Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.

President Donald Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday.

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos."

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America.

A federal judge in Vermont has granted a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher release from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. Colleagues and academics testified Wednesday on Kseniia Petrova’s behalf, saying she is doing valuable research in pursuing cures for cancer.

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.

SpaceX has launched its Starship mega rocket again after back-to-back explosions.

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

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

Japan plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima prefecture on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office.

Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone.

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

An unusual May nor’easter is pulling away from New England after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.

The efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students have struck at the core of the Ivy League school’s identity and unsettled current and prospect students around the world.

With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic.

An unusual May nor’easter is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.

New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans.

We're catching up with our favorite STEM family, The Listers! From a billboard in times square to a STEM carnival in Africa -- Crystal, Kevin, Krissy, and Kinsley Lister have been busy! We'll find out what they've been up to and all the ways they continue to spread science, math, engineering, and technology education with the world. Plus, they showed us how to get lit in Studio B with a fun and fiery science experiment.

Scientists have identified molecules from blood and urine that may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods.

Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

Scientists have found evidence of monkey kidnappings in Panama.

Health agencies working under Robert F.

Morocco is expanding its efforts to humanely manage the millions of stray dogs that roam the country's streets.

Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight.

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos.

The FBI is disbanding a Washington-based squad that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials.

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water.

A new study shows two species of early human ancestors used their hands for both climbing and tool-making.

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye.

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth.

The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks.

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.

New experiments show eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple times on a beach in Oregon.

A new study out in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment finds that wildfires fueled by climate change are linked to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic burden.

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws.

A private lunar lander from Japan is now orbiting the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.

The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a broad reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs that some activists worry will harm the agency’s independent scientific research.

Some Denver parents got texts during this winter's brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids.

As the federal government rolls back fishing restrictions in the Pacific Remote Islands, California is reviewing its network of marine protected areas.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have included a wide range of attacks on environmental and climate initiatives, and his proposed budget does the same.

Two major scientific societies say they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.

A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking.

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years.

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.

A federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history.

At the 151st Kentucky Derby, a global spotlight will shine on equine athleticism.

Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months on China’s space station.

The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the U.S., where thousands have come under scrutiny in a Trump administration crackdown that has left many afraid of being deported.

"The studies will contribute to the global knowledge base in human research, Earth observation, and life, biological, and material sciences, showcasing the space research capabilities of the crew’s home nations," Axiom Space said in a statement.

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions.

Amazon's first internet satellites are in orbit.

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.

People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid recent advancements in the growing field of genetic science.

The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers.

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector.

Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation.

A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild.

A spaceship carrying three astronauts has docked with China's space station in the latest crew rotation.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has shaken Istanbul and other areas in Turkey.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space.

Surprising science and life in our backyard ocean

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby.

Scientists say a newly discovered green comet likely has broken apart and won’t be visible to the naked eye.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid.

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet.

A new global survey finds that endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide.

Honey has been a staple in natural medicine for centuries, but despite its health benefits, experts remind consumers it is still a form of sugar and should be used in moderation and (if possible) knowing different types of high-quality honey.

The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species.

A colossal squid has been captured on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars.

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours.

In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy.

A strong solar storm is headed to Earth and this could cause colorful aurora displays in parts of the United States.

The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country.

Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.

Our Chief Meteorologist received this letter in my inbox with this attached photo about some unusual cloud formation while they were on a cruise in Galveston. Here's what he discovered.

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body.