The Artemis II crew members may be back on Earth after a moon-circling mission, but the next group of astronauts is already getting ready to head to space.
- Janet Loehrke, USA Today
On the night of April 21-22, sky watchers will have the chance to catch sight of several shooting stars as the Lyrid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak.
- JAMIE JIANG and JULIA VAZ MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
What's known as the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary — a wetland on what used to be a cranberry farm — is developing a new way of collecting data for conservation ecology.
- JANET LOEHRKE USA Today
Time to look up stargazers. There's another comet coming our way.
- DAVID HOOD-NUNO Reuters
Victor Glover is among 20 Black astronauts selected by NASA since its first class of Mercury astronauts in 1959, representing roughly 6% of all astronauts the agency has chosen.
- ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press
As climate change outpaces ecosystems' abilities to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics, but experts caution it's no substitute for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
- MARCIA DUNN Associated Press
Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen closed humanity's first lunar voyage in over 50 years.
Investigators used DNA analysis and other clues to identify the victims and eventually charge Rex Heuermann with several murders.
The crew took a poignant page from Apollo 8, proposing deeply personal names for a pair of moon craters.
Another photo captures the total solar eclipse that occurred when the moon blocked the sun from the crew's perspective.
As humankind moves toward establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extraterrestrial environments may no longer be merely hypothetical.
It’s official. Artemis II has broken Apollo 13’s distance record. The three Americans and one Canadian on Monday journeyed farther from Earth than any other humans.
Experts blame weather conditions, including warming winters, for a costly problem they say will only grow across farm country.
The Finnish Scientific Diving Academy has designed a program in northern Finland for participants to venture below the thick Arctic and Antarctic ice for research.
Misty Johnson has taken on some of the country's most grueling races. But her toughest yet will be a 281.2-mile run, bike and swim at Smith Mountain Lake — all while enduring multiple sclerosis.
The Smith Mountain Lake Women’s Club announced the recipients of its annual scholarships for graduating seniors.
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May is Water Safety Month, and the Franklin County Family YMCA is reminding people that it offers swim lessons and lifeguard training.
The FBI is executing a search warrant in Portsmouth, where Hampton Roads television stations are showing FBI agents at a building housing offices of state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
Five paddlers will spend the summer traveling 300 miles down the New River for a special expedition.
Brooke Anne Carter's lawsuit claims she was wrongfully fired because of her gender identity.
The changes are being made in response to guest feedback, the park's manager said.
Virginia's top court threw out a new electoral map Friday that was crafted to flip four Republican-held U.S. congressional seats to Democrats, handing President Donald Trump's party a major win.
Small businesses argued the new tariffs were an attempt to sidestep a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The U.S. national average retail price of gasoline has surpassed $4.50 a gallon for the first time since July 2022, data from GasBuddy showed.
The ruling is a rare court victory for Trump's Justice Department in investigations that Trump has demanded.
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A Franklin County man was sentenced to three active years in prison in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Martinsville man and seriously injured two children.
Rocky Mount police executed search warrants at three vape shops on Thursday for potentially selling products exceeding legal THC limits.
Kipps Elementary Principal Mark Crummey was among 17 men arrested at a Christiansburg hotel last week.
Authorities found the body of Charles Arthur Smith Jr. on March 17, after he had been reported missing.
The FBI is executing a search warrant in Portsmouth, where Hampton Roads television stations are showing FBI agents at a building housing offices of state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
Brooke Anne Carter's lawsuit claims she was wrongfully fired because of her gender identity.
The Family Foundation and two medical groups opposed to abortion are suing to keep Virginians from voting on the proposed reproductive freedom amendment to the state constitution.
The special prosecutor handling efforts to remove Martinsville Mayor L.C. Jones has moved to withdraw from the case, citing a conflict of interest, adding a new layer of uncertainty to an already complex legal fight.