Rare blue supermoon to appear this week: What to know

NASA says a Blue Moon refers not to its color but to any month with two full moons in the 29.5-day lunar cycle.

FedEx delivery driver kills rattlesnake on rural Nebraska porch

“Hope you didn’t have a pet rattlesnake,” the delivery driver texted the homeowner, letting them know what had just happened on their front porch.

NASA's most multinational space crew rockets to the ISS

A NASA astronaut was joined on the predawn liftoff from Kennedy Space Center by fliers from Denmark, Japan and Russia. They clasped one another's gloved hands upon reaching orbit.

Emperor penguin chicks dying in Antarctica
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The climate crisis is affecting Emperor penguins and their ability to breed successfully.

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.

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.

Spider can cause hours-long erection
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This little guy shut down a grocery store in Austria for three days. The Brazilian Wandering Spider has a pretty interesting bite as it can kill you, but also give you an hours long erection.

Russia launches its first mission to moon in nearly 50 years

The launch from Russia’s spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia’s first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet Union.

Texas woman survives attacks from snake, hawk after snake 'fell from the sky'

A woman in Silsbee, Texas says she is thankful to be alive after being attacked simultaneously by a snake and hawk after the snake "fell from the sky".

Texas woman attacked by snake, hawk
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You have to see it to believe it. A Texas woman says a snake fell from the sky, wrapped around her arm, then tried biting her face. All the while, a hawk swooped down and tried grabbing the snake off her arm. FOX 26's Matthew Seedorff met with the woman who says she's thankful to be alive.