Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky, according to NASA.
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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.
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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.
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Meteor showers are one of the easiest and most magical ways to experience the night sky, but catching a great display takes a little planning.
- 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.
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The Artemis II crew is back home, safe and sound after setting an incredible record for deep space travel.
Since Artemis II touched back down on Earth, the crew has had time to reflect on their record-setting journey. Gabrielle Nadler reports.
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.
The Trump administration is using emergency powers and subsidies to keep U.S. coal plants running.
Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen closed humanity's first lunar voyage in over 50 years.
The nation's top cartoonists celebrate the Artemis II mission to the moon.
As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration. (AP Video: Annika Hammerschlag. Produced by Julián Trejo Bax)
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Arizona can't take advantage of 15 strikeouts in six innings by starter Smith Bailey as KSU gets to the bullpen in an 11-1 loss, April 18, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
About 100 middle school football players got to rub shoulders with several Arizona players, including hosts quarterback Noah Fifita and his brother, Wildcat linebacker Dash, at the second First Down Faith Football Camp, April 17, 2026.
A motorcycle rider was killed Monday morning when he lost control on a curve and struck a guardrail on Catalina Highway, authorities say.
Republicans angling to replace Arizona’s governor, attorney general and secretary of state all have a history of amplifying President Donald Trump’s disproved claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
A bill to address housing affordability in Arizona would block cities and towns from requiring everything from garages, paved driveways, backyard patios or fencing for new homes.
The three-day trip to Washington D.C. in June to discuss how Arizona can help push Trump policies, will be paid out of legislative budgets, which are funded by taxpayer dollars.
The Bureau of Reclamation says it plans to substantially increase Colorado River water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell and to reduce releases from Powell to Lake Mead. The purpose of these actinos will be to keep Powell from falling below the level at which turbines at the adjoining Glen Canyon Dam can generate electricity.
Drought in the contiguous United States reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position.
Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official said Monday, following moves by Islamabad to end a U.S. blockade of Iran's ports.
Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky, according to NASA.
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A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.
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A man who died in 2014 has been implicated by Tucson police in the killing of a man here 10 years earlier.
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