Science

This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), J. DePasquale (STScI) via AP)

Dr. Sachin Surwase uses a microscope to view cells in the lab where he works on autoimmune research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

This image from video by the United States Geological Survey shows lava erupting from Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. (USGS via AP)

FILE - This image provided by NASA, shows a selfie of their Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. (NASA via AP, file)

Randy Lawrence, president of the Kanawha County Black Lung Association, stands outside his home wearing supplemental oxygen for black lung disease near Cabin Creek, W.Va., Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dr. Justin Kwong, a research fellow who coaxes human stem cells to grow into a kind of immune cell involved in autoimmune diseases, works in a lab at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

This illustration provided by Caltech shows a supermassive black hole shredding a large star to pieces, leading to a bright flare. (Robert Hurt, Caltech (IPAC) via AP)

This image provided by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences shows the skull of a tyrannosaur that may be a new species. (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences via AP)

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., left, and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, participate in a spacewalk during construction of the International Space Station on Dec. 12, 2006. In the background are New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean. (NASA via AP, File)

This image provided by Brennan Gilmore shows the bright green comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Cismont, Va. (Brennan Gilmore via AP)

A polar bear is seen at an abandoned research station on Koluchin Island, off Chukotka, Russia, in the country's Far East, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov)

A seagull flies by a Southern Right Whale calf in the El Doradillo protected area, near Puerto Madryn, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)