How NASA’s waylaid astronauts finally got home
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — One of the most closely watched astronaut missions of recent memory came to a dramatic close this week as…
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Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern iguanas likely embarked on what may be the longest…
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A remarkable Early Jurassic record has been hiding in plain sight for 20 years on a slab of rock displayed at a…
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Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely…
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Oxygen detected in the most distant galaxy ever found
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have made the surprising discovery of oxygen and elements like heavy metals in the most distant…
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Jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions in relation to pipeline protest
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for millions of dollars in damages to a giant pipeline…
Continue ReadingThe world has just experienced its hottest decade
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — A report considered the world’s most trusted source of climate updates has laid out the parlous state of a…
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NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally return home after more than nine months in space
CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who gained international attention as…
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By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who gained international attention as their…
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Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was…
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A big trial in a small North Dakota courtroom is testing the First Amendment in the era of Trump
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A high stakes $300 million lawsuit brought by a giant pipeline company against the environmental group…
Continue ReadingHistory-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based company that conducted a pristine moon landing with its Blue Ghost spacecraft…
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Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets…
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Blue Ghost lander captured a solar eclipse while on the moon. See the stunning imagery here
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — While parts of the Earth experienced a total lunar eclipse early Friday, a spacecraft on the moon captured the…
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SpaceX’s Crew-10 arrives at the ISS, paving the way for NASA’s Wilmore and Williams to return home
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A crew of astronauts who will take over duties on the International Space Station from NASA’s Suni Williams…
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Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our…
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Why Trump is already worrying the people in charge of the Colorado River
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s first month in office has worried federal and state officials alike tasked with…
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How to see the moon turn red during March’s total lunar eclipse
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Sky-gazers across the Western Hemisphere will be in for a celestial treat this week when the full moon…
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Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life…
Continue Reading How to see the moon turn red during March’s total lunar eclipse
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Sky-gazers across the Western Hemisphere will be in for a celestial treat this week when the full moon…
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