NASA captures "snapshot in time" showing how a star is born
NASA was able to capture a "gallery of objects ranging from small fountains to burbling behemoths" deep in space: "It's like finding buried treasure."
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NASA was able to capture a "gallery of objects ranging from small fountains to burbling behemoths" deep in space: "It's like finding buried treasure."
The tidal disruption event provided astronomers with an "unprecedented view" of how a corona is formed and evolves.
The successful return to Earth marks a major milestone in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
"Dec. 7 brings one of those magical moments when the sky changes dramatically before your very eyes," NASA said.
Cook County's Dark Sky Festival celebrates our world-class dark sky with speakers, family activities and much more.
After a spectacular lunar flyby, the Orion capsule is headed toward a distant orbit around the moon.
A critical rocket firing on the back side of the moon sent the Orion capsule toward a distant orbit for extended tests.
After a series of delays, the 322-foot-tall Artemis moon rocket finally blasted off with an eruption of white-hot fire and an earth-shaking roar
After a series of delays, NASA’s new moon rocket finally launched into space.
The space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after launching from Cape Canaveral in Jan. 1986.
A north Minneapolis school unveiled its brand-new, world-class observatory Wednesday, and it’s so cool that even a real-life NASA astronaut had to check it out!
NASA said the eclipse will provide a little "celestial magic" during the so-called Beaver Moon.
An overnight roll out to pad 39B sets the stage for launch Nov. 14 to kick off a long-delayed unpiloted test flight.
NASA successfully crashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in hopes of altering the space rock's trajectory. Scientists hope to be able to use a similar strategy to protect Earth from future incoming asteroids. CBS News' John Dickerson speaks with Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, about the historic implications of this unprecedented test.
The test verifies a possible technique for nudging a threatening asteroid or comet off course before it could impact Earth.
Tom Cruise's next mission is looking all the more possible — a studio executive says he's going to be "taking the world to space" in his upcoming film.
38-year-old Anna Kikina is the only active-duty female in Russia's cosmonaut corps.
As NASA tries to re-route an asteroid, scientists at the University of Minnesota have made a mind-blowing discovery.
The 14,000-mph impact is designed to test whether a future threatening asteroid can be nudged off course.
NASA scientists are gearing up for the world's first mission testing planetary defense — and they want you to watch.
The DART spacecraft is set to purposely crash into an asteroid — a test for a potential real threat far in the future.
Monday will be a monumental day for the "history of humankind" as a high-speed spacecraft smashes into an asteroid at nearly 15,000 mph.
Webb's unprecedented infrared imaging capabilities provide a new glimpse into the farthest planet from the sun.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed more details about how star are formed in the Tarantula Nebula.
Another frustrating delay for NASA's star-crossed SLS moon rocket.
