Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden return to Earth, ending private space station trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International...
California bill would ban all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.California already...
Berlin’s zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, who died at what’s believed to be...
BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least...
NASA climate satellite blasts off to survey oceans and atmosphere of a warming Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail.SpaceX launched...
Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That was...
Countdown begins for April’s total solar eclipse. What to know about watch parties and...
The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse.The peak spectacle on...
The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest...
Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for...
Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death...
A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently...
TOKYO (AP) — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from...