NASA mission touches down on asteroid Bennu: Here’s what you need to know

After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from its surface on Tuesday.

‘Mummified’ Twinkie debunks myth that cake treats last forever

A man in Philadelphia found an 8-year-old box of Twinkies in his basement and found that Twinkies don't last as long as the myth says.

New landmark study tests air on planes for virus transmission

Good news for people who've been itching to get on a plane to see family, friends, or take that long-awaited vacation.     

Florida wildlife investigators bust million-dollar flying squirrel trafficking ring

A group of flying squirrel smugglers has been grounded after a 19-month-long investigation that stretched across the country and as far as Asia, Florida wildlife officials say.

Texas teen wins $25K for work on possible COVID-19 solution

14-year-old eighth-grader Anika Chebrolu of Frisco has won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her study on COVID-19.

Russian, American crew reach space station using a fast-track maneuver

A trio of space travelers has launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a fast-track maneuver to reach the orbiting outpost in just three hours.

Astronomers find 24 ‘superhabitable’ planets within Milky Way galaxy

Scientists have found more than a dozen '“superhabitable” planets within our galaxy that could potentially be an even better Earth.

Decapitated animals found in Kirkwood

Kirkwood residents are concerned after finding decapitated animals in the neighborhood.

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to American, French women

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing.