SpaceX to build vehicle that will drag the International Space Station out of orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — NASA will pay SpaceX up to nearly $1 billion to develop a vehicle capable of steering the International Space…
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Decades after the famed Kyrenia shipwreck’s discovery, researchers have a new estimate of when it sank
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly 60 years ago.…
Continue ReadingDiscovery of a Bronze Age dye workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — For thousands of years, one color rose above all others — and was worth more than its weight in gold,…
Continue ReadingThe world’s future energy wars will be fought under the sea
By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN London (CNN) — When New Yorkers grab their morning coffee, it’s their electric grid that…
Continue ReadingSatellite launches to keep an eye on space weather as solar activity ramps up
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Forecasters will soon be able to see real-time mapping of lightning activity on Earth and keep a closer eye…
Continue ReadingScientists identify new Antarctic ice sheet ‘tipping point,’ warning future sea level rise may be underestimated
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea…
Continue ReadingA weird sea creature was anatomically unlike anything ever seen — flipping it around led to a revelation
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human thumb was one of the earliest animals to evolve a…
Continue ReadingNASA calls off spacewalk at last minute as astronaut suit malfunctions
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two US astronauts abandoned plans to exit the International Space Station to conduct maintenance on Monday due…
Continue ReadingFinally, an answer to a mystery surrounding these 1,000-year-old trees
By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an…
Continue ReadingWhy Mount Rainier is the US volcano that troubles scientists most
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state,…
Continue ReadingThis technology could transform one of the world’s dirtiest industries. Experts say it’s way off pace
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — On a strip of land in northern Sweden, not far from the Arctic Circle, a new facility is taking shape which…
Continue ReadingIf Triceratops had a metalhead cousin, this dinosaur would be it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — About 67 million years ago, two dinosaurs faced off in a showdown in what’s now Montana before being buried…
Continue ReadingJupiter’s Great Red Spot is different from what an Italian astronomer observed in 1665
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest…
Continue ReadingNASA has again delayed Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth
By Jackie Wattles and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — Boeing and NASA announced Friday night that mission officials are again delaying the Boeing…
Continue ReadingSatellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in Easter Island saga
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.…
Continue ReadingSame-sex behavior among animals is being underreported, study finds
By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Same-sex sexual behavior has been observed in more than 1,500 animal species, but a new study has found that it is…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered 3,300-year-old shipwreck ‘changes the understanding’ of sailing in ancient world
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the…
Continue ReadingHow to observe a ‘moon illusion’ when the strawberry full moon peaks tonight
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Despite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. But the bright orb could still turn heads…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered dinosaur’s horns look ‘like something a heavy metal rocker would wear’
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For more than a year, visitors at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark, have been in for a treat: admiring…
Continue ReadingFossil fuel use and emissions hit record highs as world struggles with deadly heat, storms and fires
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world consumed record amounts of oil, coal and gas last year, pushing planet-heating carbon pollution to a…
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