‘Astonishing’ snowy owl spotted in Southern California neighborhood
By Kristen Rogers, CNN A snowy owl that looks like it should be flying about the wintry wizarding world of Harry Potter has been spotted among the…
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‘Astonishing’ snowy owl spotted in Southern California neighborhood
CNN, KCAL, KCBS By Kristen Rogers, CNN A snowy owl that looks like it should be flying about the wintry wizarding world of Harry Potter has been…
Continue ReadingNew space missions will launch to the moon, Jupiter and a metal world in 2023
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN This year promises to be out of this world when it comes to space missions, launches and the next steps…
Continue ReadingNew image of the Serpens constellation glitters with starlight
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers glimpsed a stellar nursery in a new light, thanks to the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy in…
Continue ReadingLast surviving Apollo 7 astronaut has died
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Walter Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut and pilot of the first crewed flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo…
Continue ReadingLook up to see January’s first celestial event, the Quadrantid meteor shower
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantids, one of 12 annual meteor showers. The celestial event is typically among the…
Continue Reading‘GOAT,’ ‘inflection point’ and ‘quiet quitting’ should be banished, annual list says
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN For the love of all things sacred, please stop saying “GOAT” — unless you are shouting about a herd of…
Continue ReadingFormer Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness, thanks God in final published letter
By Delia Gallagher, Niamh Kennedy and Emma Tucker, CNN Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95,…
Continue ReadingAll of the moments and discoveries that provided us with wonder in 2022
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year was full of moments that remind us why we look at the stars and dig into the past. Wonder and curiosity are some…
Continue ReadingFollow the New Year around the world
By Kendall Trammell, CNN Get out of your East Coast mentality, America. Not everyone starts their New Year when you do. The Pacific Island nations of…
Continue ReadingKeep an eye on the sky for 2023’s celestial events
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Stunning meteor showers, full moons and eclipses will light up the sky in 2023. The year is sure to be a sky-gazer’s…
Continue ReadingMeet a rainbow fish and other new species discovered in 2022
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The tree of life grew in 2022 as California Academy of Sciences researchers and their international collaborators…
Continue ReadingNASA images showcase eerie beauty of winter on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Mars may seem like a dry, desolate place, but the red planet transforms into an otherworldly wonderland in winter,…
Continue ReadingDevastating disasters and flickers of hope: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2022
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN From a small island in Polynesia to the white-sand beaches of Florida, the planet experienced a dizzying number of climate and…
Continue ReadingDevastating disasters and flickers of hope: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2022
CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN From a small island in Polynesia to the white-sand beaches of Florida, the planet experienced a dizzying number of climate…
Continue Reading2022’s extraordinary cosmic revelations and moments in space exploration
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN This year, humankind glimpsed the universe in ways that were never before possible, and space missions…
Continue ReadingRare evidence that dinosaurs feasted on mammals uncovered
By Katie Hunt, CNN Sometime during the Cretaceous Period, 120 million years ago, a dinosaur wolfed down its last meal — a small mammal the size of…
Continue ReadingPelé’s son and daughter share moving photos with their father as they spend Christmas at his side in hospital
CNN By Marcia Reverdosa, Maija-Liisa Ehlinger and Heather Chen, CNN The son and daughter of Brazilian football legend Pelé have taken to Instagram…
Continue ReadingA 15-metric ton meteorite crashed in Africa. Now 2 new minerals have been found in it
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds).…
Continue ReadingPelé’s son and daughter share moving photos with their father as they spend Christmas at his side in hospital
By Marcia Reverdosa, Maija-Liisa Ehlinger and Heather Chen, CNN The son and daughter of Brazilian football legend Pelé have taken to Instagram to…
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