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This photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium shows beluga whale Peekachu at the aquarium in Chicago, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Shedd Aquarium via AP)

Beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium days after coming from Canada park in rescue effort

12:13 PM on Thursday, August 27

A beluga whale named Peekachu has died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium days after being transported from a closed Ontario park as part of a rescue effort for Canada's last captive whales

NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors

8:05 AM on Thursday, August 27

Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room

8:04 AM on Thursday, August 27

FILE - Dr. Abhishek Pranayami examines a patient suffering from a heat-related illness amid high temperatures at a district government hospital in Banda, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 19, 2026 (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Heat makes emergency rooms busier. Study shows which illness and injuries rise during hot spells

2:03 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A massive study shows what illnesses and injuries spike in emergency room visits during heat waves in Chicago

Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time

8:39 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during an event with SpaceX announcing a deal to build a new spaceport in his state, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Abbeville, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana

2:29 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets

Humanoid robots are carried off the track after competing in the 100m race during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A Chinese humanoid robot sets a new 100-meter sprint record at Beijing Games

12:31 PM on Tuesday, August 25

A Chinese humanoid robot has set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing

FILE - Onion Portage, a critical migration route for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd along the Kobuk River near Ambler, Alaska, is visible, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)

A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse

9:04 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Alaska's North Slope tundra may look desolate, but crouch down and you'll see a lush jungle

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the combination of the Chang'e-7 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y14 carrier rocket is transferred vertically to the launching area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's Hainan Province on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 . (Yang GuanyuXinhua via AP)

China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission launch

9:39 AM on Sunday, August 23

China has postponed its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission

FILE - A man views the lunar eclipse, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime position

8:01 AM on Saturday, August 22

It's the moon's turn to pull a disappearing act

On-site caretaker Jodi Kleier hands a piece of banana to a gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

How a sanctuary outside LA has cared for rare, endangered gibbons for a half-century

12:01 AM on Saturday, August 22

Over the past 50 years, the Gibbon Conservation Center has become a globally recognized institution dedicated to the care and well-being of gibbons

The Colorado River flows beneath the Glen Canyon Dam at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, near Page, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge

8:00 PM on Friday, August 21

Federal officials have announced sharp water cuts for the next two years for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado River

A marmot named 9 sits outside of her den Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Gothic, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

9:00 AM on Friday, August 21

Fat Marmot Week is coming soon

Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent

8:35 AM on Friday, August 21

FILE - The Harvard Medical School is seen Aug. 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager

6:20 PM on Thursday, August 20

Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains

FILE - The glacial ice avalanche of the Trift Glacier above the village in Saas-Grund, Valais, Switzerland, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (Dominic Steinmann/Keystone via AP, File)

Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps turn up as glacier melts

5:02 AM on Thursday, August 20

Officials say the bodies of two Belgian mountaineers missing for over three decades in the Swiss Alps have been found

Truckload of squid spills into the street in Rhode Island, creating a smelly mess in the summer heat

5:40 PM on Wednesday, August 19

A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK's principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP, File)

Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

3:07 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway participate in an interview while aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (NASA via AP)

What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights

1:47 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space

Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

12:31 PM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration

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