Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. Over 21 days, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope measured the drop in light as each planet passed in fro

A small saucer-shape capsule carrying a half-pound of rocks and dust collected from an asteroid called Bennu is expected to slam into Earth's atmosphere at a blistering 27,650 mph on Sunday and then parachute down to the ground. NASA senior scientist Amy Simon joined CBS News to discuss the purpose ...

A special report from CBS News on the mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. August 3 and 4, 2019.

This artist's concept animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which launched November 26, 2011 and it is schedule to land in Mars on August 6, 2012.

Watch live coverage of the SpaceX Crew-1 launch as four astronauts head to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the “third” zone of our solar system, beyond the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics L

In Loving Memory: On May, 24, 2022 an 18-year-old gunman texted a friend that he had shot his grandmother and was about to “shoot up” a school. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a massacre that ripped open a nation’s deep divisions over gun violence.

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!

US space agency NASA has warned that a huge 1,082 ft asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth’s orbit in just over a week.The space rock is heading our way and should skim past us on December 11. NASA has its eye on Asteroid 4660 Nereus because it’s well over 492 feet long and wil

In Loving Memory: President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde, mourning privately for three hours with anguished families of the 19 school children and two teachers killed by a gunman. Faced with chants of “do something” as he departed a church service, Biden pledged: “We wil