The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored near Spain’s Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid.

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

Health officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship.

Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.

Kelp, a kind of seaweed, can be used in biofuels that one day could power ships and aircraft.

A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will soon light the sky with debris from Halley’s comet.

Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas.

New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington.

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The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England.

California regulators apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as they settled a lawsuit that claimed a state agency showed political bias against the rocket company and its chief executive.

At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885.

Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic.

The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began.

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer.

The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation.

Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of one of the victims of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution.

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago.

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including depression.

A massive ice block on the route above Mount Everest's base camp is delaying climbers seeking to scale the world's highest peak.

Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month for a historic lunar flyby: Pure excitement and the potential for so much more.

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.

A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system.

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity.

There’s a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips.

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it.

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky.

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity.

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield.

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States.

Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future.

With NASA's lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash, the space agency already has the next Artemis flight in its sights.

Artemis II's moon-traveling astronauts are back home and feted to a thunderous welcome.

Marine heat waves are supercharging the damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe.

The first astronauts to visit the moon in more than a half-century are home.

The Artemis II astronauts are tidying up their lunar cruiser for Friday's “fireball” return to Earth.

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

Lunar love knows no bounds.

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data.

A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples.

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station.

The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8.

The Artemis II astronauts have completed their record-breaking trip around the moon.

The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting rave reviews more than halfway to the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon.

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated.

A seabird native to Hawaii is flourishing in the middle of Honolulu's concrete towers, traffic-clogged roads and Waikiki hotels.

An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they can test how to fix a life-threatening irregular heartbeat before treating the real organ.

Elon Musk’s space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public, according to two sources familiar with the filing, a blockbuster offering that is likely to rank as the biggest ever and make its founder the world’s first trillionaire.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon.

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter.

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

The first-year program connects classrooms with employers who operate electric heavy-duty vehicles and need skilled workers.

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.

Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the universe's mass.

The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice to study the flora and fauna below.

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated.

Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied.

Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive.

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

Previously unreleased photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong in the aftermath of a space mission that almost took his life.

The White House is laying out a new framework that it wants Congress to use to shape national rules for artificial intelligence without curbing growth in the sector.

NASA's moon rocket is back at the launch pad following hangar repairs.

Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous weather extremes.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

A new study challenges a site that's crucial to our understanding of how people got to the Americas.

In their two decades making movies together, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have shown a particular talent in making inanimate objects come alive.

American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline’s flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.

A suspected meteor that fell from the sky over the Cleveland area shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.

Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

Thousands of snow geese touch down at a Pennsylvania reservoir each spring, turning sunrise into a loud, swirling liftoff that draws big crowds.

The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow.

NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.

An old NASA science satellite is no more.

King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual.

Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing temporary closures on the Big Island.

The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases.