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NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around...

Karina rapidly becomes a major hurricane in the Pacific far from land, forecasters say

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Karina formed Sunday in the Pacific Ocean and swiftly intensified into a dangerous...

Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated...

Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year received the nation’s highest...

SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has pulled off its biggest salvage operation yet, recovering its...

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chun...

Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Elon Musk's space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a massive new spacepor...

A Chinese humanoid robot sets a new 100-meter sprint record at Beijing Games

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing...

A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse

TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska (AP) — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North Slope tundra can loo...

China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission launch

HAIKOU, China (AP) — China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission,...

Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime position

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now it’s the moon’s turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut...

How a sanctuary outside LA has cared for rare, endangered gibbons for a half-century

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In between morning feedings, the gibbons begin to sing — loudly. Ranging from th...

Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge

Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states...

Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday,...

What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern...

Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole

NEW YORK (AP) — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive...

Florida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in...

Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet...

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children...

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