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A record number of people applied to be astronauts this year, just as NASA prepares for the revival of America's crewed spaceflight program.

Extremely intense Tropical Cyclone Winston is on course to make a direct hit on Fiji's capital this weekend.

One of the leading figures who helped craft the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change is stepping down from her post.

The unveiling of the new SpaceShipTwo signals the beginning of Virgin Galactic's second act after a fatal 2014 accident.

Scientists may have discovered why some asteroids appear to be missing from the cosmic pool.

The Obama administration is paying to relocate a native tribe whose land is sinking beneath the rising seas of the Gulf of Mexico.

The light from the Big Bang itself is helping scientists study a black hole in deep space.

The record El Niño has not bailed California out of its drought woes. If the state doesn't get hit by several storms soon, the situation will grow more dire.

January of 2016 saw the largest temperature anomaly Earth has recorded since at least the late 19th century, NASA found.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death makes it more likely that President Obama's global warming plan will be upheld.

"We can observe the universe in this new way; not using light, but using gravity."

So long, Philae, and thanks for the memories.

The extreme cosmic crash sounds oddly like a chirp.

One of the coldest air masses in years is going to hit the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Valentine's Day.

Gravitational waves have raised people's hopes for the eventual development of time travel technology.

The biggest astrophysics story in decades - the detection of gravitational waves, was first revealed when journalists spotted a cake.

Nearly 3,000 climate scientists from around the world denounced Australia's plan to slash climate research at the nation's top science agency.

The surprising move to put the plan on hold is a big win for conservatives.

The first-ever carbon emissions standards for aviation were rolled out on Monday, but they are being criticized as weak.

Scientists may have finally found evidence of gravitational waves, confirming one of Albert Einstein's boldest predictions.

Explore a Martian sand dune in a new 360-degree video from NASA.

Decisions made in the next couple of decades about reducing greenhouse gas emissions will determine the severity of global warming -- including potentially catastrophic sea level rise -- for the next 10,000 years, per a new study.

A severe cold snap is set to overtake the eastern U.S. for Valentine's Day weekend.

North Korea is once again rattling nerves on the Korean Peninsula, this time by testing a rocket.

“For the Arctic, this is definitely the strangest winter I’ve ever seen."