Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. On Wednesday, ...

The MAVEN orbiter spent 11 years studying Mars and supporting rover missions before NASA declared the spacecraft ...

A maze none have escaped from, a tavern full of secrets, Tolkien inspired adventures, and much more are in this week's 5E ...

UK has today published the findings of a survey of its UK defence technology members, warning that prolonged uncertainty ...

Blurring the lines between East Coast-influenced hip-hop, Viz-styled spoken word, minimalist electronica and punk rock, Sleaford Mods are the last of the great cult bands. Armed only with a mic and a ...

Planet Fitness acknowledged marketing missteps and showed slower growth in the crucial first few months of the year Planet Fitness added about 700,000 members in the first quarter, fewer than in the ...

Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped Pluto of its planetary status, reclassifying the icy ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for Pluto to be reclassified as a planet. Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006 because it has not cleared its orbital path of ...

Many of us are old enough to have grown up with the idea of nine planets orbiting the Sun. In 2006, however, a controversial decision in the astronomy community resulted in the official list being cut ...

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. Is it the ...

Pluto was considered the ninth planet for 76 years after its discovery in 1930. Then in 2006, the International Astronomical Union redefined what counts as a planet. Pluto failed one key rule — ...

The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts sharply with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, minerals altered by water, and other geological traces indicate that the ...