Private US lander destroyed during reentry after failed mission to moon, company says
A U.S. company's failed moonshot has ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific
January 19, 2024A U.S. company's failed moonshot has ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific
January 19, 2024Iran says it has launched a satellite into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the West fears improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles
January 20, 2024The EPA’s newest assessment of water quality and nutrient pollution in U.S. rivers and streams shows almost no progress on cutting the nitrogen pollution that comes primarily from farm chemical runoff
January 21, 2024Federal officials are recommending that airlines inspect the door plugs on more Boeing 737s after one of the panel blew off a Boeing jet in midflight
January 22, 2024Officials say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region has killed at least three people and caused extensive damage in freezing weather
January 22, 2024The CEOs of Alaska Airlines and United Airlines say they are frustrated and angry about ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing
January 23, 2024Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in new satellite imagery
January 23, 2024A science-oriented advocacy group has announced that their famous “Doomsday Clock” will remain at just 90 seconds before midnight for a second year as several existential threats endanger life on Earth
January 23, 2024The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world
January 24, 2024Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins
January 24, 2024The company seeking permits to mine minerals just outside the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators
January 24, 2024Congress is getting involved in examining safety at Boeing after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in midflight
January 24, 2024Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear
January 24, 2024A Montana felon previously convicted of killing eagles to sell their parts on the black market has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for related gun violations
January 24, 2024Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although it appears to be sitting upside-down
January 25, 2024NASA says its little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight
January 25, 2024Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development
January 25, 2024Officials say scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died
January 25, 2024Those grounded Boeing jets are coming back starting Friday
January 25, 2024Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research
January 26, 2024A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic says it will abandon the tactic and move on to holding what it calls “disobedient assemblies.”
January 29, 2024The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe
January 30, 2024Many scientists have long assumed that moths and other flying insects were simply drawn to bright lights
January 30, 2024Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and snarling Parisian traffic with barricades of tractors and hay bales
January 30, 2024Researchers say the number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was
January 30, 2024