Florida men paddleboard across alligator-infested lake to raise awareness for conservation efforts

Right before sunrise on New Year's Eve, Mason Gravely, 33, from Palmetto, and Jordon Wolfram, 32, from Lakeland, launched their paddleboards for a 34-mile trek across Lake Okeechobee.

Star Trek fans get ready for upcoming ULA launch from Florida that will carry ashes of show's stars into space

When ULA’s Vulcan rocket launches next week, it will be carrying some very special and unique cargo: ashes and DNA samples from late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and several of the show's deceased actors.

Astronomers reveal what Uranus and Neptune really look like

For years, Neptune was shown to be “too blue" but researchers with the University of Oxford used modeling to show Uranus and Neptune are closer in color.

VIDEO: Florida Bald eagle does fast breaststroke across the water with fish in talons

Have you ever seen a bald eagle swim across the water? A Florida woman captured a bald eagle appearing to do the breaststroke across the water, while it had a fish in its talons.

Ashes of loved ones launch to space
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A local Central Florida's woman ashes are being launched to space on a ULA rocket early Monday morning. Her ashes are joining seven of the original StarTrek members' ashes also.

Astrobotic aims for first commercial Moon landing with launch Monday carrying NASA science

NASA is heading back to the Moon as soon as this Monday, but this time, the agency is flying commercial with Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company aiming to become the first private business to land on the Moon.

LIST: Here are the rocket launches happening from Florida through spring 2024

This year will be a great time to have your eyes on the skies! Florida's Space Coast has a busy 2023 ahead with rocket launches planned from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Ashes of original 'Star Trek' actors, creator headed to space from Florida for final mission

Remains of the cast and crew members of the original Star Trek TV series will make their final mission to space next week aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket, appropriately named Vulcan Centaur.

Mystery solved! Researchers crack code on why your urine is yellow

Researchers have cracked the code behind the yellow hue of urine. In a groundbreaking discovery, they identified the microbial enzyme responsible for this color.

NASA plans for 2024 include supersonic X-plane
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NASA is hoping to launch the supersonic X-plane in 2024. The X-59, designed and put together by Lockheed Martin, has a long, pointed nose and is built so that the sonic boom sound is reduced to a "gentle thump" or possibly no sound at all,

NASA spacecraft captures stunning photos of volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io

The Juno spacecraft's recent thrilling journey was one of two scheduled flybys that promised to offer a unique opportunity to witness the marvels of Jupiter's volcanically active moon, Io. According to NASA, the flyby was the closest that any spacecraft has made to Io in over 20 years.

Ice pancakes seen floating on western Minnesota river

A woman in western Minnesota captured "ice pancakes" floating along a river on New Year’s Day.