Full moon turns an eerie red during the total lunar eclipse
By Taylor Nicioli and Ashley Strickland, CNN Turning a coppery shade of red in the sky this Tuesday, November 8, the full moon kicked off Election…
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A priceless fossil destroyed in WWII has resurfaced in an unusual way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first complete skeleton of a prehistoric marine reptile was thought to be lost forever in a bombing raid in London in…
Continue Reading How human composting could reduce death’s carbon footprint
By Kristen Rogers, CNN You probably know that composting banana peels and eggshells can help reduce your negative impact on the environment. But did…
Continue Reading Billionaires emit a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, study finds
By Sophie Tanno, CNN A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, a study has found. The report published by…
Continue Reading This has quickly become the key issue at COP27 — and the most difficult to resolve
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Aftab Khan felt helpless when torrential floodwaters submerged a third of Pakistan, his home country. Khan’s hometown…
Continue Reading As countries convene at climate summit in Egypt, reports show the world is wildly off track. Here’s what to watch at COP27
By Ella Nilsen, CNN As global leaders converge in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s annual climate summit, researchers, advocates and the…
Continue Reading An underwater cavern is one of many safe havens that could help restore the marine world
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean may be our best hope in fighting the climate crisis — but it needs our help. Due to its vast expanse, the ocean…
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An underwater cavern is one of many safe havens that could help restore the marine world
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean may be our best hope in fighting the climate crisis — but it needs our help. Due to its vast expanse, the ocean…
Continue Reading What are ’emissions?’ What is ‘net zero?’ Here are the climate change terms you should know
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that…
Continue Reading China’s rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The charred remnants of a rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth Friday morning, an event decried in the West as an…
Continue Reading This month’s Southern Taurids meteor shower will feature bright fireballs in the sky
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Never mind that Halloween is over, because “Halloween fireballs,” as NASA calls them, can still be seen blazing…
Continue Reading NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket is back on the launchpad ahead of third launch attempt
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN The hulking rocket at the heart of NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon arrived at the…
Continue Reading Tonga eruption’s towering plume reached the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that…
Continue Reading ‘Compostable plastic’ doesn’t live up to its environmental claims. Here’s what you can focus on instead
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these…
Continue Reading Stone Age child’s grave site in Finland reveals surprises
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The burial site of a young child who lived 8,000 years ago has been discovered in Eastern Finland, providing a rare glimpse…
Continue Reading Netanyahu eyes comeback as Israel votes in fifth election in four years
By Hadas Gold, CNN Israelis are heading to the ballot box for an unprecedented fifth time in four years on Tuesday, as Israel holds yet another…
Continue Reading Eerie image of the sun ‘smiling’ captured by NASA
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A NASA observatory captured what appeared to be a jack-o’-lantern-esque smile on the sun’s surface, showing what…
Continue Reading Astronomers spy the ghost of a star and cosmic cobwebs
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Colorful, ghostly remnants drift in space where a massive star exploded 11,000 years ago. The Vela supernova remnant, named…
Continue Reading ‘Planet killer’ asteroid spotted hiding in the sun’s glare
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the…
Continue Reading A space rock slammed into Mars on Christmas Eve. It revealed a hidden surprise
By Ashley Strickland, CNN You never forget your first Mars mission. When NASA’s InSight spacecraft arrived at the red planet on November 26,…
Continue Reading Antarctica’s emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis
By Ashley Strickland, CNN As Antarctica’s emperor penguins are increasingly threatened by the climate crisis, the flightless seabirds will…
Continue Reading Australia repatriates families of ISIS fighters from Syria
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Australia has repatriated a group of women and children who were left stranded in refugee camps in northeastern…
Continue Reading Russia says it repelled drone attack on Crimea
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Russian Black Sea warships have repelled a drone attack in Sevastopol Bay, a Russian official in Crimea said on…
Continue Reading Evolutionary mystery of harmonious flower meadow may be solved
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Amid the heights of a mountain range in southwestern China, thousands of different species of rhododendrons mysteriously live…
Continue Reading Ghostly figures emerge from Pillars of Creation in new Webb telescope image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed the dark side of the usually ethereal Pillars of Creation, located 6,500…
Continue Reading Space rock slams into Mars, forming a crater that revealed chunks of ice
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Christmas came a little early for NASA’s InSight mission last December when the lander detected a massive quake on…
Continue Reading Microbes may have survived for millions of years beneath the Martian surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ancient bacteria might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of…
Continue Reading This weird-looking primate’s extra-long fingers give it an extra-gross talent
By Charlotte Banks, CNN Humans aren’t the only animals to pick their nose and eat the contents, a new study has shown. Researchers have for the…
Continue Reading Swarming honeybees can produce as much electricity as a thunderstorm, study shows
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Swarms of honeybees can generate as much electrical charge as a thunderstorm, new research shows. In a study published in the…
Continue Reading Webb telescope shares unique peek inside the early universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on…
Continue Reading Webb telescope shares unique peek inside the early universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on…
Continue Reading World still way off track on goal to keep global warming below dangerous threshold, UN says
By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme…
Continue Reading World still way off track on goal to keep global warming below dangerous threshold, UN says
