Was the SpaceX launch really a ‘success’?
By Jackie Wattles, CNN After the first test launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — ended in an…
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Viewing the Lyrids meteor shower could be a fun weekend activity
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN After no major annual meteor showers for months, the Lyrids are here to end the drought. Known as one of the oldest-recorded…
Continue ReadingThe world just failed its annual health checkup
By Laura Paddison, CNN Droughts, floods and record low ice levels — from the top of the world’s mountains to the depths of the ocean, the…
Continue ReadingHow 4/20 became ‘Weed Day’
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is something in the air today. Maybe you’ve noticed. April 20, or 4/20, is known as “Weed Day” in…
Continue ReadingElephant seals enter ‘sleep spiral’ during deep ocean dives
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Northern elephant seals might be masters of multitasking in the animal kingdom because they’ve learned how to sleep…
Continue ReadingStarship could be ready to launch again in ‘six to eight weeks,’ Elon Musk says
CNN By Jackie Wattles and Danya Gainor, CNN Since SpaceX’s inaugural test flight of the most powerful rocket ever constructed, the…
Continue ReadingWhen you give a worm weed, it gets the munchies, researchers find
By Katie Hunt, CNN One Friday afternoon, not long after Oregon made cannabis legal in 2015, some lab researchers in the state embarked on a quirky…
Continue ReadingGreenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly and driving sea level rise, new satellite data finds
By Jack Guy, CNN The Earth’s ice sheets lost enough ice over the last 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high, according to new research.…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off for inaugural test flight but explodes midair
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launchpad in South Texas…
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s Starship rocket, built for the moon and Mars, lifts off in inaugural test flight
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launch pad on the coast of South Texas…
Continue ReadingChildren’s cat-killing contest axed following backlash in New Zealand
By Heather Chen, CNN A contest planned for children in New Zealand to hunt and kill feral cats as part of a drive to protect native species has been…
Continue ReadingSpaceX readies for another attempt to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX is once again gearing up for the inaugural test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever created and the…
Continue ReadingSpaceX readies for another attempt to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX is once again gearing up for the inaugural test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever created and the…
Continue ReadingPlants that devour insects could be luring prey with signature scents
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in bogs throughout eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers, often in…
Continue ReadingDefunct NASA spacecraft returns to Earth after 21 years
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA satellite that observed solar flares and helped scientists understand the sun’s powerful bursts…
Continue ReadingHow to view this week’s rare hybrid eclipse
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN A hybrid solar eclipse — the first of its kind in nearly 10 years — is on the way. During this rare celestial event, the…
Continue ReadingIndonesian fishermen rescued off Australian coast after six days without food and water
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Eleven Indonesian fishermen were rescued by Australian maritime authorities from a tiny island after being…
Continue ReadingRising sea levels may have forced the Vikings out of a successful settlement
By Katie Hunt, CNN The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a…
Continue ReadingA surprising number of drifting sea creatures found living in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
CNN By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope captures glowing starburst as galaxies collide
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A brilliant starburst feature shines in the latest image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The space observatory…
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