Scientists pinpoint cause of morning sickness in pregnancy and potential way to prevent it

The new study, published in the journal Nature, shows why some women like Kate Middleton and Amy Schumer became so sick during pregnancy that they needed to be admitted to the hospital.

Massive 52-foot fin whale washes up on San Diego's Pacific Beach

“We thought it was a tarp from out in the water, but eventually we realized it was a whale and I’ve never seen anything like it," a local surfer told FOX 5 San Diego.

Winter solstice 2023: When is it and what to know

For people who live in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice marks the beginning of astronomical winter and the shortest day of the year.

Geminid meteor shower peaks in mid-December thanks to this puzzling asteroid

The Geminid meteor shower peak is in mid December this year, alongside a special moon that will allow better viewing conditions for stargazers to spot meteors to end 2023.

Mole with super hearing thought to be extinct found on South African beach

Golden moles are skilled burrowers with sensitive hearing that allows them to detect vibrations from surface movements. Unlike other burrowing mammals, they do not leave visible tunnels behind while moving under the sand.

Northern lights visible in Michigan Thursday night, space forecasters say

After a flurry of solar activity that sent four coronal mass ejections toward Earth, the northern lights viewing potential in Michigan could be great.

Light pillars illuminate night sky over Canada

What looks like a neat photography trick is a beautiful phenomenon made by Mother Nature.

Earth receives laser beam message from 10 million miles away

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment beamed a near-infrared laser from nearly 10 million miles away to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California.

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.

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.

Woman killed in what's believed to be the first deadly elk attack in Arizona

A woman was killed in what's believed to be the first deadly elk attack in Arizona. There were no witnesses nearby, but her husband says he saw a bucket of spilled corn nearby, leading investigators to think she was feeding the elk.