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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an …

This photo provided by NASA shows the asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the Lucy spacecraft during its flyby on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL via AP)

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An Asian elephant calf was born at Zurich Zoo and its …

An elephant calf stands with its mother Farha the day after it was born, on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 at Zurich Zoo in Zurich, Switzerland. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close …

This image from video animation provided by NASA in October 2022 depicts the Lucy spacecraft. (NASA via AP)

How to catch the shooting stars of spring’s first meteor …

FILE - The Lyrid meteor shower is seen over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn off Germany, Friday, April 20, 2018. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP, File)

Endangered sea turtle populations show signs of recovery …

This photo provided by the Oceanic Society shows a leatherback turtle in Trinidad in 2007. (Roderic Mast/Oceanic Society via AP)

Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit …

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the possible orbit of a new exoplanet around two brown dwarfs, or failed stars, 120 light years away. (L. Calçada/ESO via AP)

A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time …

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Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as …

Belgian national Seppe Lodewijckx, who admitted to charges related to the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets, appears at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, April. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what …

FILE - The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, …

FILE - A person walks through the Georgia Tech campus with the downtown skyline in the background, March 11, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Historic domes of Hagia Sophia are renovated to protect …

A depiction of the Seraphim angel is seen in the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia Mosque at Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Japanese leader says he hopes Osaka expo will help …

Artists perform during the opening ceremony of Osaka Expo 2025 in Osaka, western Japan, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Colombia’s capital ends drought-related water rationing. …

FILE - Residents carry a bucket of water to their home after filling it at a water distribution truck while water is rationed in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla in a zoo, is celebrating …

Female gorilla Fatou, the oldest of Berlin's zoo and also believed to be the world's oldest gorilla, enjoys her birthday basket with a "gorilla food surprise", as the zoo celebrates her 68th birthday in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)