India's lunar rover rolls onto the moon, days after spacecraft's historic touchdown

India's lunar rover continued its walk on the moon Friday after the historic touchdown near the moon's south pole earlier this week, possibly helping determine if there is oxygen and hydrogen on the moon.

NY golfer charged with animal cruelty after beating a goose to death

Witnesses told officers that “one of the golfers allegedly went over to the goose and made comments that he was going to put it out of its misery" after the ball smacked into the bird.

SpaceX readies to launch international astronaut crew to space station on Friday

SpaceX and NASA plan to launch an astronaut crew to the International Space Station early Friday morning from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first near the south pole

India’s successful moon landing comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25, which was aiming for the same lunar region, spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed.

Wildlife advocates bust illegal exotic animal photoshoots on Coney Island

Animal advocates are reminding New Yorkers that wild exotic animals are illegal in New York City, and pushing for them to be made illegal in the rest of the state.

Russia's moon mission crash dents pride, reflects deeper problems with its space industry

Russian state television had hailed the spacecraft as the country’s triumphant entry into a new moon race, but since the crash, the broadcasters have tried to play down the loss of the robotic probe.

James Webb Space Telescope captures new beauty of dying star

The ring nebula captured by James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam is 2,500 light-years away and known as M57 and NHC6720. NIRCam's sensitivity captures new details of the structures within the celestial object.

Russia's 1st lunar mission in nearly 50 years crashes into the moon

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.

Teachers can apply to NASA for Artemis 'moon tree' seeds

Last year, nearly 2000 tree seeds traveled to the moon and back to Earth aboard the Artemis I, Orion space capsule.