Virgin Galactic announces first commercial spaceflights this summer

Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight is scheduled to be a research mission launched June 27, followed by a private astronaut flight in August.

Here's how to see 5 planet alignment this weekend

There's another chance to see five planets lined up in the sky. Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury will appear together before sunrise on Saturday, weather permitting.

West Nile Virus found in Chicago mosquitoes — what to know

Public health officials are warning Chicagoans to take precautions this summer after West Nile virus has been detected in a batch of mosquitoes.

Oldest sibling of Colombian plane crash survivors said mother lived for days

The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died.

Crickets take over small town
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A quiet Nevada town has been overrun by thousands of crickets.

9-foot-long monster catfish caught in Italy

Alessandro Biancardi said he has never seen such a huge catfish in his 23 years of fishing.

Watch: Large bison herd escorts calves across road in Yellowstone

The reddish-brown calves are born in late April and May and can keep up with the herd 2 to 3 hours after birth, according to the National Park Service.

Watch: Deer jumps into pool after wreaking havoc inside New Jersey home

Despite the bloody scene left behind by the deer, animal control officials said it was not seriously injured and the deer was shortly released back into the wild.

Scantily clad 'witches' caught munching on deer carcass in bizarre security cam footage

A nurse and nature lover in Canada reportedly captured footage of what she said appeared to be "two witches holding a carcass-eating ritual" with a camera she set up near her home.

Sonic boom heard across DC area identified as F-16 fighter jet

A fighter jet that was trying to intercept an unresponsive small plane that flew over D.C. Sunday triggered report of a loud boom that was heard across the area. 

Watch: Ohio officer rescue fawn trapped in soccer net

A fawn got trapped in a soccer net, but the mother deer would not let neighbors try to rescue it.