What NASA’s UFO hearing revealed – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA on Wednesday held its first public meeting looking into UFOs — known now as UAPs, or unidentified anomalous phenomena. A panel of experts came together to try and explain the mysterious sightings. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood explains what investigators have discovered…
China sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation on Tuesday in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, state media reported. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what’s increasingly seen as a new space race. The US aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025. Deputy Director of the Chinese Manned Space Agency Lin Xiqiang confirmed China’s goal at a…
Make a wish upon a star — while you still can. Scientists are warning that due to light pollution, human’s ability to see the cosmos at night could be wiped out in just 20 years. “The night sky is part of our environment and it would be a major deprivation if the next generation never…
The Uplift: A seventh grade hero and an out-of-this-world mom – CBS News Watch CBS News A seventh grader jumps into action to stop a school bus after the driver loses consciousness. A mom prepares to fulfill her dream of heading to space. Plus heartwarming videos you just need to see. Be the first to…
Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with 665 days in space and 10 spacewalks over three stays aboard the International Space Station, is poised to build on her legacy as one of the consensus “GOATs” — greatest of all time — in the American space program. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry and two stints as…
A team led by the company will join SpaceX in developing vehicles capable of transporting astronauts to the lunar surface on future missions.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un examined a finished military spy satellite, which his country is expected to launch soon, during a visit to an aerospace facility where he described space-based reconnaissance as crucial for countering the US and South Korea. Kim during Tuesday’s visit approved an unspecified “future action plan” in preparations for launching…
Hey Ray: Earthshine 01:58 Those looking up at the night sky this week might spot a faint, ghostly glow illuminating the whole of the moon. The phenomenon, known as the “Da Vinci glow,” is named after the artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci. In addition to his artistic endeavors, the Renaissance-age creator set out to…
Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted water around a rare comet, calling it a “long-sought scientific breakthrough.” Their findings were published on Monday in Nature. Astronomers found water vapor on Comet Read (Comet 238P), a comet located in the main asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. For the first time, water has…
SpaceX rocket launches 50 Starlink satellites into orbit – CBS News Watch CBS News A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 50 Starlink satellites into orbit from California on Wednesday. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
A possible meteorite crashed through the roof of a New Jersey residence this week to the shock of the homeowners, officials said. The four-by-six-inch object struck the ranch-style home on Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road in Hopewell Township on Monday, destroying the hardwood floor, the Hopewell Township Police Department said. “It appears whatever came from…
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is in the midst of testing a new robot that it hopes to deploy into outer space to help answer the age-old question of whether life exists away from Earth. The Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) system is a snake-like robot designed to maneuver through solid and liquid formations while collecting samples….
Sen. Mark Kelly on sending humans to Mars and joining Astronaut Hall of Fame – CBS News Watch CBS News Arizona senator and retired astronaut Mark Kelly will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Sen. Kelly speaks with CBS News’ Catherine Herridge about how soon humans could set foot on Mars…
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The race for space has started anew as a flurry of private and government projects are once again reaching for humanity’s last frontier. In the past week, Gen. Chance Saltzman of the U.S. Space Force said that the new level of activity seen in space exploration was also increasing the level of threat the United…
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A defunct NASA satellite that was expected to plunge back to Earth re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the Sahara Desert, the space agency announced on Thursday. The retired 660-pound Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager spacecraft — or RHESSI — was expected to mostly dissipate into the atmosphere as it plummeted toward…
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