Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted.

Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet.

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies.

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer.

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers last year.

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.

New research says ancient mummy DNA provides the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.

Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact.

The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has run into trouble.

Scientists are alarmed by the British government's decision to cut funding for the Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who generated both fascination and revulsion around the globe with his “Body Worlds” exhibits of preserved human corpses, has died.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket has blasted off on another test flight, this time carrying 20 of the most advanced Starlinks.

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides.

Rei Ami, known for her singing voice in “KPop Demon Hunters,” recently faced real sharks during a dive.

More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton.

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give extra life to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake has shaken the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people.

America's most daring, extraordinary feat, landing astronauts on the moon, remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere.

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.

SpaceX's next Starship test flight is off until at least next week after a last-second abort on the pad.

Astronomers have discovered a faint new world orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek.

A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms.

A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world’s largest and most complete specimens has sold for a record $50.1 million at an auction.

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than current treatments — by lowering the brain's production of a protein called tau.

A distinguished American marine biologist was shot and killed by three men in the central Philippines at the weekend.

Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries.

China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch, marking a breakthrough for its space program.

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died.

The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year are back in Florida, reunited with their capsule and launch team.

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.

Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir.

Researchers are beginning a highly anticipated study of two possible treatments for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a Trump administration panel studying UFOs.

The largest digital camera ever built is beginning to capture images of unseen corners of the universe in finer detail.

Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67.

Italy is putting on display one of the best known examples of Etruscan painting.

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer.

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.

NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

Drop thousands of Argentina fans into Texas for the World Cup and the debate is inevitable.

Astronomers say a large asteroid will soon harmlessly zip past Earth.

The deadly earthquakes that have struck Venezuela’s northern coast were an event known as a “doublet.”.

A new study suggests humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways dating back 15 million years.

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy.

AI "world models" are the next frontier for computer scientists who see too many limitations in the AI language models behind popular chatbots.

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market.

Tropical Storm Arthur has weakened to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast.

Scientists have found evidence of the oldest known plague, dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought.

African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken central Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least one resident and injuring dozens of people.

Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration.

Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south.

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates.

A reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Japan has resumed operations.

New research shows that extreme floods in coastal areas are becoming more common as climate change causes sea levels to rise.

Scientists have unearthed marine communities thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.

A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe has released its first major findings.

NASA has revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in eventually landing astronauts on the moon.

Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.

Harvard University psychiatrist and author Robert Coles has died.

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people.

Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were told Friday that they were being fired, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of Director Kash Patel.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear.

Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s home within the hive.

NASA's Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead after six months of radio silence.

The Trump administration is dismantling a $386 million network of more than 900 ocean sensors funded by the National Science Foundation.

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.

The British government is sticking to its net-zero goal despite global conflicts affecting energy supplies.

Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.

NASA says a fireball as heavy as an elephant caused the double boom that rang out over New England.

New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer.

Flamingos are flocking to the Venetian Lagoon in record numbers as ecological efforts restore damaged wetlands.

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.

The White House is moving to give political appointees more control over federal grants.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its Florida launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing.

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space.

Residents in the East Java province of Indonesia have scattered flowers and paid their respects and prayed at the edge of a mud lake.

A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has exploded during a test at the launch pad.

New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

A study details a surprising new way into how pigeons find their way home.

Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend.

A new report from the United Nations weather agency gives a three-out-of-four chance that the next five years will average more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.

SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week's test flight.

Robots that look like dogs or people try to replicate symmetrical shapes found in nature.

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II mission.

China has launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with three astronauts heading to its space station.

SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet.

SpaceX's newest and biggest Starship will have to wait at least another day before launching on a test flight from Texas.

A dying star has never looked so lovely.

A heat wave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons.

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions.

Two humpback whales have made record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil.

A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures says it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment.

France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.