Astronomers capture the birth of planets around baby sun outside our solar system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the…

Company’s carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warming

The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000…

EPA employees put names to ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump

A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from the…

US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’

LONDON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support…

Galapagos tortoise celebrates 135th birthday and first Father’s Day at Zoo Miami

MIAMI — A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s…

Chance of Milky Way colliding with galaxy in billions of years? Odds now 50-50: Study

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda…

Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend

BOSTON — An unusual May nor’easter was pulling away from New England on Friday after soaking…

Endangered whales gave birth to few babies this year as population declines

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season,…

Oldest Ant Ever Found: 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Unearthed In Brazil

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the oldest known ant fossil, dating back 113 million…

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things…