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China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission launch

HAIKOU, China (AP) — China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission,...

Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime position

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now it’s the moon’s turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut...

How a sanctuary outside LA has cared for rare, endangered gibbons for a half-century

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In between morning feedings, the gibbons begin to sing — loudly. Ranging from th...

Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge

Federal officials announced sharp water cuts for the next two years on Friday for three Western states...

Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday,...

What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern...

Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole

NEW YORK (AP) — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive...

Florida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in...

Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet...

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children...

Persistent Etna ash shuts Sicily's busiest airport during peak holiday week

MILAN (AP) — Ash spewing from Sicily's Mount Etna has forced the closure of the Italian island’s...

The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be

NEW YORK (AP) — It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill...

Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts' exposure in solar storms, study suggests

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s...

Millions crowd Spanish cities to see country's first total solar eclipse in over a century

MEDINACELI, Spain (AP) — Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain on Wednesday...

Earthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers as they race against the clock

PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) — Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday,...

Looking to see the solar eclipse from North America? Here's where and when to catch a sliver

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sorry, North America. After winning the cosmic lottery with a pair of coast-to-coast...

Malaysian farmers, environmental groups call for rejection of GMO rice trial

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A coalition of farmers, consumer associations and environmental groups...

As search for thousands of missing pushes on, Colombia earthquake tests new president

PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue crews and civilians in Colombia painstakingly searched through rubble...

Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people

CALI, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing...

Health officials urge caution for Gulf Coast beachgoers during surge of deadly bacterial infections

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during...

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