Map: Here's where the double broods of cicadas will emerge in 2024

For the first time in 221 years, two different broods of cicadas will emerge simultaneously – and some states will be lucky enough to see both groups.

See the asteroid sample a NASA spacecraft took 7 years to bring back to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample canister is no longer holding up science after the curation team at Johnson Space Center removed two fasteners preventing access to the full sample from asteroid Bennu.

Solar eclipse 2024: These U.S. cities are in the path of totality

More than 31 million people live in the path of the Great North American Solar Eclipse, and millions more are expected to flood towns in its path. Here's where you can see it.

Study: Men are better at navigating directions than women but not for the reasons you think

Researchers found that women and men have the same potential for navigational skills and it all depends on the persons' experiences growing up that set them up for their future.

Mountain Lion 'Uno' killed by vehicle in Orange County

F312, a female mountain lion known as "Uno," was killed while attempting to cross Santiago Canyon Road, a familiar route she had navigated successfully in the past.

Japan becomes fifth country to land spacecraft on moon, but probe may soon fail

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.

This is the case that protected a phone falling 16,000 feet

It’s the “drop test of the decade,” according to the company taking credit for the phone’s survival.

NASA's Webb telescope finds glowing surprise on brown dwarf

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study brown dwarfs were surprised to find glowing methane resembling aurora lights on a cold brown dwarf.

NASA to reveal super quiet X-59 supersonic jet

Unlike normal supersonic flights, the X-59 aircraft only creates a sound as loud as a car door closing. NASA describes it as a “gentle sonic thump."

Space Shuttle Endeavour: Crews begin next major phase at California Science Center

An ambitious effort to display the retired space shuttle Endeavour in an upright, launch-ready configuration at the California Science Center began its next major phase Wednesday.

Physics teacher who found plane debris in backyard explains why he thinks iPhone survived

In the hours that followed the frightening blowout on the Alaska Airlines flight, people in one Portland-area neighborhood found themselves on a scavenger hunt for various debris that fell from the sky.

NASA Artemis moon landing delayed until at least 2026

Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and at least two years before landing on it.