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Russian, US astronauts survive rocket failure in space station launch

Search and rescue teams were immediately scrambled to recover the crew and paratroopers were dropped from a plane to reach the site and help the rescue effort. ...

Scientists find first genetic risk factor for erectile dysfunction

Men with erectile dysfunction (ED) have trouble getting or maintaining an erection to have satisfactory sexual intercourse, according to the U.S. Department of ...

Hurricane Michael weakens to Category 1 storm: NHC

The storm has killed at least two people, including one child, according to reports. "The roads are blocked", Sgt. Angelie Hightower told TIME. Officials hadn...

US, Russia space crew aborts mission after booster failure

US and Russian officials said the crew was heading for an emergency landing in Kazakhstan at an unspecified time. "Shortly after launch, there was an issue wi...

These maps shed light on when and where Hurricane Michael will hit

Gov Scott warned that he may order more evacuations due to the size of the potential storm surge. At least 120,000 people along the Florida Panhandle were ord...

Unscathed by Hurricane Michael, Lake City friends test their luck

Hours earlier, it made landfall in Florida as the strongest hurricane to hit the United States in almost 50 years and the third-strongest ever. The child's d...

One dead after Hurricane Michael slams into Florida Panhandle

More than 490,402 people are without power in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. "It feels like a nightmare", she said."Looking at the pictures, I'm thinking there...

More than 98,000 without power in U.S. Southeast as Florence approaches

Reuters news agency reports. Officials say people refusing to evacuate could end up alone, drenched and in the dark, as rescue crews won't go out to help in wi...

Hubble in safe mode but science operations suspended NASA

A series of space missions were needed to fix technical problems - affecting the gyroscopes among other things - since Hubble's launch in 1990. Hubble has mad...

Why Jupiter’s Europa moon could be straight out of Game of Thrones

When ice is exposed to the elements for long periods of time - specifically when it's bathed in sunlight but ambient temperature remains well below freezing - i...

India highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, say experts on United Nations report

Increasingly, you don't have to convince Australian farmers of that. Many in Trump's Republican party are self-described climate change skeptics, questionin...

Takeaways from the UN's Startling Climate Report

Drought, flooding, extreme heat, increased poverty. "We must reject any false solution like Large Scale Land Based Investments that means kicking small-scale fa...

Updates, tracking resources as storm makes landfall

Residents in Florida and neighboring states have been told to leave their homes ahead of the devastating weather. "Steady to rapid strengthening is forecast d...

This weekend, Ukrainians will be able to see the meteor shower Draconids

Special equipment is not needed to see a Draconid meteor shower - you should be able to see it with the naked eye. The meteor show is one of two showers be ...

Moving Hurricane Michael menaces Florida Panhandle

In neighboring Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey declared an emergency for the entire state on Monday in anticipation of wind damage, heavy rains and power outages. ...

Virgin Galactic is weeks away from reaching space, CEO Richard Branson says

Branson has been public about his desire to go to space since 1988 and helped finance legendary air and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan's successful bid to win t...

Landmark UN climate report warns time quickly running out

President Macron's One Planet Summit followed in NY during Climate Week, bringing together leaders of finance who were optimistic that managing climate risk is ...

New United Nations report details looming climate crisis

Coral reefs would be devastated-about 70%-90% would be lost with a 1.5 degree increase; nearly all the world's reefs would be eviscerated if average temperatur...

What the shock United Nations climate report means for Southern Africa

The EU's share of global greenhouse gas emissions fell from an estimated 17.3% in 1990 to 9.9% in 2012. Trump announced a year ago that the United States wo...

Tropical Storm Nadine becomes 14th named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

As a result, the northeastern Gulf Coast is undergoing mandatory evacuations - that includes the Florida Panhandle (stretching into Big Bend) as well as par...

SpaceX launch lights up night sky in Southern California

The rocket's first stage successfully returned and landed at the Vandenberg base eight minutes after taking off, while the second stage accomplished the succe...

Terrifying climate change warning: 12 years until we’re doomed

A half a degree doesn't sound like much but whether it is coral reefs, crops, floods or the survival of species, everyone and everything is far better off in a ...

Tropical Storm Michael Will Become a Hurricane Monday

Michael has strengthened into a hurricane and is forecast to strike the northeast Florida coastline as a Category 3 with risky storm surge flooding , des...

Wind power too adds to warming

New research reports that installing large-scale wind farms across the country could raise the temperature of the continental United States. In the real world...

Hubble in trouble as telescope ‘suffers failure and goes into safe mode’

Unfortunately, that could take weeks to accomplish, which means the telescope will stay in safe mode until the team is able to troubleshoot the gyroscope. "No...

First SpaceX West Coast rocket landing lights up California sky

Between then and now, the company chalked up 10 more successful landings at the Air Force Station and another 18 on off-shore droneships. The Falcon 9, now on...

Crewed SpaceX mission soon

SpaceX is shooting for a January shakedown of its Dragon capsule, without anyone on board. If anything goes according to plan, crewed flights will follow. astr...

$100000 meteorite served as a doorstop

It was not until recently that he made a decision to examine his rock. "I could tell right away that this was something special", said Mona Sirbescu, a geolo...

Major UN report says climate change is worse than first thought

There were reports of pushback during the drafting, including from Japan, South Korea, Poland Estonia, and Australia. "This doesn't sound like much but if w...

SpaceX wast coast launch to bring sonic booms to California

This will mark the first time SpaceX has attempted a ground landing of the Falcon 9 on the West Coast. SpaceX first started leasing the California landing spa...