Images show asteroid zoom "very close" to Earth at 2,000 mph
The asteroid appears small in the images but was estimated to be up to 30 feet in diameter, according to NASA data.
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The asteroid appears small in the images but was estimated to be up to 30 feet in diameter, according to NASA data.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa read her new bilingual book "Everyone Is A Scientist" to students at a school named after her.
The former astronaut read "Everyone Is A Scientist" to students at a Passaic school named after her -- Ellen Ochoa School No. 22. CBS2's Christine Sloan has the story.
Up until Friday, all images seen of the planet were technically of its past.
Around the world, people can catch a sweet treat in the night sky this weekend.
Geomagnetic activity could make the aurora visible in parts of Michigan, Maine, New York, Wisconsin and Washington state on Wednesday. The lights may also be seen in Alaska and parts of Canada.
As NASA's Webb telescope scours the universe to find light from the first stars and galaxies, it is also capturing the universe like never before. Scott Pelley got an inside look at Webb's new discoveries.
April's full moon will rise this week.
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 James Webb Space Telescope revealed galaxies from more than 13 billion years ago that seem to be as mature as the Milky Way is now: "Something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science."
NASA said the eclipse will provide a little "celestial magic" during the so-called Beaver Moon.
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.
