SPACE

We’re going to get a look at the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope today.

The White House is unveiling the first image from NASA's new space telescope and it's the deepest view of the cosmos ever captured.

We’re going to get a look at the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope next month.

Have you had a UFO experience in Michigan? Maybe you’ve seen something you couldn’t explain? We want to hear all about it.

A House panel is going to hold a public hearing on “unidentified aerial phenomena,” also known as UFOs.

Welcome to Sunday, Motown.

Stormy weather continues through the midnight hour and during the early hours of Monday. A total lunar eclipse will occur late Sunday night into early Monday morning.

Once the rain clears out of Metro Detroit this weekend, we’re in for a late-night treat: A total lunar eclipse!

The Event Horizon Telescope has captured the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently captured images of the gear that helped the Perseverance rover land on Mars.

A NASA Earth scientist goes into detail about what kind of projects are being utilized to give us more information about our home planet.

The council says it will encourage biodiversity and help it achieve net-zero carbon emissions.

I feel guilty because this is an old friend, but I’ve found our conversations to be such a bummer.

One private astronaut is promising to take his crew closer to the moon than anyone has been since the last Apollo mission.

There's a lot happening in space lately -- here's a roundup of what's new this week, including a tree stump of sorts on a different planet, Earth has a new companion and the International Space Station will come crashing to Earth soon.

This past week has been a busy one in the space world: We’re talking about a telescope’s final destination one million miles from Earth, four tons of metal barreling toward the moon and a mystery in the cosmos that is baffling scientists.

Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) won’t be this close for another 200 years.

There are fears items like the clock recovered from the disaster will be lost once their keepers die.

We all know from Star Trek that space is the final frontier, and in 2021 we saw a big jump in space exploration. Now, if you want to get closer to the stars you can see a new exhibit in Metro Detroit that will take you on a journey to our future.

After 25 years of development, NASA launched the James Webb Telescope last weekend.

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

Among the space events to watch in the coming year is the collision between a NASA probe and an asteroid in the autumn of 2022. The DART mission. VIDEOGRAPHIC

An annual NBC tradition is airing “It’s a Wonderful Life” on Christmas Eve -- but there’s something you might not know.

The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak this week and we’ll have a shot to see it in Michigan skies.

This year has been an extraordinary year for space travel.

The jury in Kyle Rittenhouse's case reached agreement, but the nation remains bitterly divided over gun rights and social justice

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the year is happening early Friday, and people in all 50 states will be able to view it.

The actor shares a post from Rust's costume designer following the death of Halyna Hutchins.

Was it a meteor, like we saw a few years ago in Metro Detroit? Experts don’t think so.

A large, mysterious fireball lit up the sky early Wednesday morning across Michigan, the Midwest and even Canada.

What in the world was that?!

The prestigious Riba Stirling Prize for architecture is won by a Kingston University London complex.

Actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, will fly on board New Shepard NS-18. They will join crewmates Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries for the flight.

The vigil is being held in the town where the murder suspect was arrested.

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder. They helped to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. (Oct. 5)

Campaigners say including extremist narratives among everyday conversations can be a pathway to radicalisation.

Watch the SpaceX 'Inspriation4' launch scheduled to take off on Sept. 15, 2021.

Smoke alarms went off at the Russian segment of the International Space Station in the early hours of Thursday, and the crew reported noticing smoke and the smell of burnt plastic.

It didn't matter that I'd been looking at pictures of it for years — being in America was very, very foreign to me, from the food to the social life.

The small helicopter that landed on Mars with rover Perseverance has exceeded expectations, flying for the 12th time on the red planet and capturing the landscape like never before.

Box office takings in the past month are half of their pre-pandemic levels.

The peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower is almost here!

NASA is looking for volunteers to help them simulate a mission to the Red Planet.

Sunday’s episode of Tech Time is about detecting microplastics in the ocean from space.

We’re lucky to get fleeting moments throughout the year when we can witness beautiful sights in the sky. Thanks to space experts, we’re fortunate enough to have a heads up as to when we’ll get the best view of them.

Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.

The small helicopter flying on Mars hasn’t just been successful -- it’s been overachieving.

Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson is streaking toward space aboard his own winged rocket ship in his boldest adventure yet.

The UK businessman is about to realise a lifetime's ambition by flying to the edge of space.

Here are the 10 fact checks that most captivated — or angered — readers so far in 2021.

The U.S. Space Force has a new primer for activities beyond Earth orbit amid increased NASA and international interest in lunar activities.

If you’ve missed any of the celestial events that have happened this year already -- the Pink Moon in April or the recent solar eclipse, to name a couple -- you’ve got one more chance to witness a rare supermoon this year, and it’s happening this week.

Employee at a Top Workplaces firm adapted his home into a remote mailroom

Overnight Wednesday (Detroit time), the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking part of the sun and casting its shadow on the earth.

Animal spaceflights paved the way for the first human astronauts, and today, creatures big and small continue to space travel, advancing our knowledge of how the zero-gravity environment impacts all beings and aiding research down on Earth.

General Motors (GM) and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to develop a new lunar vehicle for NASA's Artemis program.

A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may provide a brief light show for residents of the eastern United States and Bermuda.

NASA chose Alan Shepard, Jr. to be the first American to enter space inside the Freedom 7 capsule on May 5, 1961.

A painting by Edinburgh-born artist Robert Scott Lauder is the focus of a major conservation project.

Astronomers call for the United Nations to protect the pristine night sky against light pollution from megaconstellations.

For its third Mars flight, NASA's small Mars chopper flew at speeds and distances well beyond what had ever been previously tested here on Earth.

This week, NASA will start preparing for the possibility of an asteroid hitting the earth in the future.

The first flight lasted just 30 seconds with Ingenuity simply taking off, hovering 10 feet above the ground and touching down again. Each flight will get more complicated.

One of the goals of NASA’s Mars Rover, Perseverance, is to test new technology that could support future human missions to the Red Planet.

An interactive exhibit is being held at the Somerset Collection.

The U.S. Department of Defense recently confirmed that a 2019 video that captured apparent unidentified flying objects is an authentic video.

NASA collected data from their small helicopter Ingenuity on Monday morning that revealed its successful flight on mars -- the first controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight.

SAGINAW COUNTY, MI - Buena Vista Township is looking for residents to weigh in on the process of transforming its former high school building into a new space, which the township envisions will include a farmer’s market. The township purchased the building from Saginaw Public School District in July 2020, after it closed when the district dissolved in 2013. Input from residents will help the township gather ideas beyond its own, start putting them into a plan and begin development, Dillard said. The township is aiming to have the space at least partially open for business by 2023, she said. One-stop shop.”Read more:Buena Vista Township buys former BV high school from Saginaw school districtSaginaw man sentenced to 93 days in jail for punching dog to death has credit for 150 days served43% haven’t eaten in a restaurant since Michigan dine-in ban ended, survey indicates

NASA is getting ready for yet another historic flight: A 4-pound helicopter is being prepared to fly on Mars. During a news briefing on Tuesday, NASA officials and engineers talked about preparations for the upcoming maiden voyage of the small helicopter, named Ingenuity. AdSee: Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopperNASA is hoping to fly the small Ingenuity on April 8. NASA’s successfully landed its Mars Rover Perseverance on Feb. 18 this year near an ancient river delta in the Jezero Crater to search for signs of ancient microscopic life. AdMore: Check out these new photos from Mars Rover ‘Perseverance’Related: Dream realized: Rochester Hills native named NASA flight director