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This photo shows a Spotted Lanternfly, in Long Branch, NJ, Aug. 7, 2022. Kill-on-sight requests in New York City and elsewhere are part of an aggressive campaign against an invasive pest that has spread to about a dozen states in eight years.

Squish it! Fighting the spotted lanternfly

This photo shows a Spotted Lanternfly, in Long Branch, NJ, Aug. 7, 2022. Kill-on-sight requests in New York City and elsewhere are part of an aggressive campaign against an invasive pest that has spread to about a dozen states in eight years.

August 23, 2022, 6:00am Life

When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials. Read story

This image provided by NASA shows a false color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The planet's rings and some of its small satellites are visible along with background galaxies.

New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons

This image provided by NASA shows a false color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The planet's rings and some of its small satellites are visible along with background galaxies.

August 22, 2022, 2:47pm Life

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Read story

A Starlink-55 satellite train is seen Saturday night over the National Weather Service in Seattle.

SpaceX Starlink satellite train lights up Northwest night sky

A Starlink-55 satellite train is seen Saturday night over the National Weather Service in Seattle.

August 21, 2022, 10:56am Clark County Life

People in the Northwest took to social media this weekend to ask what that strange string of lights was in the sky, some believing it could be UAP — unidentified aerial phenomena, as they’re now called. Read story

Mount Rainier is seen June 19, 2013 from a helicopter flying south of the mountain and west of Yakima.

Scientists: Mount Rainier’s largest glacier is melting

Mount Rainier is seen June 19, 2013 from a helicopter flying south of the mountain and west of Yakima.

August 21, 2022, 6:03am Life

Dr. Claire Todd walked down loose volcanic rock into a steep valley where the Emmons glacier once stretched into Mount Rainier National Park. She, along with a team of her geology students, then made a 1-mile trek to the end of the glacier, where an ice cave gushed water into… Read story

World’s largest moth is found in Washington

August 19, 2022, 7:31am Northwest

The world’s largest moth was found in a Washington state home, although the species is usually only found in the tropics. Read story

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are seen during their spacewalk on the International Space Station on Wednesday.

Russian spacewalk cut short by bad battery

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are seen during their spacewalk on the International Space Station on Wednesday.

August 17, 2022, 6:13pm Life

A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station on Wednesday when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped. Read story

Colorful bird draws fans to North Carolina

August 16, 2022, 6:32am Life

Bob Karp waited nearly three hours through a hot August Sunday for a glimpse of the painted bunting with its feathers flashing red, green and blue. Read story

A jumping spider (E. arcuata) that is exhibiting leg curling during a REM sleep-like state. (Daniela C.

Researchers ask: Do spiders sleep?

A jumping spider (E. arcuata) that is exhibiting leg curling during a REM sleep-like state. (Daniela C.

August 16, 2022, 6:02am Life

It’s a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Read story

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

GeoGirls all shook up at Mount St. Helens geology, tech camp

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

August 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Middle-school girls shouted over one another as they compared plastic jugs filled with the sediment-laden water — and smattering of insects — they had collected from an outlet of Coldwater Lake. Read story

Experts say Earth is spinning faster, but they’re not sure why

August 9, 2022, 6:06am Life

Time is flying. Literally. Read story