New mission launches to explore three icy moons that could support life
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The universe is filled with so many wonders that it’s easy to lose sight of the celestial treasures in our own cosmic…
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, receives government approval for launch
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX has cleared the final regulatory hurdle standing before the inaugural launch of its Starship rocket — the most…
Continue ReadingFuzzy first photo of a black hole gets a sharp makeover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now. Originally released in 2019, the unprecedented…
Continue ReadingTwo years after its first flight, Ingenuity helicopter goes for 50 on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its…
Continue ReadingTwo years after its first flight, Ingenuity helicopter goes for 50 on Mars
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully…
Continue ReadingPaper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by…
Continue ReadingJuice mission launches to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons.…
Continue ReadingJuice mission launches to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The…
Continue ReadingThe Juice mission will soon launch to Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope captures ‘green monster’ inside a young supernova
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has spied colorful, never-before-seen details in one of the most well-observed remnants of…
Continue Reading3,000-year-old hairs hold the oldest clues about psychoactive drug use in Europe
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Scientists have discovered direct evidence that people in Europe used psychoactive drugs during the Bronze Age, possibly as…
Continue ReadingRescue workers race to save 400 migrants adrift on boat in Mediterranean sea
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Allegra Goodwin and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Italian Coast Guard is leading rescue efforts to save at least 400 migrants adrift…
Continue ReadingBenjamin Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies age 103
By Gabby Gretener, CNN Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, has died aged 103. Ferencz fought in Europe during…
Continue ReadingMeet the cosmic rock stars headed for the moon
By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — it was a…
Continue ReadingZelensky shares Iftar with Muslim soldiers in ‘new tradition of respect’
By Mariya Knight and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers observing Ramadan on…
Continue ReadingShip carrying 20 tourists sinks in Honduras, search and rescue underway
By Gerardo Lemos, CNN Search and rescue efforts are underway in Honduras after a ship carrying about 20 tourists sank, the Honduran Fire Department…
Continue ReadingSee Uranus’ rings in stunning new image from the Webb telescope
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new stunning image of ice giant Uranus, with almost all its faint dusty rings on…
Continue ReadingFossilized eggs crack open the mysteries of the past
By Katie Hunt, CNN Eggs have been laid on land by birds, reptiles, dinosaurs and a few oddball mammals for more than 200 million years. And humans…
Continue ReadingMeet the cosmic rock stars headed for the moon
By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — a reminder of…
Continue Reading‘Shocked’ by the loss: Scientists sound the alarm on New Zealand’s melting glaciers
By Laura Paddison, CNN Every year scientists in New Zealand fly over some of the country’s most iconic glaciers — ancient ice…
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