NASA just detected the first "marsquake"
For the first time since its mission began, NASA's InSight lander has detected what scientists believe to be a marsquake
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For the first time since its mission began, NASA's InSight lander has detected what scientists believe to be a marsquake
The team, made up of 10 and 11-year-olds, want to find a way to kill bacteria in space
"This molecule was lurking out there, but we needed the right instruments," a top NASA scientist said
An Antares rocket blasted off from the Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia carrying a Cygnus cargo ship loaded with supplies for the International Space Station.
Loaded with 3.8 tons of supplies and equipment, the Cygnus cargo ship will need two days to reach the space station
Retired astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent 340 days in space during an extended stay aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16, did not suffer any major long-term health effects that might raise warning signs for future long-duration flights, scientists reported Thursday. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN with details.
CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood speaks to CBSN about the failed moon landing and Thursday's other headlines: SpaceX's second launch of their Falcon Heavy rocket and NASA's report that astronaut Scott Kelly experienced biological changes during his year-long orbit in space.
Studies of twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, one in space and one on the ground, finds no major obstacles to long-term space missions
Black holes are the universe's most powerful vacuum, inhaling everything
In an historic observation, a globe-spanning virtual telescope has directly imaged a black hole's shadow
Winter storm brings snow and rain across U.S.; SpaceX rocket successfully launches historic test flight
Two crew members ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday to work on the power and communications systems. It was the third spacewalk in a month. CBSN's Vlad Duthiers takes a look.
The spacewalkers accomplished all of their primary objectives without any major problems butut both astronauts had trouble with their helmet headphones
It sets the stage for an automated landing attempt April 11
For only the second time, the Russians launched a cargo ship on a two-orbit flight to space station
In the new book "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race," historian Douglas Brinkley takes a closer look at America's first space missions and how the Kennedy administration changed space exploration. Brinkley joins CBSN to discuss JFK's legacy and why the Trump administration is now pushing for a new moonshot.
Douglas Brinkley is telling the backstory of the mission in his new book, "American Moonshot"
Three U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Monday that they're ready to sign up for a trip to the moon if NASA can meet the Trump administration's newly stated goal of returning Americans to the lunar surface within the next five years.
"A terrible, terrible thing": NASA administrator criticizes India for test of an anti-satellite weapon that sent a cloud of debris hurtling through space
Three space station crew members say they'll be ready for a trip to the moon if NASA can pull it off
CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN with insight on NASA's second spacewalk of the year at the International Space Station, and what could soon be a space race to the moon.
This venture outside space station was to have two female crew members but plans were changed due to lack of enough spacesuits that fit
NASA's new planet-hunting spacecraft, "Tess," launched last month. When NASA wants to zoom in and show us what distant planets and stars might look like up close and in color, they assign two artists to create photorealistic images. CBS News' Chris Martinez reports.
Astronomers have also identified hundreds of stars that could potentially support life
NASA says the world's fastest melting glacier, Jakobshavn in Greenland, has gained ice. However, it does not mean the threat of climate change is over. CBS News contributing meteorologist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN AM to discuss the glacier and what this means for the future of rising sea levels.