‘Puking’ pūteketeke named New Zealand's bird of the century thanks to John Oliver

Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand’s Bird of the Century contest.

US National Climate Assessment finds worsening warming is hurting people in all regions

The National Climate Assessment, which comes out every four to five years, was released Tuesday with details that bring climate change's impacts down to a local level.

Watch: Auroral beads dance across starry sky

Video captured beautiful auroral beads dancing across a star-filled sky in Alaska. 

Webb Telescope image of Pandora’s Cluster reveals hidden clues of most distant galaxies yet

Two of the galaxies in Pandora's Cluster are nearly 33 billion light years away, the second-and-fourth-farthest galaxies ever observed. Researchers say one galaxy looks like a "peanut" and the other a "fluffy ball" in the JWST images.

New NASA image shows the most colorful view of the universe yet

The image of MACS0416 was produced using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA rocket launches into Alaskan northern lights

While a rocket launching into the northern lights puts on a spectacular show, it wasn’t just by happenstance. The timing of this launch had to be just right to get the necessary scientific data.

Australian man says he survived crocodile attack by biting back

An Australian farmer was attacked last month by a saltwater crocodile in the country's Northern Territory and dragged nearly 10 feet.

Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman dies at 95

Frank Borman led the first team of American astronauts to circle the moon.

NASA: Record-breaking black hole discovered by Webb and Chandra telescopes

The discovery using NASA's Webb telescope is exciting for black hole research because there is still much unknown about these enigmas of the universe. Astronomers believe black holes formed within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

Famed Apollo 13 astronaut Ken Mattingly dies at 87

Astronaut Ken Mattingly is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth in 1970.

App shows which NYC subway stations are the rattiest

Want to know which of New York City's subway stations are the rattiest? There's an app for that!