SpaceX’s next Starship rocket test gets FAA go-ahead
WASHINGTON - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday said it issued a license for SpaceX's fourth flight of its Starship rocket system, another test...
China’s Chang’e-6 probe lifts off from far side of moon
BEIJING - China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday.
The...
Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds
WASHINGTON - Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known, according to scientists whose new analysis of decades-old radar images has spotted evidence of...
15,000 scientists say threats to planet now ‘far worse’
MIAMI — Twenty-five years after global scientists issued a “warning to humanity” about dangers to the environment, a new update released Monday says most...
Climate change imperils one in four UNESCO natural sites
BONN, GERMANY — Climate change imperils one in four UN-listed natural heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands — nearly double the number...
Rich nations far behind on $100-billion climate pledge — study
PARIS -- Wealthy countries are falling well short of their pledge to provide $100 billion a year to developing countries by 2020 as part...
Deadly heat from climate change may hit slums hardest
MIAMI -- With sheet metal roofs, concrete floors, poor ventilation, and spotty electricity, crowded urban slums in Africa can expect to get even hotter...
Underwater photography shootout
THE STAGE is set for the world’s largest underwater macro photography shootout and it is happening in the Philippines.
Dubbed as the “World Cup of...
Climbing Australia’s giant red rock Uluru banned
CLIMBING the world’s largest monolith Uluru was banned Wednesday amid concerns it was becoming a “theme park,” undermining the giant red rock’s deep cultural...
Forest fires stoke record loss in world tree cover
OSLO -- Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia contributed to a record loss in global tree cover in 2016, equivalent to the size of...
A chance Amazon encounter, then a tribe’s near extinction
WAIAPI, BRAZIL -- Tzako Waiapi remembers perfectly the day he first stumbled across white men while hunting in the Amazon rainforest: within months nearly...
Climate-disrupting volcanoes helped topple ancient Egypt
PARIS — Sun-choking debris cast off by volcanoes more than 2,000 years ago starved headwaters feeding the Nile river and hastened the downfall of...