NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station.

NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies for new drug approvals.

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years.

NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts.

It is Carnival season in New Orleans.

The International Space Station is back to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts.

Phoenix is believed to be home to the world's largest colony of rosy-faced lovebirds outside of their native Africa.

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it.

The replacements for the astronauts involved in NASA's first medical evacuation are on their way to the International Space Station.

California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused by the more recognizable and agriculturally valued honey bee.

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other.

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”.

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests.

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: whether gene editing might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.

Engineers are preparing the Ariane 64 rocket for its first launch.

The U.S. has opened its first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades in southern Texas.

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025.

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying millions of bubblegum-colored eggs and tiny bugs called delphacids that can wipe out half a rice field while spreading plant disease.

A new experiment hints that an ape may be able to play pretend like humans do.

A new study reveals that cancer patients diagnosed during the early COVID-19 pandemic had worse short-term survival rates than a similar group before the pandemic.

Elon Musk is bringing the same revolutionary thinking that helped him upend the car industry to the data center business with promises this week to put up to a million new satellites in the sky.

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel.

Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year.

NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a lunar fly-around.

A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which earlier than scientists previously thought.

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.

Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska's North Slope.

NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years.

NASA has delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.

Winter's brutal grip on the U.S. East will continue in the coming days, with subfreezing temperatures reaching into Florida and a potential blizzard threatening the Atlantic coast.

A NASA research plane has landed without its landing gear in Texas, sending plumes of flame behind it.

Scientists say two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools uncovered so far.

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe together.

Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even feet of snow and ice.

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago.

The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The famous science center cracks the top 20 list of science museums in the United States

A new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track space junk by tuning into their sonic booms.

The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy" during the medical crisis.

Handprints on the walls of Indonesian caves may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back at least 67,800 years.

NASA's Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired.

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with extinction by century's end.

A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia’s most populous state in three days.

Every winter, about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park, to fight, mate and give birth.

NASA's giant new moon rocket is finally at the launch pad.

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth because of changing ocean chemistry.

Scientists have uncovered mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia.

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth.

An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth.

Scientists have inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores in an Antarctic vault.

Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

A new study finds that some gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by eavesdropping.

In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.

Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks.

The Philippines has evacuated nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on the foothills of the Mayon Volcano after officials raised the alert level due to recent activity.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a chemical in certain explosives.

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people.

The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will compete for dominance in January skies.

Scientists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University have created the first three-dimensional image of the Popocatépetl volcano's interior.

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded.

Southern Hungary landowner Oszkár Nagyapáti has been battling severe drought on his land.

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026.

Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus.

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky.

A paraplegic engineer has become the first wheelchair user in space, blasting off with Blue Origin.

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery.

The Ursid meteor shower is bringing fiery streaks to nighttime and early morning skies.

The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator.

Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all.

Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F.

Fernando Moreno has been waiting for a kidney transplant for about two years.

A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the eye of conservationists.

A stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth.

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back to further in the Cretaceous period than was previously known.

Chase Sui Wonders always thought she was “kind of funny,” but it was officially confirmed after booking “The Studio” after just one audition.

A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week.

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.

The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines.

It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year.

A new study suggests a single HPV vaccination appears just as effective as two doses at preventing the viral infection that causes cervical cancer.

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job.

Researchers who examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy say data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.

A beloved albino alligator named Claude at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has died at age 30.

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals that are seeing their numbers decline due to the exotic pet trade.

The last supermoon of the year will soon shine in December skies.

The holiday season is a popular time for volunteering, but experts say giving back is beneficial year-round.

The European Space Agency has announced a significant budget increase for the next three years, reaching nearly $26 billion.

A U.S.-Russian crew of three has started a mission at the International Space Station after their launch on a Russian spacecraft.

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of the Butterfly Nebula, a grand and graceful cosmic wonder.

Apple TV has launched “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” a five-part series that brings the Pleistocene era to life with stunning visuals.

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.

Cannabis use among young adults has reached historic levels, with nearly 18 million Americans using marijuana daily in 2022.

As daily cannabis use rises to historic levels in the U.S., some longtime users are finding it harder to quit.

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China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's Tiangong space station.

President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to share scientific data and use artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery, including streamlining the nation’s electric grid.