdotes and fond memories of him following the news of his tragic death.