New first-of-its-kind image reveals a jet of material launching from a black hole
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have captured for the first time the shadow of a black hole and the powerful jet of material emerging from it…
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Listen to the mating call of a bird that went extinct two decades ago
By Katie Hunt, CNN Nature documentaries have never been more visually breathtaking — drone footage and high-definition photography make watching…
Continue ReadingSolving the mystery of the most powerful objects in the universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers first discovered quasars, considered to be the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe, 60 years…
Continue ReadingHaiti’s crime rate more than doubles in a year
By Richard Roth and Hira Humayun, CNN Haiti’s crime rate has more than doubled since last year, as the Caribbean island nation faces widespread…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand pilot captured by Papuan fighters says he is ‘alive and well’ in new hostage video
By Heather Chen, CNN Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, has…
Continue ReadingCommercial lunar lander presumed lost after historic moon landing attempt
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A Japanese lunar lander, carrying a rover developed in the United Arab Emirates, attempted to find its footing on the…
Continue ReadingMessy eating habits might reveal elusive black hole
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Black holes have a reputation for snacking on stars, but some of these celestial garbage disposals may be messier than…
Continue ReadingChina’s Mars rover dormant likely due to dust
By Mengchen Zhang, Alex Stambaugh and Ashley Strickland, CNN China’s Zhurong rover on Mars has been in hibernation since last May due to an…
Continue Reading‘Am I going to get killed in front of my family?’ Stories of terror on the risky escape route from Sudan
By Sana Noor Haq, Catherine Nicholls, Celine Alkhaldi and Magdy Samaan, CNN Safa Babikir was sleeping in her aunt’s house in Khartoum when she…
Continue ReadingThese are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms
By Laura Paddison, CNN Dangerous, record-breaking heat waves are set to increase as the climate crisis intensifies, and they will be particularly…
Continue ReadingNASA mission detects first seismic waves traveling through the center of Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When quakes rumbled on Mars and a meteorite smacked into the red planet during the past four years, NASA’s InSight…
Continue ReadingWhy the northern and southern lights appear to be so active right now
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN The breathtaking dancing shimmer of the aurora borealis and its counterpart in the southern hemisphere,…
Continue ReadingSudan evacuations ‘not possible at this time,’ Canada tells citizens
By Eyad Kourdi, Pierre Meilhan, Celina Tebor and Heather Chen, CNN Canada has told its citizens in Sudan that evacuations are “not possible at…
Continue ReadingSpaceX Starship’s explosion is not the failure it appears to be, experts say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Rocket launches are like opening a box of chocolates, only riskier — you never know what you’re going to get. And…
Continue ReadingSingle-use plastic is wreaking havoc on the planet. Here’s what you can do to minimize your impact
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The life cycle of plastic begins underground, where oil and gas are extracted from deep below the surface of the planet. These…
Continue ReadingWant to help the ocean? Avoid the moisturizer with shark in it
By Martha Shade, CNN It all seems so daunting: plastics in the ocean, dying coral reefs, entire species being wiped out — but don’t click…
Continue ReadingWas 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…
Continue ReadingViewing 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…
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