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FILE - This image provided by NASA and captured by the Artemis II crew from lunar orbit, April 6, 2026, shows the Moon eclipsing the Sun. (NASA via AP, File)

August’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

4:25 AM on Saturday, August 1

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

FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon

5:00 AM on Friday, July 31

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

FILE - A firefighter carries a hose while battling a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

3:00 PM on Thursday, July 30

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

This photo provided by Bernardo Arriaza shows the Camarones coast on Nov. 2, 2018, in Northern Chile, where scientists found evidence of ancient smallpox infections. (Bernardo Arriaza via AP)

Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

11:16 AM on Thursday, July 30

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

thegeekconf Mini 2026, Powered by GeekyAnts, Set to Address the Agentic AI Production Gap

10:40 AM on Thursday, July 30

Not all Coloradans want to share their cities with Canada geese and their poop – a wildlife manager shares the control methods that work

5:11 AM on Thursday, July 30

FILE - A herd of elephants grazes in Amboseli National Park in Kajiado, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenya says 15 elephants died of cyanide poisoning after eating tomatoes from nearby farms

1:49 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Fifteen elephants in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by cyanide-contaminated tomatoes, according to wildlife authorities

FILE - A firefighter monitors a firing operation while battling a wildfire called the Bench Fire in Warm Springs, Ore., July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing

9:01 PM on Tuesday, July 28

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

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK's principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP, File)

Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into its own trouble

2:33 PM on Tuesday, July 28

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

FILE - Members of a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of space travel stand in the dish of the The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, England Thursday Oct. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Jon Super, file)

The future of the UK's renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut

8:55 AM on Tuesday, July 28

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

This aerial image shows the damaged AEON Mall following an earthquake in Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan's southern Kyushu island killing at least 3

12:45 AM on Tuesday, July 28

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has shaken Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, killing at least three people and leaving dozens of others missing or injured

FILE - Doctor Gunther von Hagens, anatomist, inventor of and creator of Body Worlds The Original Exhibitions of Real Human Bodies known as Germany's 'Dr Death' , is seen in front of one of his works in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, June 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta, file)

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist behind the 'Body Worlds' exhibition, dies at 81

6:38 AM on Monday, July 27

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

EON Resources Inc. Announces Results of Engineering and Petrophysics Study in Its South Justis Unit

3:30 AM on Monday, July 27

FILE- A sea lion swims over sea grass in San Diego's La Jolla Cove on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Federal officials investigate after a video appears to show a person kicking a California sea lion

8:30 AM on Sunday, July 26

Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California

FILE - Cooling tower three with one and two in the background operate at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice

6:00 AM on Sunday, July 26

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world

A US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS

3:34 AM on Sunday, July 26

A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station

FILE - A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens north of Sydney, Australia, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Whale 'supergroups' show numbers are rebounding from hunting. But Iran war holds dangers for them

7:23 PM on Saturday, July 25

A renowned wildlife photographer says he and his wife documented the rare sight of around 300 humpback whales coming together off the coast of South Africa in what's known as a whale “supergroup.”

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks

3:52 PM on Friday, July 24

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

More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them

5:01 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

5:20 AM on Tuesday, July 7

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