Why you shouldn't fear spiders known for parachuting through the air
Joro spiders were first found in the U.S. in 2014. Since then, the invasive species that's native to east Asia has been spotted in several states.
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NASA telescope reveals 7 new "scorching" planets orbiting distant star
NASA described the planets as "scorching" and "bathed" in heat emitted by a distant host star.
Virgin Galactic chalks up fifth commercial flight to space in a row
The six-member crew included three paying customers: a planetary scientist, a popular STEM educator and an investment manager.
Mysterious "blobs" inside Earth may be from collision with another planet
A new study says the collision with a proto-planet called Theia 4.5 billion years ago left remnants deep inside Earth — and also created the moon.
NASA image shows "ghostly cosmic hand" 16,000 light-years from Earth
NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer telescope studied the nebula for about 17 days, the agency said, marking the longest time it has focused on one object.
Going to bat for bats
A millionaire enamored with bats, and concerned about threats to their natural habitat, built the world's largest manmade bat cave on his sprawling Texas ranch. After years of waiting, the bats showed up.
For the love of bats
Texas millionaire David Bamberger was so enamored with the bats he saw at the renowned Bracken Cave Preserve outside San Antonio, and was so concerned about threats to the flying mammals' natural habitat, that in the late 1990s he built the world's largest manmade bat cave on his sprawling ranch near Johnson City. For a long time, no bats showed up. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports on what happened once they did.
Why did Hurricane Otis get so strong, so fast?
Hurricane Otis plowed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a deadly Category 5. Just 12 hours earlier, it was a tropical storm.
U.S. and China aim for moon in new space race
China's rapidly growing space program has its sights set on the moon just as the U.S. is planning a return. CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports the head of NASA is concerned about a new space race.
3-toed dinosaur footprints found on U.K. beach
Environment Agency engineers were working on sea defenses on the Isle of Wight when they made the discovery.
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In Trump's pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution
Israeli election exit polls show race headed toward stalemate
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Grand jury won't indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony
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