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Police say they ran toward gunfire during the Highland Park parade but by the time they got there, the shooting had stopped

The gunman who killed 6 people at an Illinois Fourth of July parade opened fire from a nearby rooftop, police said

Supreme Court restricts — but does not end — Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions

China’s Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says

The first dogs evolved from wolves in Asia — and maybe the Middle East — a study of ice age DNA suggests

Illinois braces for out-of-state abortions to double or triple with Roe v. Wade overturned

Taliban calls for aid as it struggles to respond to massive earthquake that killed 1,000 in Afghanistan

Heat wave threatens 100 million people in the US, closing schools and killing cattle. It may last another week.

Shark tooth enamel suggests prehistoric great whites may have competed with giant megalodons for food

Shark tooth enamel suggests prehistoric great whites may have competed with giant megalodons for food

A Los Angeles teen led a fight to shut down urban oil wells, survived cancer, and won a ‘Green Nobel’

A Los Angeles teen led a fight to shut down urban oil wells, survived cancer, and won a ‘Green Nobel’

Watch Boeing launch its Starliner spaceship for NASA on a do-over flight to the International Space Station

A wildfire is burning multimillion-dollar homes in California’s Orange County

Wetenschappers onthullen de eerste foto van het zwarte gat in het hart van onze Melkweg: ‘Het lijkt wel een donut’

12 mei 2022

Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time

12 mei 2022

Scientists might reveal the first photo of our galaxy’s central black hole on Thursday. Watch their announcement live.

Wavering NASA lander detects biggest Mars quake yet, even as dust drains its energy

Despite mounting danger, Americans keep moving to the counties at highest risk for wildfires, floods, and droughts

Changing your personal lifestyle is just a small part of fixing the climate crisis

Bill Nye says Coca-Cola is recycling its way to ‘a world without waste.’ He’s wrong.

Recycling doesn’t keep plastic out of our stomachs, lungs, or blood, experts say

NASA scientist arrested after chaining himself to Chase Bank as part of global climate protests

Scientists say climate solutions like solar power and walkable cities are cheap, doable, and can make a dent in the crisis

The world can turn around the climate crisis this decade, UN report confirms, but governments need to step up

Microplastics discovered in human blood are ‘unsettling.’ Scientists are trying to figure out whether they’re harmful.

Bizarre heat waves strike Arctic and Antarctic poles, raising them 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal

The ozone hole is set to heal by 2060 — a rare climate success story — but wildfires could slow its progress

Watch NASA roll out its moon-bound megarocket for the first time on Thursday evening

European Space Agency is suspending its upcoming Mars mission with Russia over Putin’s ‘aggression’ towards Ukraine

17 mrt 2022

A hotter planet will extend allergy season, researchers say. It could last nearly 2 months longer, with double the pollen.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei breaks Scott Kelly’s spaceflight record

5 days under siege: Ukrainian man describes his family’s escape from Bucha, where fighting is killing civilians

Russian space chief and former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly attack each other on Twitter — calling each other ‘moron’ and ‘child’

Fleeing war: Ukrainian software engineer describes escaping Kyiv with his wife, 2 cats, and half a tank of gas

Rising temperatures put women and girls in danger. Pregnancy drives risk even higher.

Unlivable cities, refugees, extinct animals: UN climate report warns of drastic changes in coming decades

28 feb 2022

Ukrainian Americans watch in horror, unable to help their families, as Russia invades

26 feb 2022

A stunning photo from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals 3 galaxies colliding

A new species of armless dinosaur discovered in Argentina belongs to a family of fearsome predators

NASA scientists say the Tonga volcano eruption shot out the highest ash plume satellites have ever captured

Doctors changed the blood type of human lungs in the lab, opening the door to life-saving universal organs

NASA’s new X-ray space telescope snapped its first image: a stunning exploding star

Elon Musk zegt dat SpaceX z’n Starship-megaraket dit jaar voor het eerst in een baan rond de aarde lanceert

11 feb 2022

Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch its Starship mega-rocket to orbit for the first time this year

Watch Elon Musk share a live update on SpaceX’s Starship megarocket Thursday night

Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn’s north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery

A thriving colony of 300-year-old Arctic sea sponges survives by eating the fossils of extinct worms

Jupiter’s powerful auroras form during a ’tug of war’ between the planet and nearby moon volcanoes

Views from space reveal huge methane leaks in the US and Asia. They could be easy spots to cut emissions and save money.