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An exclusive look at Greensea IQ's AI-powered robots that can find and clear mines on the ocean floor. A powerful new tool that minimizes the human risk of deactivating these deadly hazards. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports.

The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish a permanent presence on the moon.

NBC News' Gadi Schwartz previews the new exhibit at the California Science Center, where visitors will soon be able to view NASA's space shuttle Endeavour in its ready-to-launch position.

The agency's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is at risk of falling into the atmosphere. A spacecraft set to launch Tuesday is tasked with pushing the satellite back into a stable orbit.

The NASA Swift space observatory is in danger of falling from space after 22 years, but a rescue mission with the help of a robot is set to launch on June 30. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz talks with Katalyst Space CEO Ghonhee Lee, the company partnering . ...

The twin earthquakes occurred in a complex fault system that had likely been accumulating stress for more than two centuries, experts said.

A cold front in the forecast will raise the fire risk in a region where drought has left vegetation dry and primed to burn.

Although wildland firefighters are at high risk for smoke-related health issues, the U.S. Forest Service has been slow to offer protection. For decades, respirators were not allowed.

Authorities in France said Tuesday at least 40 people have drowned as residents flocked to beaches, rivers and lakes to escape the heat.

Comprising 1,650 individual radio dishes, the telescope aims to study supermassive black holes, spinning dead stars known as pulsars and fast radio bursts from deep space.