'Buried treasure': James Webb telescope’s newest images show star at birth

‘It's like finding buried treasure,’ said scientists analyzing new images from the James Webb Space Telescope through different filters.

Bear cub adjusts trail camera with 'surprisingly good results'
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A bear cub in Northern Minnesota re-adjusted a Voyageurs Wolf Project trail camera, leading to the camera capturing some pretty good footage of wildlife in the Voyageurs National Park area. Researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project say the cub "did a much better job than most of its comrades" when it comes to adjusting trail cameras. And a few weeks later, the bear came and checked on the camera.

NASA lander InSight falls silent after 4 years on Mars

InSight arrived at Mars in 2018, recording more than 1,300 marsquakes and even documenting a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound.

Edina High School students' project will be launched on SpaceX spacecraft

A project to grow food in space worked on by a group of Edina High School students will be included on a future SpaceX rocket launch.

Beloved Como Zoo orangutan named Amanda has died

Amanda, a beloved orangutan at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, has died at age 46.

VIDEO: Deer chased by large canine in Minnesota

A Fox 9 viewer captured some video deer fleeing from what appears to be a coyote. 

Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite

A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike, a Russian space official said Thursday.

Geminid meteor shower peak: When and where you can see it

Some Americans will have clear skies during the meteor shower, but cloudy weather will make stargazing a challenge for many other people across the country.

Mars rover captures 1st sound of dust devil on red planet

What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket.

Fusion breakthrough at Livermore Lab is a milestone for climate, clean energy

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain.

Oldest DNA reveals what life was like in Greenland 2 million years ago

Scientists have discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland.