The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon.

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated.

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they can test how to fix a life-threatening irregular heartbeat before treating the real organ.

Elon Musk’s space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public, according to two sources familiar with the filing, a blockbuster offering that is likely to rank as the biggest ever and make its founder the world’s first trillionaire.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice to study the flora and fauna below.

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated.

Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied.

Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive.

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

The White House is laying out a new framework that it wants Congress to use to shape national rules for artificial intelligence without curbing growth in the sector.

NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs.

Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous weather extremes.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

In their two decades making movies together, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have shown a particular talent in making inanimate objects come alive.

A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

Thousands of snow geese touch down at a Pennsylvania reservoir each spring, turning sunrise into a loud, swirling liftoff that draws big crowds.

The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow.

NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.

King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual.

Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing temporary closures on the Big Island.

The FDA is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases.

Tomoko Kobayashi reopened her inn in northeastern Fukushima to bring a sense of normal life back to her deserted hometown five years after the nuclear disaster.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Arizona was bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and who were buried as unknowns in a Honolulu cemetery.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys.

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo.

The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

A triceratops skeleton that once greeted visitors at a Wyoming museum is heading to an online auction as dinosaur prices keep soaring.

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.

NASA is revamping its Artemis moon landing program.

A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse.

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic analysis.

NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical evacuation.

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court.

NASA is moving its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar for more repairs.

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

Meteorologists say the powerful nor’easter smacking the Northeast is a classic, record-setting blizzard.

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a system for approving customized drugs and medical treatments for patients with rare or hard-to-treat diseases.

A horse's signature whinny comes from a combination of whistling and singing.

Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the end of February, and most can be seen with the naked eye.

NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar for more repairs.

NASA’s new moon rocket has suffered another setback, with astronauts’ lunar trip now off until spring.

NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test.

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.

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 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.

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025.

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 a leak while fueling its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test before sending 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 delayed astronauts' upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.

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.

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.

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.

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.