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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have uncovered a woolly rhino so well preserved in the Russian permafrost for more than 32,000 years…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Bronze Age desert dwellers unearthed from graves in what’s now northwest China were buried with cheese scattered…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed a massive pair of jets releasing from a supermassive black hole 7.5 billion…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious type of magma found within extinct volcanoes scattered around the world could contain an abundant…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will speak at Climate Week NYC on Tuesday, touting his administration’s vast climate agenda…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth. Thirteen-foot-long pythons. Attacking crocs. Of the five main classes of…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — On a summer’s evening in 2019, Zach Sheldon watched huge chunks of ice break off Valdez Glacier in Alaska as…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — “His birth was unknown, his death hidden.” So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered…
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — Scientists in the United Kingdom have stored the entire human genome on a “5D memory crystal,” in the…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As Artemis II — NASA’s mission that will send four astronauts to circumnavigate the moon as soon as next…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the International Space Station in June on the…
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the International Space Station in June on the first…
Continue ReadingCNN By Michelle Cohan, CNN (CNN) — With its long, ridged horns and muscular build, the giant sable antelope is a majestic sight — and a rare…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Cohan, CNN (CNN) — With its long, ridged horns and muscular build, the giant sable antelope is a majestic sight — and a rare one…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The dappled starlight and swirling clouds of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” are thought to reflect the…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The bustling city of Shanghai marks national celebrations with world-famous light shows,…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Sky-gazers around the world were able to glimpse a partial lunar eclipse while September’s full harvest…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Engineers at NASA have successfully fired up a set of thrusters Voyager 1 hasn’t used in decades to solve…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir Becker, Minnesota (CNN) — The smokestacks on the aging Sherco coal power plant…
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — When you think deeply about pizza — and who doesn’t — do you think of the frozen food…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Some chapters of human history are more poignant to revisit than others. The Battle of Waterloo ended a…
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is beginning its fifth day in orbit, having marked a few record-setting milestones…
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — As right-wing rioters attacked communities with racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The two NASA astronauts who piloted the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule — and were…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — In the hopes of solving one of the enduring mysteries about the iconic monolith, geologists have shifted the…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — When you’re a predatory fish, sometimes the lunch you gobbled up doesn’t agree with you. Rather than…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami…
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese “reusable experimental spacecraft” believed to be the country’s secretive space plane…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cataclysm engulfed the planet some 252 million years ago, wiping out more than 90% of all life. Known as the Great…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A pile of amputated limbs and the remains of several military horses have been excavated at the site of the…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A four-person crew of civilians on board SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission unlocked the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed the detailed motions of giant gas bubbles on the surface of a nearby star for the…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission kicked off early Tuesday, launching a four-person crew of civilian astronauts…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two telescopes have spotted the closest pair of supermassive black holes to date. The duo, only about 300…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Picture a clock ticking so steadily that it doesn’t lose a second, even after running for 1 billion…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s latest mission — a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s latest mission — a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a four-person…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Europa Clipper spacecraft passed a key milestone on Monday and is on track to launch next month to…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Well-preserved fossils of ancient large reptiles called pterosaurs have revealed that some species flew by…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Inside a highly classified facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee — the same facility that enriched uranium for the…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ties van der Hoeven’s ambitions are nothing if not grand. The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As astronauts and engineers are fond of saying, space is hard. But that has never stopped bright minds from…
Continue ReadingKABC, KCAL, KCBS, KCRA, CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The deep landslides beneath the multimillion-dollar homes in Rancho Palos Verdes…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The deep landslides beneath the multimillion-dollar homes in Rancho Palos Verdes moved at an almost glacial…
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As astronauts and engineers are fond of saying, space is hard. But that has never stopped bright minds…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned from the International Space Station Friday evening…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When scientists attached a tag to a pregnant porbeagle shark in October 2020 to learn more about the…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Summer broke global heat records for the second straight year, scientists have confirmed — putting 2024 firmly…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — In H.G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction novel, “The Invisible Man,” the protagonist invents a serum that makes the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have shifted on its axis when a massive asteroid smashed into it about 4…
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — A “remarkable” Pictish ring with “an intricate setting” was discovered in Scotland by an amateur…
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett and Steve Tuemmler, CNN (CNN) — A roughly 1-meter (3-foot) asteroid burned up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A wheeled bot rolls across the floor. A soft-bodied robotic star bends its five legs, moving with an awkward…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot, deep…
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot,…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The largest dam removal project in US history is finally complete, after crews last week demolished the last of…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — What lies beneath the waves is among the planet’s biggest mysteries. About half of Earth’s surface remains…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Rocky debris blasted away from the tiny asteroid Dimorphos when NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The world’s most frequently launched rocket — the SpaceX Falcon 9 — is cleared to fly again, federal…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Marmosets can communicate with one another by name and know when they are being addressed, joining a very short…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An ancient, submerged bridge in a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca is helping researchers determine…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After 12 weeks in space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home from the International…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The…
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s prolific Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded for the second time in two months after federal regulators…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Imagine four skyscrapers the height of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, stacked on top of one another.…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and distribute…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX has once again delayed the kickoff of its latest mission: a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted six rogue worlds, or cosmic objects that don’t orbit stars, using the James Webb…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Tap water in parts of a Spanish tourist hot spot is now so salty it’s become undrinkable, with residents and…
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A “worldwide catastrophe” is imperiling Pacific Islands and the world must respond to the unprecedented and…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s latest attempt to push the cosmic boundaries is set to kick off this week with a mission called…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s latest attempt to push the cosmic boundaries is set to kick off this week with a mission called…
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Spending time outside during a heat wave can be sweaty, uncomfortable, even health-endangering, but scientists…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When astronauts conduct spacewalks to perform maintenance outside of the International Space Station, the…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have remained on board the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Perseverance rover has begun a long climb up the steep rim of Jezero Crater on a quest to discover some…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have remained on board the International…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Under the feet of millions of New Yorkers, a species of ant — originally not found anywhere else in North…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An investigation of human remains from the 17th century British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, has…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Gunia, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In between the speedboats, luxury yachts, and wooden fishing boats moored in a Hong Kong marina, a…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the need for effective global climate action becomes ever more urgent,…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The storm that sank the “Bayesian,” a luxury yacht anchored off the Sicily coast, was sudden, violent and…
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