Science News: U.S. & World Science News Articles | AP Newshttps://apnews.com/hub/scienceScience News: U.S. & World Science News Articles | AP News - Powered by RSSHubRSSHubcontact@rsshub.app (RSSHub)enTue, 08 Sep 2026 00:25:46 GMT5Rescue satellite gets close to NASA’s doomed telescope, even if it can’t save ithttps://apnews.com/article/swift-observatory-telescope-rescue-578ab2a986045e98cf364e8300405cc5https://apnews.com/article/swift-observatory-telescope-rescue-578ab2a986045e98cf364e8300405cc5Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky sciencehttps://apnews.com/article/ig-nobel-prize-2026-d5c5ebe9d9724243c827eebbf5e27212https://apnews.com/article/ig-nobel-prize-2026-d5c5ebe9d9724243c827eebbf5e27212A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyagehttps://apnews.com/article/mercury-bepicolombo-spacecraft-8840475f5f873b9bcc7245f45ffdc50chttps://apnews.com/article/mercury-bepicolombo-spacecraft-8840475f5f873b9bcc7245f45ffdc50cScientists find a huge 10-sided wave pattern swirling in the clouds over Saturn’s south polehttps://apnews.com/article/saturn-nasa-hubble-decagon-1fd4a0a90badacb6e4e18ac019ac6eadhttps://apnews.com/article/saturn-nasa-hubble-decagon-1fd4a0a90badacb6e4e18ac019ac6eadBreathable air and clean water are crucial to the survival of those trapped in tunnels in Nepalhttps://apnews.com/article/nepal-flood-hydropower-tunnel-survival-odds-cc2428cdc907367e875939de567a6e7dhttps://apnews.com/article/nepal-flood-hydropower-tunnel-survival-odds-cc2428cdc907367e875939de567a6e7dNASA’s newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universehttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-2a8e59d0b4e4884966a3b50a159ab8c9https://apnews.com/article/nasa-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-2a8e59d0b4e4884966a3b50a159ab8c9SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texashttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-musk-starship-splashdown-dad5fd5a6f3eedd3dfe23bd59a3adb6chttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-musk-starship-splashdown-dad5fd5a6f3eedd3dfe23bd59a3adb6cArtemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshothttps://apnews.com/article/artemis-ii-medal-of-honor-astronauts-moonshot-b20b75e7fc2586315812238e27c36e77https://apnews.com/article/artemis-ii-medal-of-honor-astronauts-moonshot-b20b75e7fc2586315812238e27c36e77Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime positionhttps://apnews.com/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-sun-3c47d7a9f1a7f1a5e6c96456e44395b8https://apnews.com/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-sun-3c47d7a9f1a7f1a5e6c96456e44395b8Rescue mission is called off for NASA’s aging Swift space telescopehttps://apnews.com/article/swift-telescope-nasa-satellite-rescue-800bfbe5aaba5fec9aadd20bdcc138a5https://apnews.com/article/swift-telescope-nasa-satellite-rescue-800bfbe5aaba5fec9aadd20bdcc138a5An autoimmune disease stole this man’s memory. Here’s how he’s learning to copehttps://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-disease-encephalitis-psychosis-memory-ef4a2eb4866f9f988a4e16caaedb7ffehttps://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-disease-encephalitis-psychosis-memory-ef4a2eb4866f9f988a4e16caaedb7ffeLifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don’t work well. Now scientists are trying something newhttps://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-diseases-cart-mrna-lupus-diabetes-a4204dc6920a219f27eded2df32d0b8bhttps://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-diseases-cart-mrna-lupus-diabetes-a4204dc6920a219f27eded2df32d0b8bDisease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark sidehttps://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-disease-lupus-diagnosis-symptoms-b1f2ba32883c63fff1af689a45281305https://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-disease-lupus-diagnosis-symptoms-b1f2ba32883c63fff1af689a45281305Autoimmune diseases can strike kids too. This camp lets those kids just be kidshttps://apnews.com/video/autoimmune-diseases-can-strike-kids-too-this-camp-lets-those-kids-just-be-kids-7305369a399d4fff8a423af0105a0429https://apnews.com/video/autoimmune-diseases-can-strike-kids-too-this-camp-lets-those-kids-just-be-kids-7305369a399d4fff8a423af0105a0429VIDEO: How CAR-T therapy works in autoimmune diseaseshttps://apnews.com/video/how-car-t-therapy-works-in-autoimmune-diseases-c3e1182ef8ef4e0fbe60c61beb2c5a0dhttps://apnews.com/video/how-car-t-therapy-works-in-autoimmune-diseases-c3e1182ef8ef4e0fbe60c61beb2c5a0dA lunar eclipse lights up skies across the Americas and Europe, in photoshttps://apnews.com/photo-gallery/lunar-eclipse-lights-skies-across-americas-photos-6d1f639181d645758a5fd6ed832529bbhttps://apnews.com/photo-gallery/lunar-eclipse-lights-skies-across-americas-photos-6d1f639181d645758a5fd6ed832529bbA lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth’s