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10:50 AM on Tuesday, June 2

FILE - A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

10:46 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad

FILE - An offshore wind farm is visible from the beach in Hartlepool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The UK government has set a target of an 87% cut in carbon emissions by 2042

9:25 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The British government is sticking to its net-zero goal despite global conflicts affecting energy supplies

Archaeological workers wearing hard hats dig 4 meters (13 feet) underground during excavations outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago

This image taken from video shows a view from a car dashcam when a meteor produced two loud booms over Cambridge, Mass., Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Stanley Fung via AP)

Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England

8:21 PM on Monday, June 1

NASA says a fireball as heavy as an elephant caused the double boom that rang out over New England

A Sublette Herd pronghorn sizes up an intruder in its habitat within the confines of Jonah Energy's Normally Pressured Lance gas field on Aug. 10, 2023, in Sublette County, Wyo. (Mike Koshmrl/WyoFile via AP)

Wyoming’s ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ is a signature away from protections sought for a quarter century

1:56 PM on Monday, June 1

Wyoming is close to designating a migration corridor for pronghorn, a move conservation biologist Joel Berger has long supported

Helio Moves to Capture the Next Great Space Infrastructure Opportunity as NASA Commits to a Permanent Moon Base

6:00 AM on Monday, June 1

A crested Ibis marked with painted wings flies as it was released into wild during an event in Hakui, Japan, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)

8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan

1:48 AM on Monday, June 1

Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after going extinct in the country

FILE - This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red. (Min Yu/Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, File)

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

8:05 AM on Sunday, May 31

New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer

Farah Jammeh throws organic compost on the fields at the cooperative in Rufisque, Senegal, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost

1:15 AM on Sunday, May 31

Governments around the world are being pressed to find and support alternatives to reduce dependency on chemical fertilizers as the Iran war drives up prices

A group of flamingos feed in the Venetian lagoon, in Venice, Italy, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Venice’s growing flamingo population finds refuge in recovering wetlands

1:07 AM on Sunday, May 31

Flamingos are flocking to the Venetian Lagoon in record numbers as ecological efforts restore damaged wetlands

FILE - New Jersey Devils Claude Lemieux is greeted at the bench after scoring a goal in the first period of Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Redwings Thursday, June 22, 1995 at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun , File)

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says

9:30 PM on Saturday, May 30

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop

Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

4:39 PM on Saturday, May 30

Officials with the American Meteor Society and NASA say a double boom heard in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a 3-foot meteor entering the atmosphere near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border

FILE - The humpback whale lays in a washed-out tub off the island of Poel, Germany, April 22, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP, File)

Dead humpback whale brought to shore in Denmark with autopsy set next week

6:45 AM on Saturday, May 30

The carcass of a humpback whale has been dragged onto a Danish beach after two weeks of the body languishing in shallow waters

This long-exposure photograph shows men using a laser pointer to name the stars in the Milky Way galaxy in the Al Quaa Desert outside of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

A trip to the United Arab Emirates' darkest spot reveals a rare view of the Milky Way

1:22 AM on Saturday, May 30

The gleaming skyscrapers and brights lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel here

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House moves to give political appointees more power over federal grants

1:44 PM on Friday, May 29

The White House is moving to give political appointees more control over federal grants

A lightning arrester and a charred water tower are seen at pad 36 in the aftermath of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Blue Origin investigates rocket explosion as public is warned about possible wreckage washing ashore

11:38 AM on Friday, May 29

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its Florida launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Zhang Lu, commander of Shenzhou-21 crews waves as he is carried out of the re-entry capsule after it landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Lian Zhen/Xinhua via AP)

3 astronauts from China return to Earth after nearly 7 months in space, a record for a Chinese crew

8:57 AM on Friday, May 29

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space

Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life

8:36 AM on Friday, May 29

What to know about Manhattanhenge, NYC's sunset spectacle

9:25 PM on Thursday, May 28

New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers

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