Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays striking dancing lights when high-energy particles from space collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to how the northern lights are […]
Rocket carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, 2 Russian cosmonauts docks with space station
Jonny Kim, a former Navy SEAL, Harvard Medical School graduate and now a NASA astronaut, blasted off with two cosmonaut crewmates aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket early Tuesday, chased down the International Space Station and moved in for a picture-perfect docking three hours after liftoff. With veteran commander Sergey Ryzhikov, 50, at the controls, flanked […]
Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison reacts to historic Blue Origin spaceflight
Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison reacts to historic Blue Origin spaceflight – CBS News Watch CBS News Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison joined “CBS Mornings” to discuss the successful launch and return of Blue Origin’s all-women spaceflight. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. […]
Dying star’s “previously unseen layers” visible in new Webb space telescope image
Spectacular new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers a detailed, never-before-seen look at a dying star. The star is actually one of two at the heart of NGC 1514, a nebula in the Taurus constellation about 1,500 light-years from Earth, NASA said in a news release. It is a white dwarf star […]
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft to zoom past asteroid this weekend at 30,000 mph: “We don’t know what to expect”
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks. In November 2023, Lucy […]
NASA’s Don Pettit, 2 cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month space station visit
Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active-duty astronaut, celebrated his 70th birthday with two cosmonaut crewmates overnight Saturday, undocking from the International Space Station and plunging back to Earth in a blaze of re-entry heat to close out a 220-day expedition. Pettit, Soyuz MS-26/72S commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Ivan Vagner undocked from the Russian Rassvet […]
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close approach at a speed of more than 30,000 mph. It was considered a dress rehearsal for the more critical asteroid encounters […]
NASA releases stunning photos of planets, far-flung galaxies to mark Hubble anniversary
On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have “opened a new window to the universe,” with more than 1.6 million observations to date filled with compelling and surprising […]
Person to Person: Norah O’Donnell interviews astronaut Peggy Whitson
Person to Person: Norah O’Donnell interviews astronaut Peggy Whitson – CBS News Watch CBS News In this episode of “Person to Person with Norah O’Donnell,” O’Donnell speaks with astronaut Peggy Whitson about the future of commercial space flight, her latest mission with Axiom Space, and how she overcame rejection from NASA to become America’s most […]
Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk — 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. Â NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck […]