The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers.

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost.

An oncologist traveling on a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak says he's the lone American isolated at a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska.

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago.

The 2025 aerial mapping study, which tracks seagrass extent across the 156-mile lagoon, from Volusia County down to Jupiter, shows a 72% increase in seagrass coverage since 2023.

Neil deGrasse Tyson has turned his lifelong fascination with aliens into a new book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”.

Experts are trying to solve a major problem in Florida. And the solution may be to eat it.

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.

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.

A recent study shows that two destructive termites are spreading much farther throughout the state than experts initially predicted.

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 a man killed in 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 major 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 earlier this month for a historic lunar flyby.

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.

A group of New Smyrna Beach homeowners is making history — and racing against the clock to do it. After a three-and-a-half-year battle with state and county officials, residents along the beachfront have received the green light to build what will be the city’s first-ever natural coquina rock revetment. There’s just one catch: it has to be finished by May 1 — the start of sea turtle nesting season.

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

Sinkholes are common in Florida. There's even "Sinkhole Alley" that's not too far from Orlando. If you're new to the concept, here's what you need to know.

A cosmic visitor is racing through our inner solar system and for a short time, you can catch a glimpse. To see Comet (C/2025 R3), also known as Panstarrs after the discovering observatory, you’ll likely need help from a pair of binoculars or a telescope.

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.

Could your next prescription be a plate of beans?

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.

As the record-breaking Artemis II mission inspires millions around the world, some of Central Florida’s little space enthusiasts are getting some well-deserved recognition too.

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

The Artemis II mission has made history while pushing the limits of science and humanity.

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.

Florida's worst drought in 25 years is leading to dangerous quicksand-like conditions for farm animals in Central Florida.

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.

Many Florida residents may have seen these issues pop up at natural springs across the state. But researchers now say they may have figured out the solution.

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.

Volunteers in Volusia County are sounding the alarm after a dramatic spike in stranded sea turtles washing ashore — and they need the public’s help.

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.

With the charge of “for all of humanity,” the four astronauts launched toward the moon Wednesday in a historic launch for the 32-story Space Launch System rocket and the Artemis II mission.

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.

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.

You have likely seen tussock moth caterpillars around your home or at local parks in the past few weeks. These hairy insects can give you a rash if you touch them.

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.

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.

The Orlando Science Center is renovating its theater into the new Dome by Dr. Phillips Charities, featuring 8K digital projection, upgraded surround sound, 315 new seats and an immersive lobby with LED walls ahead of an anticipated summer opening.

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.