Two planets will appear to ‘kiss’ in the sky tonight
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN Jupiter and Venus will appear very close together in the night sky on Wednesday, with the two planets set to…
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SUVs produced more planet-heating pollution than most countries last year, new figures show
By Laura Paddison, CNN While global car sales might have fallen in 2022, one type of car, with an especially large climate footprint, had a great…
Continue ReadingSpaceX, NASA astronaut launch to International Space Station called off at last minute
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA have called off an astronaut launch to the International Space Station after an issue with the rocket’s…
Continue ReadingHow ’15-minute cities’ turned into an international conspiracy theory
By Laura Paddison, CNN Duncan Enright never imagined he’d get death threats over a plan to reduce grinding city traffic. But it is exactly what…
Continue ReadingRussian replacement spacecraft for astronauts stranded by coolant leak docks with space station
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Russia launched a Soyuz spacecraft to replace a capsule that sprang a coolant leak in December, leaving two cosmonauts and one…
Continue ReadingAmsterdam’s train tunnels reveal surprising windows into the past
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists have long believed our planet is built upon four layers of rocks, minerals and magma deposited over millions of…
Continue ReadingSurprising ‘forbidden planet’ discovered outside our solar system
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have found an unusually large planet orbiting a small star, located about 280 light-years from Earth. The…
Continue ReadingSUVs produced more planet-heating pollution than most countries last year, new figures show
CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN While global car sales might have fallen in 2022, one type of car, with an especially large climate footprint, had a great…
Continue ReadingNew type of salty ice may exist on extraterrestrial ocean moons
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The mysterious red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa may be the result of a newly discovered…
Continue ReadingWooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says
By Amarachi Orie, CNN A nearly 2,000-year-old wooden object in the shape of a penis could have served as a sexual tool by ancient Romans in Britain,…
Continue ReadingKim’s sister makes ‘shooting range’ threat as North Korea tests more missiles
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Emma Tucker, CNN North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean…
Continue ReadingKim’s sister makes ‘shooting range’ threat as North Korea tests more missiles
By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Emma Tucker, CNN North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula…
Continue Reading17th century shipwreck reveals a treasure trove of luxury goods
By Ashley Strickland, CNN I’ll never forget reading “Treasure Island” as a kid. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel made me want…
Continue ReadingCheetahs flown to India as part of effort to revive species
By Claudia Dominguez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Twelve cheetahs have arrived in India as part of efforts to revive the species after decades of extinction…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope sees once invisible structures inside spiral galaxies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve…
Continue ReadingStunning silver wedding dress recovered from 17th century shipwreck
By Ashley Strickland, CNN In 1660, a ship carrying a treasure trove of luxury goods sank off the coast of Texel, the largest island in the North Sea.…
Continue ReadingNearly 30 dangerous feedback loops could permanently shift the Earth’s climate, scientists say
By Laura Paddison, CNN Dangerous climate feedback loops are increasing global warming and risk causing a permanent shift away from the Earth’s…
Continue ReadingFamine Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population…
Continue ReadingNew image of the sun could help unravel solar mysteries
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A trio of telescopes captured a new view of the sun that reveals the star’s invisible light. Humans can see optical…
Continue ReadingDiscovery of ‘superhighways’ suggests early Mayan civilization was more advanced than previously thought
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the…
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