By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme…
Continue Reading The hunt for habitable planets may have just gotten far more narrow, new study finds
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The hunt for planets that could harbor life may have just narrowed dramatically. Scientists had long hoped and theorized that…
Continue Reading The last solar eclipse of the year can be seen today
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN When the moon passes between the sun and Earth for the second time this year, it will block most light from the sun and cast…
Continue Reading International Space Station swerves to avoid Russian space debris, NASA says
By Jackie Wattles and Katie Hunt, CNN The International Space Station fired its thrusters to maneuver out of the way of a piece of oncoming Russian…
Continue Reading NASA announces team of scientists who will study mysterious ‘UFO’ events in the sky
By Katie Hunt, Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA selected a team of 16 scientists and experts who will delve into the…
Continue Reading NASA announces team of scientists who will study mysterious ‘UFO’ events in the sky
By Katie Hunt, Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA selected a team of 16 scientists and experts who will delve into the…
Continue Reading Here’s why mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others
By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you have always suspected that you might just be a mosquito magnet, scientists now have evidence for you: Mosquitoes indeed…
Continue Reading Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group
By Katie Hunt, CNN Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch. The more we learn about our Stone…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be leader of UK’s Conservative Party and next prime minister
By Jorge Engels, CNN UK former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pulled out of the contest to become the next Conservative Party leader and therefore…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be leader of UK’s Conservative Party and next prime minister
By Jorge Engels, CNN UK former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pulled out of the contest to become the next Conservative Party leader and therefore…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be leader of UK’s Conservative Party and next prime minister
By Jorge Engels, CNN UK former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pulled out of the contest to become the next Conservative Party leader and therefore…
Continue Reading Author Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and hand is “incapacitated” following August stabbing attack, agent says
By Samantha Beech, CNN Author Salman Rushdie has lost his sight in one eye and one of his hands is “incapacitated” following a stabbing…
Continue Reading Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group
By Katie Hunt, CNN Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch. The more we learn about our Stone…
Continue Reading Here’s why mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others
By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you have always suspected that you might just be a mosquito magnet, scientists now have evidence for you: Mosquitoes indeed…
Continue Reading Hubble shows view of ‘unexpected’ twin tail created by NASA spacecraft slamming into asteroid
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new snapshot of the asteroid that NASA recently slammed with a spacecraft in an attempt…
Continue Reading Rare 300-foot whaleback boat discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The wreckage of a rare boat — one of the last of its kind to be located — has been identified at the bottom of Lake…
Continue Reading Liz Truss is not alone. These are other high-profile figures with short-lived jobs
By Scottie Andrew, CNN After just six weeks in office, Liz Truss announced Thursday she’d resign as Britain’s prime minister. Hers was a…
Continue Reading From Comet Halley, Orionid meteor shower is most visible this week
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN One of nature’s most anticipated light shows is set to climax this week, as space debris and dust trails from the famous…
Continue Reading James Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three…
Continue Reading James Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three…
Continue Reading The Black Death is still affecting the human immune system
By Katie Hunt, CNN The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the…
Continue Reading World War II shipwreck still pollutes the North Sea’s ocean floor 80 years later
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A World War II shipwreck is still leaking explosives and other toxic elements into the ocean floor of the North Sea more…
Continue Reading Record-breaking bony fish weighing 3 tons found
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN A giant sunfish believed to be the world’s heaviest bony fish has been discovered in the Azores archipelago, Portugal,…
Continue Reading Uganda announces lockdown as Ebola cases rise
By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high risk…
Continue Reading Cub cam offers a unique glimpse into the early days of a vulnerable species
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Nestled in their heated den, the newborn cheetah cubs at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute spend their days…
Continue Reading Four prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports
By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in…
Continue Reading Four prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports
By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in…
Continue Reading Alvin will help scientists unlock ocean mysteries 4 miles deep
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Renowned explorer Robert Ballard has scoured the deep sea for decades in search of its mysteries. Fascinated by Jules…
Continue Reading A NASA spacecraft will swing by Earth on Sunday
By Zoe Sottile, CNN This Sunday, a spacecraft called Lucy will be in the sky — just without diamonds. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will skirt…
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Kamikaze drones hit Zaporizhzhia as rocket strikes Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say
By Kostan Nechyporenko, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian officials say Russian attacks have killed 11 civilians in the past day as the…
Continue Reading Kamikaze drones hit Zaporizhzhia as rocket strikes Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say
By Kostan Nechyporenko, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian officials say Russian attacks have killed 11 civilians in the past day as the…
Continue Reading Man found dead in flooded backyard as Australia braces for more heavy rain
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN A 71-year-old man was found dead in floodwaters in the backyard of his home in Rochester, Australia, on…
Continue Reading 40 killed, dozens trapped by explosion in Turkey coal mine
By Maija Ehlinger, Gul Tuysuz, Heather Chen and Eyad Kourdi, CNN An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed at least 40 people and…
