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This image made available by NASA shows the complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).

NASA’s Juno gets up close to Jupiter’s moon Europa

This image made available by NASA shows the complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).

October 4, 2022, 6:02am Life

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Read story

A boater gets an up-close view of the ???bathtub ring??? on Lake Mead ??? evidence of its low water level ??? while touring Hoover Dam. (Allen J.

Low Lake Mead reveals prehistoric volcanic ash, potential risks, study says

A boater gets an up-close view of the ???bathtub ring??? on Lake Mead ??? evidence of its low water level ??? while touring Hoover Dam. (Allen J.

October 3, 2022, 6:00am Nation & World

Boats and bodies aren’t the only things revealing secrets at Lake Mead. Read story

This combination of images provided by NASA shows three different views of the DART spacecraft impact on the asteroid Dimorphos on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. At left is the view from a forward camera on DART, upper right the Hubble Space Telescope and lower right the James Webb Space Telescope.

Space telescopes capture asteroid slam with striking clarity

This combination of images provided by NASA shows three different views of the DART spacecraft impact on the asteroid Dimorphos on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. At left is the view from a forward camera on DART, upper right the Hubble Space Telescope and lower right the James Webb Space Telescope.

September 29, 2022, 1:20pm Life

The world now has stunning new photos of this week’s asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind. Read story

Two bird watchers photograph thousands of snow geese at the Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area on March 24, 2017, outside Fairfield, Mont. A new online atlas of bird migration, published Sept. 15, draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas.

New online atlas tracks migration of birds

Two bird watchers photograph thousands of snow geese at the Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area on March 24, 2017, outside Fairfield, Mont. A new online atlas of bird migration, published Sept. 15, draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas.

September 27, 2022, 6:03am Life

A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey. The tiny songbird flies nearly 4,000 miles between Canada’s spruce forests and its wintering grounds in northern South America. Read story

Bees gather pollen from a palm flower June 28 in Los Angeles.

Court rules bumblebees can be classified as ‘fish’

Bees gather pollen from a palm flower June 28 in Los Angeles.

September 27, 2022, 6:03am Life

In a move that could allow a broad range of insects to be considered for endangered species status, the state Supreme Court has found that California bumblebees can be protected under the law as a type of fish. Read story

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupts near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Jan. 14, 2015. The volcano shot millions of tons of water vapor high up into the atmosphere, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Eruption added tons of water vapor to atmosphere

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupts near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Jan. 14, 2015. The volcano shot millions of tons of water vapor high up into the atmosphere, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

September 27, 2022, 6:02am Life

When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts. Read story

This illustration depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left.

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

This illustration depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left.

September 26, 2022, 5:16pm Latest News

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Read story

FILE - The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA mission managers decided Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter due to Hurricane Ian's uncertain path.

Hurricane forces NASA moon rocket to shelter; launch on hold

FILE - The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA mission managers decided Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter due to Hurricane Ian's uncertain path.

September 26, 2022, 10:19am Life

Hurricane Ian is prompting NASA to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter, adding weeks of delay to the lunar-orbiting test flight. Read story

Judith Kolar carefully applies a small numbered tag to the wing of a monarch butterfly at the Lakeview Community Garden at Diversey on Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago.

Monarch butterflies tagged with stickers in Chicago garden as they migrate south

Judith Kolar carefully applies a small numbered tag to the wing of a monarch butterfly at the Lakeview Community Garden at Diversey on Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago.

September 25, 2022, 1:55pm Life

Near the driving range in Chicago’s Lakeview area, a faint but sweet smell floats in the air. One can follow it to a collection of beds where flowers sprout, surrounding a community garden in which vegetables and herbs grow. Read story

This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART is expected to zero in on the asteroid Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock.

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART is expected to zero in on the asteroid Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock.

September 22, 2022, 11:31am Nation & World

In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. Read story