Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees. Rebecca Hersher
Researchers find some bird parents get 'divorced' after breeding A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons. Geoff Brumfiel
SpaceX launches international crew to space station on 6-month NASA mission NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research. Brendan Byrne
An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression. Rhitu Chatterjee
In reversal, Defense Department will continue providing crucial satellite weather data About a month after announcing that it would stop sharing data that hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on, the Navy now says it will continue distributing it. Rebecca Hersher
What makes a tsunami — and what to do if one comes Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully understood. Michal Ruprecht
Has NASA ceded its mission to Elon Musk? The Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are changing the face of NASA, and why Musk's dream of Mars may come at the cost of the agency's mission. Tonya Mosley
Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get 'divorced' A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons. Geoff Brumfiel
The Manhattan gunman believed he had CTE. What does that mean? The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players. Alana Wise