Firefly shares video of Blue Ghost’s nail-biting descent to the lunar surface
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Firefly Aerospace, the Texas-based startup that on Sunday became only the second private-sector company to…
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A tiny island country is selling citizenship for $105,000 to save itself from rising seas
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Citizenship of Nauru, an island nation spanning just 8 square miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, can be yours…
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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean…
Continue ReadingScientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant?
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact. With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows…
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SpaceX’s Starship: The most powerful rocket ever built calls off first flight attempt since explosive mishap
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX is standing down from the eighth uncrewed test flight of its gargantuan Starship megarocket. The mission…
Continue ReadingKeep the lights on or mine Bitcoin? How crypto is starting to suck up clean energy
By Elizabeth McBride, CNN (CNN) — In broad daylight, law enforcement officers raid a warehouse on the outskirts of the city of Sukhumi in…
Continue ReadingFirefly’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touches down on the moon
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An uncrewed spacecraft developed in the United States has successfully soft-landed on the…
Continue ReadingMysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 1400s may have been found
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci excelled in the fields of art and science, but the Italian polymath was also a highly skilled…
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FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starship after explosive failure rained debris over populated islands
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators have cleared the way for SpaceX to launch another test flight after its Starship spacecraft…
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China’s Mars rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago,…
Continue ReadingPandas eat bamboo instead of going with their gut. Scientists explain why
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that…
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Keep an eye on Venus to help spot the rest of the planet parade in the night sky, astronomers say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury,…
Continue ReadingA young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy…
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Katy Perry and Gayle King are among 6 women headed to space aboard New Shepard
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin’s next crewed flight mission aboard its tourism rocket, expected to lift off this spring, will…
Continue ReadingTrial begins in fossil fuel pipeline company’s $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over protests
By the Associated Press MANDAN, North Dakota (AP) — An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday at trial that he will prove various…
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Cleopatra’s birthplace sees ‘dramatic surge’ in building collapses as sea level rises, study shows
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is experiencing a “dramatic…
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Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex…
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Texas-based company that made historic soft touchdown on the moon launches high-stakes lunar excursion
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two robotic landers, one from the United States and the other from Japan, are currently in transit toward the…
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the…
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Scientists say they’ve discovered why Mars is red
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been called the red planet. Now, scientists may have discovered the…
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