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SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight that was later delayed, in Starbase, Texas, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX tries to launch a bigger version of Starship but hits a series of last-minute problems

8:18 PM on Thursday, May 21

SpaceX's newest and biggest Starship will have to wait at least another day before launching on a test flight from Texas

This image provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab on Thursday, May 21, 2026, shows the Crystal Ball Nebula. (NSF NOIRLab via AP)

Dying star resembles a billowing crystal ball in new telescope photo

5:02 PM on Thursday, May 21

A dying star has never looked so lovely

This photo provided by NOAA shows a field of manganese nodules in deep waters off of Hawaii during the Hohonu Moana (deep water) expedition in 2015. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via AP)

Takeaways from AP’s report on deep-sea mining

7:07 AM on Thursday, May 21

Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions from investors, and stock prices have soared

A commuter drinks water on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work

2:00 AM on Thursday, May 21

A heat wave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons

This August 1989 image provided by NASA shows the planet Neptune photographed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, processed to enhance the visibility of small features. (NASA via AP)

Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid may be an original, study shows

2:01 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions

Britain's King Charles III, right, meets well-wishers outside The Pantry Foodbank in Donard Methodist Church, Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Seagull splatters King Charles III during Northern Ireland visit

9:28 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A seagull has left a lasting impression on King Charles III during his visit to Northern Ireland

5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peru, damaging buildings and injuring 27

2:51 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Peru, injuring 27 people and damaging some buildings

Schools evacuated as magnitude 5.6 quake hits eastern Turkey

2:37 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Emergency services say eastern Turkey has been struck by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake

Two humpback whales set records swimming between Australia and Brazil

7:01 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Two humpback whales have made record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil

A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell

8:03 AM on Tuesday, May 19

A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures says it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment

FILE - Charley, an ageing four-ton African elephant, is trained to enter a transport container, on Aug. 9, 2024 at the Pretoria, South Africa's, National Zoological Gardens. (AP Photo, File)

Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move them

7:54 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Animal welfare groups in South Africa are taking a zoo to court over the mental well-being of three elephants

FILE - American Electric Power's John Amos coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W.Va., is seen across the Kanawha River from Poca, W.Va., March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

5:52 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump blasted the accuracy of scientists' global warming projections in a social media post that itself painted a distorted view of the science, projections and policy of climate change

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25

7:38 AM on Monday, May 18

Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic's co-founder Christopher Olah are set to launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25

Dominique Verdier holds Carlota, a former laboratory rat she adopted, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Unwanted lab rats find new homes and are adopted thanks to an Argentine organization

7:24 PM on Sunday, May 17

A group of people watches three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage at an indoor hall in the Argentine capital

Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, leave the Bourget airport, north of Paris, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses

12:07 PM on Saturday, May 16

France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship

Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead off Denmark

10:33 AM on Saturday, May 16

Authorities say a humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort

Animal welfare group finds systemic neglect at public dog shelters in Romania

1:12 AM on Friday, May 15

An investigation by the animal welfare group Four Paws reveals systemic neglect at Romania’s publicly funded shelters for stray dogs

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