Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.
With NASA's lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash, the space agency already has the next Artemis flight in its sights.
The Artemis II astronauts are tidying up their lunar cruiser for Friday's “fireball” return to Earth.
Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.
March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data.
The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.
A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples.
The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.
The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting rave reviews more than halfway to the moon.
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.
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, 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.