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By Kristin Fisher, CNN The night sky has been a source of information and wonder since the dawn of humankind — and it looks almost the same now…
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN The night sky has been a source of information and wonder since the dawn of humankind — and it looks almost the same now…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Facts The…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a court comprised of 123 states from around the world. Facts…
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By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN The second attempt at the final, crucial prelaunch test for NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon was…
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Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN I hate to fail. I suspect this trait would make me a very bad NASA scientist, many of whom have been putting the Artemis I moon…
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By Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world is careening toward levels of global warming that will have irreversible impacts, a new landmark…
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By Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world is careening toward levels of global warming that will have irreversible impacts, a new landmark…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The final, crucial prelaunch test of NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon was halted Sunday due to issues that…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Foresight is an incredible gift — and it may be one of the most valuable scientific tools we have. When NASA…
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By Megan Marples Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this world. Particles of lunar dust collected…
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By John Blake, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin often evokes the Soviet Union’s epic defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II to justify…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first NASA mission to the moon since 1972 is ready for its most crucial test to date. The 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall)…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN On a stormy Independence Day in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005, flamingo No. 492 went rogue. The bird was spotted around 600 miles…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the World Cup football (soccer) tournaments. The World Cup is organized by FIFA, the Federation…
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By Hada Messia and Alex Hardie, CNN Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canada’s indigenous…
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By Megan Marples, CNN An evil fox spirit is on the loose after breaking free from her rock prison — that is, if you believe in Japanese…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the United Nations, an organization of 193 member states from around the world. United Nations Charter…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at genocide, the attempted or intentional destruction of a national, racial, religious or ethnic group,…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has glimpsed the most distant single star it’s ever observed, glimmering 28 billion…
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By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States is giving older adults the option of getting a second Covid-19 vaccine booster dose as…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Images of Pluto captured by NASA’s New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of world-renowned primatologist, activist and conservationist Jane Goodall. Personal Birth…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN After a record-breaking 355 days spent in space, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is back on Earth. In a Russian Soyuz MS-19…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN As humans, we’ve always had a connection with the stars and the moon. Myriad discoveries this week have showcased the…
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By Josh Campbell and Meridith Edwards When Russian forces first rolled across the border into Ukraine last month, Sayed and Masuma Hosseini were…
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN El Salvador’s legislative assembly approved a state of emergency law early Sunday to tackle a spiraling homicide rate…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Solar Orbiter mission will make its closest flyby of the sun Saturday since launching in February 2020. The spacecraft…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has glimpsed the most distant single star it’s ever observed, glimmering 28 billion…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Tonight, for the 15th consecutive year, people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour. It’s part of a…
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By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of…
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By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming…
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By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming…
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By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s…
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By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s…
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By Danya Gainor, CNN Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nearly 50 years after it was collected, a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission has finally been opened at NASA’s…
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters a new month, the wealthy elite close to Russian President Vladimir Putin are…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN The star ingredient responsible for an airy, bubbly pizza crust is yeast. As cells that eat sugar and convert into carbon…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN For years, researchers have sought to understand why Vikings abandoned one of their settlements in Greenland after…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 every year. History Some…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries at the end of February — in response to sanctions…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN It’s long been thought that dinosaurs were land lubbers — terrestrial creatures that steered largely clear of water. A…
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By Megan Marples, CNN Dug may not be the world’s largest potato, but it’s still pretty spudtacular. When New Zealand couple Colin and…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Before NASA returns humans to the moon this decade, they have to be able to land on the lunar surface — and…
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By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Several European nations are facing a new spike in Covid-19 cases because they scrapped pandemic…
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By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Several European nations are facing a new spike in Covid-19 cases because they scrapped pandemic…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer’s first spacewalk was an eventful one, beginning and ending with…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Space can be a violent place. Objects crash into each other, causing destruction or leading to the formation of larger…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN An artificial lake off the west coast of Sicily was once one of the largest sacred pools in the ancient Mediterranean 2,500…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report. The report by IQAir, a company…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are now more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, according to NASA. The latest addition of 65…