mini-greenhousehttps://apnews.com/article/arctic-alaska-plants-jungle-climate-change-lush-33897ae8e9cbf139701473d30f1bd2c2https://apnews.com/article/arctic-alaska-plants-jungle-climate-change-lush-33897ae8e9cbf139701473d30f1bd2c2China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission launchhttps://apnews.com/article/china-space-lunar-probe-mission-ae23e66a64dadfdea1c7baadcc1f4da8https://apnews.com/article/china-space-lunar-probe-mission-ae23e66a64dadfdea1c7baadcc1f4da8What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lightshttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-space-station-eclipse-a7dc68c9f0598e39be7513a7a4c8591bhttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-space-station-eclipse-a7dc68c9f0598e39be7513a7a4c8591bArchaeologists unveil skeletal remains believed to be ritual offering in Peruhttps://apnews.com/article/peru-lima-huaca-pucllana-pyramid-discovery-archaeology-ac44172ab29425029ca7b3ecf5819691https://apnews.com/article/peru-lima-huaca-pucllana-pyramid-discovery-archaeology-ac44172ab29425029ca7b3ecf5819691Gold rings around 2,000 years old found during dig at Thailand archaeological sitehttps://apnews.com/article/thailand-phetchaburi-gold-rings-archaeological-dig-95f42060c51f62cc4c4b3346c0f0e549https://apnews.com/article/thailand-phetchaburi-gold-rings-archaeological-dig-95f42060c51f62cc4c4b3346c0f0e549Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western deserthttps://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-tourism-desert-oasis-byzantine-3fe1e9fbea2261e372db5ca4e90ea619https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-tourism-desert-oasis-byzantine-3fe1e9fbea2261e372db5ca4e90ea619Archaeologists find huge Viking textile production site in Denmarkhttps://apnews.com/article/denmark-viking-textile-production-site-soeften-54f9b57b5485aa602591185ff3b911cdhttps://apnews.com/article/denmark-viking-textile-production-site-soeften-54f9b57b5485aa602591185ff3b911cdHow collecting DNA samples in the wild could transform conservationhttps://apnews.com/article/rwanda-dna-conservation-virunga-mountain-gorillas-bf030203dd1243fd5866461a94dd16e5https://apnews.com/article/rwanda-dna-conservation-virunga-mountain-gorillas-bf030203dd1243fd5866461a94dd16e5Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch uphttps://apnews.com/article/climate-change-dna-adaptation-heat-waves-wildfires-7c34ca1d3a09065b9f9ab617dd1a6e25https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-dna-adaptation-heat-waves-wildfires-7c34ca1d3a09065b9f9ab617dd1a6e25How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animalshttps://apnews.com/article/fossil-animals-evolution-science-china-bizarre-a56a123cbad480e2c35f2356181d32d7https://apnews.com/article/fossil-animals-evolution-science-china-bizarre-a56a123cbad480e2c35f2356181d32d7Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal maleshttps://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-mating-dna-chromosome-5bedad6998e5b397f28d5a0eaceb2a8bhttps://apnews.com/article/human-neanderthal-mating-dna-chromosome-5bedad6998e5b397f28d5a0eaceb2a8bTurkish cargo ship with 10 crew sinks after collision off Istanbul’s coasthttps://apnews.com/article/turkey-ships-alsu-tugberk-imamoglu-missing-search-ac4c5946643812bc56da5f176b732283https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ships-alsu-tugberk-imamoglu-missing-search-ac4c5946643812bc56da5f176b732283The disease that decimated American elms could help bring them backhttps://apnews.com/article/elm-trees-dutch-elm-disease-climate-change-326e4dfe01570f0fba896707be64c656https://apnews.com/article/elm-trees-dutch-elm-disease-climate-change-326e4dfe01570f0fba896707be64c656Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell form in the Pacific Ocean as Dolly churns in the Atlantichttps://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-dolly-atlantic-31ced4223cb59d4a5c599a0aa4c5756ehttps://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-dolly-atlantic-31ced4223cb59d4a5c599a0aa4c5756eWave energy testing site opens off Oregon, a green energy milestone in the Trump administrationhttps://apnews.com/article/wave-wind-energy-offshore-oregon-trump-0199c3f42686e5804be70be432e239b4https://apnews.com/article/wave-wind-energy-offshore-oregon-trump-0199c3f42686e5804be70be432e239b4How ‘lab-grown’ meat cultivated from animal cells could offer another sustainable food optionhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/lab-grown-cultivated-meat/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/lab-grown-cultivated-meat/index.htmlSaving Brazil’s rainforest starts with helping people and businesses make a living off cleared landhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation/index.htmlBeef is a way of life in Texas, but it’s hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change thathttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/beef-regenerative-cattle-ranching/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/beef-regenerative-cattle-ranching/index.htmlWhat pastoralists in Senegal and Mongolia can teach us about adapting to a changing environmenthttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/nomadic-pastoralism-mongolia-senegal/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/nomadic-pastoralism-mongolia-senegal/index.htmlPlant-based products haven’t converted US meat-eaters. Could new recipes win them over?https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/plant-based-meat/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/plant-based-meat/index.htmlCan we feed the world without starving the planet? Meet the innovators trying to solve this problemhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/index.htmlIn the quest to produce more food with almost no land, Singapore provides a glimpse into the world’s food futurehttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/singapore-urban-agriculture/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/singapore-urban-agriculture/index.htmlWe reshaped the planet so that we can feed ourselves. But now we’re running out of suitable landhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/agriculture-land-use-history/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/agriculture-land-use-history/index.htmlDemand for seafood is soaring, but oceans are giving up all they can. Can we farm fish in new ways?https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/aquaculture-sustainable-fish-farm-seafood/index.htmlhttps://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/the-protein-problem/aquaculture-sustainable-fish-farm-seafood/index.htmlEating less meat would be good for the Earth. Small nudges can change behaviorhttps://apnews.com/article/can-meatless-mondays-help-environment-b09eaab6cbdce176debff415b48b1ec0https://apnews.com/article/can-meatless-mondays-help-environment-b09eaab6cbdce176debff415b48b1ec0How to reset your child’s sleep schedule for back-to-school seasonhttps://apnews.com/article/back-to-school-sleep-kids-4e0923586dc98bfc38d0a82b31c07cf7https://apnews.com/article/back-to-school-sleep-kids-4e0923586dc98bfc38d0a82b31c07cf7Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black holehttps://apnews.com/article/black-hole-star-sagittarius-milky-way-dafcfb293c33bcfc7999b411a015a0ebhttps://apnews.com/article/black-hole-star-sagittarius-milky-way-dafcfb293c33bcfc7999b411a015a0ebBefore-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moonhttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-crater-52b76d61289c06b7d32348b082a8e6b8https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-crater-52b76d61289c06b7d32348b082a8e6b8Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggestshttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-radiation-astronauts-13e453c3e0502c0b0b3786b7fbc1a5cdhttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-radiation-astronauts-13e453c3e0502c0b0b3786b7fbc1a5cdAfter an earthquake, how long can trapped people survive?https://apnews.com/article/colombia-earthquake-survivors-search-explainer-ac91a76e56b58666d00352350651bc45https://apnews.com/article/colombia-earthquake-survivors-search-explainer-ac91a76e56b58666d00352350651bc45Looking to see the solar eclipse from North America? Here’s where and when to catch a sliverhttps://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-nasa-partial-dce4e61ae5d359b659e00673ce82fea7https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-nasa-partial-dce4e61ae5d359b659e00673ce82fea7How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzlehttps://apnews.com/article/perseid-meteor-shower-2026-where-to-see-b8b8679bb5baed6461e012b8c8fa4634https://apnews.com/article/perseid-meteor-shower-2026-where-to-see-b8b8679bb5baed6461e012b8c8fa4634South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crashhttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-61dc5c43f671623622960013e06aeeb1https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-61dc5c43f671623622960013e06aeeb1SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon as predicted, scientists reporthttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-elon-musk-d64a98138fd19241700461c87b49e201https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-elon-musk-d64a98138fd19241700461c87b49e201New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yethttps://apnews.com/article/sun-surface-solar-telescope-kelvin-heimholtz-instability-32eb28c17e8c4005dad9a5b51dd3eb2ahttps://apnews.com/article/sun-surface-solar-telescope-kelvin-heimholtz-instability-32eb28c17e8c4005dad9a5b51dd3eb2aHow a gene-edited beagle gave one dog lover the pet he never thought he could havehttps://apnews.com/article/hypoallergenic-dogs-crispr-pet-allergies-f5bd8cb438dfd1a9d1cccd4a1d46fd2ahttps://apnews.com/article/hypoallergenic-dogs-crispr-pet-allergies-f5bd8cb438dfd1a9d1cccd4a1d46fd2aAt creative reuse centers, old art supplies get a new life at a fraction of the costhttps://apnews.com/article/creative-reuse-center-secondhand-art-supplies-3888b74ae179b22af1349a0bc6052afbhttps://apnews.com/article/creative-reuse-center-secondhand-art-supplies-3888b74ae179b22af1349a0bc6052afbAugust’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenlandhttps://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-sun-moon-0757e313d90c684f87163318ada5cf03https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-sun-moon-0757e313d90c684f87163318ada5cf03A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moonhttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-512c4dd708b4cda1160d30b764f9fdb5https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-512c4dd708b4cda1160d30b764f9fdb5Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americashttps://apnews.com/article/smallpox-virus-chile-ancient-mummy-dna-8dd85389318ceaafd56169b0c638fb68https://apnews.com/article/smallpox-virus-chile-ancient-mummy-dna-8dd85389318ceaafd56169b0c638fb68Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own troublehttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-swift-telescope-katalyst-rescue-78f2c8d3ee43bc2f0624e58c364a7caehttps://apnews.com/article/nasa-swift-telescope-katalyst-rescue-78f2c8d3ee43bc2f0624e58c364a7caeSpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinkshttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-starlinks-nasa-musk-2d1f10bd676c296bc7db5e0c56cb9a4ehttps://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-starlinks-nasa-musk-2d1f10bd676c296bc7db5e0c56cb9a4ePrivate mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satelliteshttps://apnews.com/article/northrop-grumman-spacex-satellite-repair-51e67a9fc4a800a28e2fcb99f0949db2https://apnews.com/article/northrop-grumman-spacex-satellite-repair-51e67a9fc4a800a28e2fcb99f0949db2A wave of student loan borrowers have entered default since pandemic-era protections lapsedhttps://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-save-fba5642407fc33b579acdbf774a492d3https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-save-fba5642407fc33b579acdbf774a492d3As defaults on student loans surge, millions are trying to get their lives back on trackhttps://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-6732d5b28545acd10d36d743f5080d01https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-debt-default-6732d5b28545acd10d36d743f5080d01Far above the Earth, NASA’s Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moonhttps://apnews.com/article/apollo-lunar-lander-moon-nasa-ded0b6a8271940c1966a64fb9d78d7dehttps://apnews.com/article/apollo-lunar-lander-moon-nasa-ded0b6a8271940c1966a64fb9d78d7deSpaceX Starship launch aborted on the pad at the last momenthttps://apnews.com/article/starship-spacex-rocket-musk-nasa-455927b93b0fdc5512a4567a53eb3228https://apnews.com/article/starship-spacex-rocket-musk-nasa-455927b93b0fdc5512a4567a53eb3228One Tech Tip: How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrollinghttps://apnews.com/article/trigger-thumb-de-quervains-tenosynovitis-carpal-tunnel-35728b0142d310cbc3bd5b9d63b6a8abhttps://apnews.com/article/trigger-thumb-de-quervains-tenosynovitis-carpal-tunnel-35728b0142d310cbc3bd5b9d63b6a8abFaint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hidinghttps://apnews.com/article/planet-star-nasa-webb-eso-large-telescope-46f390e8d4e3cafeabf5b463f80811d4https://apnews.com/article/planet-star-nasa-webb-eso-large-telescope-46f390e8d4e3cafeabf5b463f80811d4Astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between starshttps://apnews.com/article/erythrulose-interstellar-medium-sugar-357144f4d69449b29dff17271ccd0dcdhttps://apnews.com/article/erythrulose-interstellar-medium-sugar-357144f4d69449b29dff17271ccd0dcdArtemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flighthttps://apnews.com/article/artemis-ii-astronauts-moon-nasa-c2000e3659f02138511f5542bbf40309https://apnews.com/article/artemis-ii-astronauts-moon-nasa-c2000e3659f02138511f5542bbf40309Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earthhttps://apnews.com/article/swift-nasa-satellite-rescue-katalyst-a7ddd740ca099587c58865f583c7245ahttps://apnews.com/article/swift-nasa-satellite-rescue-katalyst-a7ddd740ca099587c58865f583c7245aLast-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASAhttps://apnews.com/article/swift-nasa-katalyst-satellite-rescue-3c3c5858b865064134a480295567f7f6https://apnews.com/article/swift-nasa-katalyst-satellite-rescue-3c3c5858b865064134a480295567f7f6The largest digital camera ever built begins decade-long survey of the universehttps://apnews.com/article/rubin-observatory-telescope-a3058ccd6d3a160827b02cdfd94fb8eehttps://apnews.com/article/rubin-observatory-telescope-a3058ccd6d3a160827b02cdfd94fb8eeA rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawerhttps://apnews.com/article/titanosaur-dinosaur-fossil-antarctica-a822751dc177f9056cf030a6fb63cdf6https://apnews.com/article/titanosaur-dinosaur-fossil-antarctica-a822751dc177f9056cf030a6fb63cdf6