Discovery of 20 new moons around Saturn puts the ringed giant ahead of Jupiter

Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said Monday. That beats Jupiter and its 79 moons.

2 meteor showers to light up the sky this week back-to-back

If you have any wishes to make, now is the time, because stargazers will get their chance to view two back-to-back meteor showers that are expected to peak this week.

NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring

Astronaut Christina Koch was supposed to do a spacewalk with another female crewmate in March. But NASA had to scrap the plan just a few days in advance because there wasn't enough time to get a second medium-size spacesuit ready.

Planet-hunting NASA satellite captures a star being ripped apart by a black hole

For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was able to watch the “cataclysmic phenomenon” of a star being torn apart by a black hole from beginning to end. Using follow-up observations from telescopes, astronomers were able to capture unprecedented data about the star-destroying events known as tidal disruptions.

First woman named chief ranger at Yellowstone National Park

The North Carolina native has just been named the very first female chief ranger at Yellowstone National Park.

Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back

Elon Musk said Saturday that the space venture's Starship is expected to take off for the first time in about one or two months and reach 65,000 feet before landing back on Earth.

CDC sends warning to hunters after deer with tuberculosis found to transmit bacteria to people

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared a warning to hunters after a man in Michigan was found to have developed tuberculosis caused by bacteria transmitted from deer carcass.

A glacier on Mont Blanc could collapse any moment. Experts blame climate change.

Italian authorities are bracing for the worst, after reports from experts at the Valle d’Asota regional government, and the Fondazione Montagna Sicura (Safe Mountain Foundation) found that a giant piece of a glacier on Mont Blanc’s Italian side could collapse at any given moment. 

'We're all in big trouble': UN climate panel sees dire future

Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday.

Game Warden, volunteers working to save goose hit by blow dart

The game warden said they have identified the person who shot the darts and are looking into what charges to file.

NASA says 1969 moon landing lab to be demolished next year

The Lunar Receiving Laboratory at Johnson Space Center hasn't been used for two years and will likely be torn down next year.

‘Forget Atlantis’: A lost continent has been discovered under Europe

The Mediterranean region is one of the most geographically complex on Earth, and geologists from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, discovered the region has been hiding a big secret — a lost continent the size of Greenland that disappeared under Southern Europe long ago and has never before been mapped.

Two injured following bee swarm in North Austin

First responders with Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services were dispatched for a bee swarm in North Austin on Friday. 

Local snake wrangler advising others to be careful

A local snake wrangler says he's recently captured several rattlesnakes throughout Austin and, advises people to be extra careful.