The minimum distance between Mars and Earth is about 34 million miles, according to NASA.
The stellar nursery in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex features about 50 young stars, all similar to Earth's sun or smaller.
A team of Harvard researchers is investigating fragments of what they believe could be alien technology. The pieces were from a meteor that landed in the ocean near Papua New Guinea back in 2014. Professor Avi Loeb, who leads the research team, joins CBS News to explain the findings.
The forecast for the aurora borealis has changed.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the flare, which peaked on Sunday.
NASA unveiled a stunning image of the ringed planet and several of its moons.
The telescope will photograph billions of galaxies across the past 10 billion years to monitor how they were affected by dark energy and matter.
The commercial space race is heating up. Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first flight with paying customers Thursday. Danya Bacchus has more.
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial space flight Thursday, sending three Italian researchers, two company pilots and an astronaut trainer on a high-speed thrill ride to the edge of space aboard a winged rocket plane. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood has more.
Virgin Galactic successfully launched its first paying customers to the edge of space.
"We're starting to open up this new window on the universe," one astrophysicist said.
Virgin Galactic will be sending its first commercial flight to space on Thursday. The Italy-based crew will take a 90-minute journey from New Mexico and reach an altitude of 55 miles. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood joins "Prime Time" to discuss what to expect from the spaceflight.
When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.
The Buck Supermoon will appear brighter than the average full moon.
The asteroid appears small in the images but was estimated to be up to 30 feet in diameter, according to NASA data.
