Tesla has already done similar battery and solar power projects with the Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii and in American Samoa. Both projects were designed to supply power for much smaller populations than Puerto Rico, however. Still, the Tesla CEO is confident that his company’s existin

The David's Sling interceptor was developed jointly with the U.S. to defend against mid-range missiles, like those used by Hezbollah.The Defense Ministry said on December 21, 2015morning that the successful test marks a milestone in the development of the system – also known as the Magic Wand – and

NASA’s Perseverance Rover has reached the Red Planet and will go through the final phase known as Entry, Descent and Landing. Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, aboard an ULA’s Atlas V-541 rocket, and will land on Mars at Jezero Crater after travelli

Community of Lights captured this amazing cloud at the end of July in the late afternoon in Fire Island Pines, a beautiful barrier island off the coast of New York. The cloud was about 500 feet wide and sever miles long covering the entire island as it went by, and then vanished in the Atlantic Oce...

A total solar eclipse is moving its way across North America Monday. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, Tony Dokoupil and Bill Harwood are watching the celestial event from Indianapolis as totality takes over Mazatlán, Mexico. Also, astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz explains how scientists are using the opportu

One year old mixed beagle/hounds Buster, Indie and Romeo are performing their twice daily cancer detection training which is how they are fed. They have successfully trained dogs to identify urine containing e.coli, the bacteria that causes a certain type of urinary tract infection, and to distingu...

COVID-19 is changing the way we live and function in society. We are learning how to stay safe by wearing masks and following social distancing. The world is adapting to a new reality in the way we travel, how we teach our children, farm our food and eat in restaurants, perform safely and even how ...

Our SpaceX Crew-6 mission safely returns to Earth, the tech demo hitching a ride on our Psyche spacecraft, and studying ancient life on Earth to better understand Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates had an informative conversation with Ellen about his foundation’s efforts to help find a vaccine and therapeutics for COVID-19, the effect the pandemic is having on the economy, when we can expect to get back to “normal life,” and what gives him hope d

A Russian research ship has spotted an extremely rare white adult orca, or killer whale, off the coast of Kamchatka for the first time in history. No one knows the reason for the whale's unusual pigmentation. ­The scientists identified the whale by his pure white fin, swimming together with his pod,