10 moments in 2022 straight out of a sci-fi movie
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN From a spacecraft the size of a refrigerator plowing into an asteroid (deliberately) to a helicopter…
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NASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, are working to decide how to bring home several people at the…
Continue Reading65% of Antarctica’s plants and animals could disappear, scientists say. Its iconic penguins are most at risk
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the…
Continue ReadingAstronauts complete spacewalk after space debris triggered one-day delay
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN The International Space Station got its second solar power boost in a month as two NASA astronauts…
Continue ReadingSea turtle amputee rescued from net entanglement finds forever home
By Danya Gainor, CNN The National Marine Aquarium, the largest display for sea life in the United Kingdom, has officially welcomed Heidi, an olive…
Continue ReadingGroundbreaking Mars mission comes to an end
By Ashley Strickland, CNN After making groundbreaking discoveries about the mysterious interior of the red planet, the InSight lander’s mission…
Continue ReadingNear new moon creates perfect viewing conditions for the Ursids meteor shower
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN A gift from the skies is coming just in time for the holidays — the Ursids meteor shower. This celestial event will be the…
Continue ReadingGreen comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the Stone Age
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered green comet will soon zip by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last…
Continue ReadingThe Black Death’s legacy, Neanderthal family ties, and other secrets revealed by ancient DNA in 2022
By Katie Hunt, CNN The fast-expanding field of ancient DNA, formally known as paleogenetics, came of age in 2022, earning its pioneering scientist…
Continue ReadingPaleontologists solve mystery of fossil death bed
By Katie Hunt, CNN The final resting place for dozens of massive prehistoric marine reptiles lies in what’s now Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe…
Continue ReadingDoomed exoplanet will be obliterated as it spirals into a star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have come across an exoplanet with a gloomy future, spiraling closer to its host star until eventually it will…
Continue ReadingMore than 190 countries sign landmark agreement to halt the biodiversity crisis
By Laura Paddison, CNN More than 190 countries have adopted a sweeping agreement to protect nature at the United Nations’ biodiversity…
Continue Reading5 people killed in a ‘horrendous’ condo shooting in Canada, police say
CNN, CTV, CTV NETWORK By Elizabeth Wolfe, Tavleen Tarrant and Jay Croft, CNN Five people were killed in a shooting at a condominium in a Toronto…
Continue Reading5 people killed in a ‘horrendous’ condo shooting in Canada, police say
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Tavleen Tarrant and Jay Croft, CNN Five people were killed in a shooting at a condominium in a Toronto suburb Sunday night,…
Continue ReadingIranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after criticizing execution of protester
By Heather Chen, Lindsay Isaac and Jennifer Hauser, CNN One of Iran’s best-known actresses has been arrested days after she criticized the…
Continue ReadingThe Perseverance rover is about to have a big first on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Some of our favorite space missions are closing out the year in a big way. Artemis I made a literal splash(down) when it…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover is about to build a first-of-its-kind depot on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover is about to build the first depot of rock and soil samples on another planet. Establishing a cache…
Continue ReadingThe world is burning more coal than ever before, new report shows
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal — the most…
Continue ReadingThe world is burning more coal than ever before, new report shows
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal — the most…
Continue ReadingCould these dinosaurs whip their tails faster than the speed of sound?
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Diplodocids were a family of dinosaurs with long necks and, often, even longer tails — some species’ tails reached…
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