February 26, 2024, 9:49am Life
A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Read story
February 23, 2024, 12:36pm Life
Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. Read story
February 22, 2024, 3:58pm Business
A private lander touched down on the moon Thursday but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. Read story
February 22, 2024, 1:39pm Latest News
Photographer Matt McDonald had lived on Puget Sound for years, but had never seen a whale, so he was elated when he spotted a giant marine mammal just off Seattle’s waterfront one evening. Read story
February 21, 2024, 10:00am Latest News
A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a day before it will attempt an even greater feat — landing on the gray, dusty surface. Read story
February 20, 2024, 6:03am Life
The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Read story
February 19, 2024, 11:37am Nation & World
Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. Read story
February 19, 2024, 6:05am Life
Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most were flying back from hunting trips and their cabins were… Read story
February 18, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World
The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them. Read story
February 16, 2024, 10:41am Life
NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall — and it’s double the rubble return goal. Read story
