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Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. Next year, the

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Swoops Past First of 10 Asteroids on Long Journey to Jupiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey

With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments

In a little more than five years – sometime in early 2029 – the world will likely be unable to

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as

The telescope, dubbed Xuntian, will be installed by China’s Tiangong space station and will co-orbit with it, according to a

MOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday revoked the ratification of a global nuclear test

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The possible living face of Peru’s most famous mummy, a teenage Inca girl sacrificed in a

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Greg Schneider scans rows upon rows of liquid-filled glass jars containing coiled snake specimens, just