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN A young Ukrainian girl who recently performed a moving rendition of the “Frozen” hit “Let It Go” for…
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN A young Ukrainian girl who recently performed a moving rendition of the “Frozen” hit “Let It Go” for…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday of Passover. The holiday will be celebrated from sundown on April 5 through April…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at crude oil reserves and production around the world. Facts Crude oil is a form of liquid petroleum,…
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By Megan Marples, CNN The late-afternoon sun shone down on a sandstone ridge in Montana, illuminating a large sinkhole that had been soaked from rain…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A mega moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft have finally emerged from their chrysalis and are towering in place at NASA’s…
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Thousands of miles away from the violence that’s engulfing Ukraine and forcing millions to leave their homes,…
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By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN A trio of Russian cosmonauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday. Cosmonauts Oleg…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement reached in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, mandating that industrialized…
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Thousands of miles away from the violence that’s engulfing Ukraine and forcing millions to leave their homes,…
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN As Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine disrupts energy supply and forces world leaders to examine their dependence on Russian…
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an impassioned appeal to the Russian people in a video posted on social…
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an impassioned appeal to the Russian people in a video posted on social…
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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Survivors of Russia’s siege on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are reporting that some residents are being forced to…
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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Survivors of Russia’s siege on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are reporting that some residents are being forced to…
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN With winter finally coming to an end, millions of people in India — and other parts of the world home to Hindus —…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The mission to launch Europe’s first planetary rover — designed to search for signs of life on Mars — has been…
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By Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN An everyday item in your kitchen is a better home for many diverse types of bacteria than a petri dish in a…
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By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN One of the brightest heralds of spring makes its appearance this week. The March full moon,…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mission is another step closer to its lunar launch. The massive 322-foot-tall (98 meters) stack, which…
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By Megan Marples, CNN A new dinosaur species from the early Jurassic period was discovered in southwestern China, according to a study published…
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By David Shortell, Donie O’Sullivan, Kaitlan Collins and Sam Fossum, CNN Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, known as the Taoiseach, tested…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Eugene Parker, an astrophysicist who pioneered the solar research field of heliophysics, has died at age 94. Parker died…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has taken one giant step closer in its mission to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter, initially designed for five flights, is about to begin its second year of flying on Mars. The…
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By Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN The cost of natural gas was already rising fast as the world emerged from repeated Covid lockdowns and demand for energy…
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By Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN The cost of natural gas was already rising fast as the world emerged from repeated Covid lockdowns and demand for energy…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The early warning system to detect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, operated by NASA and its collaborators around the world,…
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By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN It has been two years since the Covid-19 pandemic became a reality for millions of people in Europe and…
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN Veteran former astronaut Scott Kelly tells CNN he is backing off his high-profile Twitter war with the head of the Russian…
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address Wednesday to US members of Congress, as Ukraine…
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By Megan Marples, CNN Watch out giant hornets, your next mating could be your last. Researchers found that giant hornets can be lured into traps…
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By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN The International Space Station may be set for retirement at the end of the decade, but there’s…
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN In the span of just two weeks, millions of Ukrainian refugees have been forced to flee as the brutal Russian invasion of…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN As humans, we can’t seem to help leaving traces of ourselves behind everywhere we go. And some of these artifacts are…
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By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of…
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By Sara Sidner and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Jakub Kotowicz loves animals so much he decided he wanted to spend his life healing them. But the Polish…
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By Sara Sidner and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Jakub Kotowicz loves animals so much he decided he wanted to spend his life healing them. But the Polish…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have discovered a new kind of star explosion called a micronova. Although it may be smaller than the giant…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The International Space Station will intentionally fall to Earth and come to rest within the depths of Point Nemo, a watery…
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By Megan Marples, CNN You may have a slim chance of traveling to outer space, but at least your name can go. NASA is collecting names to be put on a…
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By Megan Marples, CNN You may have a slim chance of traveling to outer space, but at least your name can go. NASA is collecting names to be put on a…
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By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Within 24 hours of reading a news story about Ukrainian refugees sleeping in a train station, Aaron Jackson left his Florida…
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, AnneClaire Stapleton and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Hundreds of thousands of children are among two million refugees who have fled…
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