Continue Reading Humans can dive deeper into the world’s oceans than ever before with Alvin
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Black smoke appears to rise from chimney-like formations of the hottest and deepest known hydrothermal vents on Earth. Over…
Continue Reading Global wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970, WWF report finds
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN The world’s wildlife populations plummeted by an average of 69% between 1970 and 2018, a dangerous decline resulting from…
Continue Reading Mummified dinosaur’s skin was gnashed by ancient crocs
By Katie Hunt, CNN The skin of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur has revealed bites and gashes from an ancient crocodile, and how its flesh was ripped…
Continue Reading Brain cells in a dish played video game Pong, scientists say
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The video game Pong is such a simple concept, anyone can play — even a dish of brain cells, according to scientists.…
Continue Reading Astronomers detect heaviest element ever found in exoplanet atmospheres
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have spotted an unexpected chemical element high within the atmosphere of two sizzling exoplanets where liquid…
Continue Reading NASA sets date for another try at Artemis I launch
By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA has set a date for another attempt at launching its Artemis I mission, after Hurricane Ian forced the space agency to roll…
Continue Reading SpaceX books another ride for a millionaire around the moon
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX said Wednesday that it has booked yet another mission around the moon for a wealthy thrill-seeker on its forthcoming…
Continue Reading Webb telescope spies an unusual set of nested dust rings in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows rings of dust plumes created by the violent interactions…
Continue Reading The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos when the NASA spacecraft…
Continue Reading Graveyard of ancient stars uncovered in the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Milky Way galaxy has a graveyard of dead stars that stretches three times the height of the galaxy, according to new…
Continue Reading Violent weekend as four Palestinians killed in West Bank, Israeli soldier killed in Jerusalem shooting
By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN An Israeli soldier has died following a shooting at a military checkpoint in East Jerusalem on Saturday, the…
Continue Reading Hurricane Julia makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm
By Gene Norman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Hurricane Julia made landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday as a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center…
Continue Reading Meet the history-making crew who just landed at the space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronauts venture aboard the International Space Station, they see a world without borders. They work together while…
Continue Reading Watch the hunter’s moon rise in the sky this weekend
By Danya Gainor and Ashley Strickland, CNN October’s full moon is just around the corner and serves as a reminder: the eerie season is fast…
Continue Reading This is how pythons can devour enormous prey
By Christian Edwards, CNN The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python,…
Continue Reading Next supercontinent may form when the Pacific Ocean disappears
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.…
Continue Reading Human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus share Nobel Peace Prize
By Rob Picheta, CNN Human rights groups from Russia and Ukraine — Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties — have won the Nobel Peace…
Continue Reading SpaceX capsule docks with space station carrying international astronauts — and 1 cosmonaut
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after…
Continue Reading Juno mission spies feature looking like a musical note on Europa’s icy surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the…
Continue Reading Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
By Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop failure…
Continue Reading Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
By Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop failure…
Continue Reading The first Webb images got a psychedelic, X-ray vision makeover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Several of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope look a little more psychedelic, thanks to…
Continue Reading Webb, Hubble space telescopes capture an intriguing galactic pair
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronomers combine the observational powers of James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, they capture…
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SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a crew of astronauts who hail from all over the world on a trip to the International Space Station…
Continue Reading SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a crew of astronauts who hail from all over the world on a trip to the International Space Station…
Continue Reading NASA and SpaceX to send first Native American woman to orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon…
Continue Reading Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also triggered a global tsunami
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a city-size asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs — and sent a monster…
Continue Reading Comet-like debris trail spotted after spacecraft crashes into asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN At first glance, a new image captured by a telescope in Chile looks like a dazzling comet streaking across the night sky,…
Continue Reading Comet-like debris trail spotted after spacecraft crashes into asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN At first glance, a new image captured by a telescope in Chile looks like a dazzling comet streaking across the night sky,…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent, CNN As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent, CNN As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent, CNN As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa…
Continue Reading Stolen in 1917, this 1,000-year-old manuscript was just returned to its rightful owners
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 1,000-year-old manuscript looted during World War I has been returned to the Greek monastery from where it was stolen more than…
Continue Reading Dramatic images show spacecraft collision with an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The DART mission made history this week when it successfully slammed into an asteroid — and we got to see it happen…
Continue Reading Erin Burnett: ‘Ukraine’s story will define the world we all live in’
By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Oleksandr Urazov and his family escaped war-torn Ukraine, thanks to his childhood friend, Alex Velychko, who now lives in New…
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