Florida Keys sea turtle participates in Tour de Turtles

A juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital has been fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released from a Keys beach to join the 14th Tour de Turtles, a marathon-like race that follows long-distance migration of sea turtles over three months.

Buck moon: When to see July 2021’s full moon and why it may look red

The buck moon may glow reddish-orange this week because of smoke particles traveling from the 13 fires raging across the western United States. Here’s how you can view this month’s full moon.

'Go! Go!': Tennessee man scares away black bear trapped in his car

A Tennessee man shooed away a black bear that broke into his parked car and caused heavy damage to the vehicle. “I had to abandon the car,” he said.

NASA unveils first results from Mars Perseverance Rover
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The Perseverance Rover is hard at work, searching for signs of ancient life on Mars. After five months of experiments and research, NASA shared its first scientific results on Wednesday. The rover landed on the Red Planet in February.

Bird strike forces emergency landing of Allegiant flight in St. Pete

Shortly after taking off from the St. Pete-Clearwater Airport, passengers had to return to the airport after a bird struck the plane's engine.

Jeff Bezos wants to move all ‘polluting industry’ into space

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said his trip to space has inspired him to fight even harder to combat climate change and move all “polluting industry” to space.

Billionaires and Big Dreams: Branson, Bezos, Musk pave way for commericial space travel

With two historic launches just over a week apart, reality has set in that we have entered a new era of space travel. But some suborbital launches that only reach the edge of space may not be a possibility at Cape. Canaveral.

NASA shares audio that represents all of the galaxies in space

NASA created a representation of all the galaxies played as sound using data sonification to transform the space imagery.

Battle of the billionaires: Space race heats up on heels of Bezos' flight

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is busy building rockets and paving the way for space exploration. Virgin Galactic’s CEO Richard Branson is focusing on spaceflight. About a week ago, he successfully flew up 53 miles into space and back safely. Now, another billionaire is preparing for his big moment. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight is less than 24 hours away.

Yosemite ranger gives heartbreaking account of mother bear calling for cub killed by driver

A Yosemite National Park ranger has shared a heartfelt, heartbreaking story about a young bear that was struck and killed by a vehicle and her grieving mother that spent hours by her side hoping to wake her up.

Blue Origin preparing for its first-ever crewed rocket launch

The historic launch will carry Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk, and 18-year-old physics student Oliver Daemen to space.