Flock of giant California condors trashes woman’s home

About 15 to 20 of the giant endangered birds have recently taken a liking to the house in the city of Tehachapi and made quite a mess.

Passenger jet lands safely in LA after bird strikes engine

Authorities say an Allegiant Air jet has returned safely to Los Angeles International Airport after the crew reported striking a bird.

Flock of giant California condors trash woman's yard

About 15 to 20 California condors have recently taken a liking to a home in the city of Tehachapi, and they've made quite a mess.

NASA attempted to stop a simulated asteroid impact, but failed

During a NASA simulated week-long tabletop exercise, experts had six hypothetical months to use their technological prowess to prevent an asteroid from crashing into Earth. They failed.

Space Tourism: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin auctioning off seat on its first crewed spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is kicking off an auction for a seat on the company’s first crew spaceflight — a short Shepard-like hop launched by a rocket named New Shepard. The Texas liftoff is targeted for July 20, the date of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Chinese rocket falling to Earth, location of impact 'cannot be pinpointed'

The largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China's first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location.

Washingtonians capture SpaceX satellite streak across PNW sky

Many Washingtonians saw a spectacle that was out of this atmosphere. The SpaceX Starlink satellite launch streaked across the sky Tuesday night.

Sonoma County neighborhoods are buzzing with bears

Sebastopol police are notifying residents of a beary-unusual sight. Cameras outside a resident's home captured images of a bear roaming in the areas of Pleasant Hill, Lynch, and Robinson roads.

Bear spotted roaming Sebastopol neighborhood

Cameras outside a resident's home captured images of a bear roaming in the areas of Pleasant Hill, Lynch, and Robinson roads.

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth in rare nighttime splashdown

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.

‘It is an exciting time for our space program’: Harris to lead National Space Council

Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday that she will accept her role to lead the National Space Council and further the county’s mission in space exploration.

Department of Water Resources to truck salmon to Pacific Ocean; low river levels blamed

California will truck millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the state's Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean because the waterways the fish use to travel downstream are historically low and warm due to increasing drought.

Wildlife officials investigate possible drone crash into bald eagle nest in Fremont

Federal wildlife officials are examining evidence of a possible drone crash that might have hit a nest of two bald eagles in Fremont, possibly injuring the offspring.

Marine experts searching for entangled baby whale spotted on drone video

Marine mammal experts are attempting to relocate a baby whale that was seen off the Southern California coast entangled in what appears to be commercial fishing gear.

Massive Stratolaunch aircraft takes off on 2nd test flight

The gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft flew Thursday for its second time, taking to the skies over the Southern California desert

Endangered fin whale that washed ashore in San Francisco likely died from ship strike

Experts believe that an endangered fin whale that washed ashore in San Francisco this weekend died due to injuries sustained from a ship strike. They said they discovered significant bruising and hemorrhaging to the muscle around the whale’s neck vertebrae.