Oct 09 These 6 new images from the Hubble telescope shed light on distant galaxies By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here’s a look at the recent Hubble images NASA released in honor of “galaxy week.”… Continue reading
Sep 29 What mud cracks on Mars tell us about whether life could have formed on the planet By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Researchers believe the cracks experienced sustained wet-dry cycles, which may be key to creating conditions that could cultivate the building blocks of life. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 7:52 What scientists hope to learn from asteroid sample returned to Earth on NASA spacecraft By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin You may have heard about a NASA probe that successfully brought some samples from a deep-space asteroid back to Earth. It took four billion miles to get them, but researchers believe it will be worth it. You also may be… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: GOP hardliner blasts McCarthy's plan to avoid government shutdown In our news wrap Sunday, House negotiations to avoid a government shutdown enter their final week, France is ending its military presence in Niger, talks continued in the auto workers and Hollywood strikes, NASA retrieved its first asteroid samples from… Continue watching
Sep 24 WATCH: NASA holds news conference after retrieval of capsule from OSIRIS-REx By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press In a flyby of Earth, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released the capsule containing NASA’s first asteroid samples from 63,000 miles out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returns an asteroid soil sample to Earth By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Experts say the rocks and dust the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft plucked from an asteroid named Bennu will fuel scientific research for generations. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:17 News Wrap: U.S. auto industry nears a historic strike In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. auto industry neared a historic strike as the United Auto Workers union and the Detroit Big Three continue bargaining, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dared a hard-right Republican faction today to oust him or… Continue watching
Sep 14 WATCH: NASA report says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFO sightings By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press An independent team commissioned by NASA cautions that the negative perception surrounding UFOs poses an obstacle to collecting data. Continue reading
Sep 12 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks U.S. record for longest spaceflight By Associated Press NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. Continue reading
Aug 29 WATCH: NASA reviews plan to recover Bennu asteroid sample via OSIRIS-REx By Bella Isaacs-Thomas NASA researchers on Wednesday will share how they plan to retrieve rock samples plucked from the surface of an ancient asteroid next month. Continue reading