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This image provided by Blue Origin, Michaela Benthaus poses after the Blue Origin's capsule landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 in West Texas. (Blue Origin via AP)

Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

8:18 AM on Saturday, December 20

A paraplegic engineer has become the first wheelchair user in space, blasting off with Blue Origin

FILE - An exam room at a medical clinic in Detroit on July 29, 2015. (Charles V. Tines/Detroit News via AP, File)

You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it

7:05 AM on Saturday, December 20

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

HRP-C Welcomes the Confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator

4:58 PM on Friday, December 19

DC-PERPETUAL-ATOMICS

12:00 PM on Friday, December 19

I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists

7:18 AM on Friday, December 19

This illustration provided by NASA in December 2025 depicts the aftermath of a collision between two massive space rocks orbiting the star Fomalhaut. (NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford, Space Telescope Science Institute via AP)

Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions

1:25 PM on Thursday, December 18

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery

FILE - People look up to the sky from an observatory near the village of Avren, Bulgaria, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov, File)

Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas

7:13 AM on Thursday, December 18

The Ursid meteor shower is bringing fiery streaks to nighttime and early morning skies

This photo provided by the Anguilla National Trust shows a Lesser Antillean iguana from Dominica undergoing a health screening in Dominica in 2021, before being translocated to Prickly Pear East, an islet off mainland Anguilla, as part of a species reintroduction program. (Anguilla National Trust photo/Farah Mukhida via AP)

Uninhabited Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for critically endangered iguana

11:07 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana

FILE - Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, walks past as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels, in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

A mysterious fedora, a thieving cat and other stories that made us smile in 2025

11:04 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The past year wasn't all doom and gloom; there was plenty to smile about, too

FILE - People celebrate the Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge, England, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Upton, file)

The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what to know

11:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's pick to be NASA Administrator, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

3:30 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

FILE - Denise Lodge, left, covers her face with a printout of the indictment against her as she walks from the federal courthouse, June 14, 2023, in Concord, N.H., following her arrest on charges related to an alleged scheme to steal and sell donated body parts. (Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8-year prison term

2:32 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts

A crowd of people holding candles gather outside the home of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

What to know about MIT professor Nuno Loureiro and the investigation into his shooting

11:28 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Authorities are searching for a suspect in the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a prominent MIT physics professor

FILE - This image made by the Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA on March 12, 2006, shows two of Saturn's moons, the small Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the frame. (NASA via AP)

Saturn's moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests

10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all

This undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December 2025 shows Nuno Loureiro. (Jake Belcher/MIT via AP)

Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect

8:56 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F

FILE - John Prevost, brother of new Pope Leo XIV, holds a portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958, Pope Leo, 3, left, John, 4, and Louis, 7, at his home, May 8, 2025, in New Lenox, Ill. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy, File)

Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025

7:19 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Journalists with The Associated Press have captured some of 2025's most uplifting stories amid global challenges

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