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.
A series of images taken by two satellites flying past Mercury captured multiple "tectonic and volcanic curiosities."
The green lightning bolt was seen inside one of the many vortices that cluster near Jupiter's north pole. Scientists are still trying to understand many facets of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, including its massive storms and how lightning and lightning-like events occur on the gas giant.
The planetary alignment will include Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury.
The panoramic postcard shows multiple landmarks on the planet.
The "very rare" star explosion was so warped that it looked like multiple images in the sky.
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.
What would happen if aliens contacted us? It's a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer, after a transmission designed to mimic correspondence from an extraterrestrial civilization made its way to Earth from Mars.
A supernova that burst onto the scene a long time ago in a galaxy quite literally far, far away, and an amateur astronomer on the Peninsula was watching and taking photos to capture the instant it happened.
The incredible photos show sunspots and quiet areas on the sun's topmost layer.
A new study found that the 2022 underwater volcano explosion was so massive that it had an impact that was out of this world.
The phenomenon, once known as "Earthshine," occurs when the dark side of the moon is illuminated by light reflecting off planet Earth.
Scientists found water vapor around a rare comet, but also made an unexpected discovery in the find.
A lot of you called our newsroom last night to report bright lights in the sky. Some even got some great video of the mysterious lights. So what were they?
Experts confirmed the object was a 2.2 stony chondrite meteorite that was over four billion years old.
GJ 1214b is covered in a haze that has made studying it a challenge.
Suzy Kop, a resident of the home, told CBS Philadelphia that the object landed in her father's bedroom.
The Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) could take ocean world research to the next level with "deeper exploration into areas that were once unattainable."
"Supernova sleuths" have found a "scary" supermassive black hole – with the help of artificial intelligence.
Here's how "a very lucky observer" may get to see it fall from the sky.
NASA said the collision of the two spiral galaxies began about 700 million years ago.
The supermassive black hole 54 million light-years away is now clearer than ever.
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.
After becoming the first machine to fly in Mars' thin atmosphere, Ingenuity continues to set records on the red planet.
