One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.
Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area.
A bald eagle that was spotted standing on the street last week in Hinsdale was suspected of having bird flu and euthanized.
On Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 launched, becoming the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity.
The only place in Illinois to see a NASA exhibit on the search for life on alien planets is the Joliet Public Library. And it’s free.
When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the first chance of 2025 to see fireballs in the sky.
Early discovery of the fungus in Illinois put the state in an unusual position to be a world leader in containing and treating it.
On Dec. 28, 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American “test-tube” baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday.
The city has only experienced one white Christmas in the past six years. It was 2022, and even then it barely qualified with 1 inch of snow.