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Death Valley, the driest place in North America, is now a sea of yellow flowers
Thanks to record-breaking rains last year, one of Earth's hottest and driest spots is now awash in sea of yellow wildflowers.
By Elizabeth Pierson and Andrew Freedman
Watch this sea snail flutter through the ocean just like a butterfly
The "sea butterfly" is a zooplankton snail that behaves more like an insect, and its movement may pave the way for a fleet tiny underwater robots.
Sea level is now rising at fastest rate in nearly 3,000 years
Human-caused global warming has led to a huge spike in coastal flooding events in the U.S., which may get much worse as the climate warms.
Tropical Cyclone Winston - strongest ever seen in southern hemisphere - hits Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Winston slammed into Fiji as the strongest such storm ever observed in the southern hemisphere, and one of the strongest in the world.
Virgin Galactic still has a long road to recovery, and it's going it alone
Having rolled out its new space ship, Virgin Galactic now faces its biggest test yet.
Richard Branson has big plans for Virgin Galactic beyond space planes
The future of Virgin Galactic is looking... busy.
Virgin Galactic rolls out 'Unity,' its first new space plane since 2014 crash
The private spaceflight company is ready to take to the skies again.
More than 18,300 people applied to be NASA astronauts this year
A record number of people applied to be astronauts this year, just as NASA prepares for the revival of America's crewed spaceflight program.
Fierce Tropical Cyclone Winston threatens to devastate Fiji
Extremely intense Tropical Cyclone Winston is on course to make a direct hit on Fiji's capital this weekend.
U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down
One of the leading figures who helped craft the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change is stepping down from her post.
Virgin Galactic is set to reveal its new space plane Friday
The unveiling of the new SpaceShipTwo signals the beginning of Virgin Galactic's second act after a fatal 2014 accident.
Some asteroids may die before ever reaching the sun
Scientists may have discovered why some asteroids appear to be missing from the cosmic pool.
This Louisiana tribe is now America's first official climate refugees
The Obama administration is paying to relocate a native tribe whose land is sinking beneath the rising seas of the Gulf of Mexico.
Glow of the Big Bang illuminates rare X-ray emitting black hole jet
The light from the Big Bang itself is helping scientists study a black hole in deep space.
El Niño was supposed to bail out parched California, so what happened?
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.
Global warming in overdrive: We just had the hottest January ever recorded
January of 2016 saw the largest temperature anomaly Earth has recorded since at least the late 19th century, NASA found.
Without Scalia, Obama's climate plan may have a better chance of survival
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death makes it more likely that President Obama's global warming plan will be upheld.
Gravitational waves mark start of new era in space exploration
"We can observe the universe in this new way; not using light, but using gravity."
Bye, Philae: Scientists give up hope for comet lander
So long, Philae, and thanks for the memories.
Listen to two black holes colliding in deep space
The extreme cosmic crash sounds oddly like a chirp.
Snuggle up: This Valentine's Day is going to be brutally cold in the Eastern U.S.
One of the coldest air masses in years is going to hit the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Valentine's Day.
We've finally found gravitational waves, so can we time travel?
Gravitational waves have raised people's hopes for the eventual development of time travel technology.
A cake broke the biggest astrophysics story in decades
The biggest astrophysics story in decades - the detection of gravitational waves, was first revealed when journalists spotted a cake.
Nearly 3,000 climate scientists condemn Australia's dramatic research cuts
Nearly 3,000 climate scientists from around the world denounced Australia's plan to slash climate research at the nation's top science agency.
Supreme Court freezes Obama's climate change plan
The surprising move to put the plan on hold is a big win for conservatives.
By The Associated Press
