New era begins with China’s launch of crewed mission to its space station
By Katie Hunt and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Three astronauts lifted off to China’s nearly completed space station on Tuesday, marking the beginning…
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Ancient giant sea turtle with never-before-seen features found in Europe, scientists say
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Long ago, gigantic marine turtles swam the Earth’s seas. Until recently, these prehistoric giants, reaching lengths of…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches record-breaking distance from Earth on Artemis I mission
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Orion spacecraft, which is at the core of NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, reached its farthest distance from…
Continue ReadingGreat Barrier Reef should be placed on the ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report shows
By Rachel Ramirez and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The Great Barrier Reef should be added to the list of world heritage sites that are “in…
Continue ReadingNewly identified dinosaur that lived on island of dwarfed creatures had an unusual head
By Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown dinosaur with a remarkably flat head lived around 70 million years ago on an island home to dwarfed…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to International Space Station
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX is carrying a fresh haul of supplies to the International Space Station this weekend after bad…
Continue ReadingIndian police arrest suspect in Australia’s Toyah Cordingley murder case
By Vedika Sud, Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Indian police have arrested a man in New Delhi in connection with the murder of an Australian woman…
Continue ReadingPlane goes off runway at Waterloo Airport in Canada
By Amanda Watts, CNN A Canadian airport “will be closed to commercial traffic the rest of today” after a Flair Airlines plane…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon
By Amir Vera, CNN NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon’s crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft…
Continue ReadingNew data on ‘hot Saturn’ exoplanet is a ‘game changer,’ scientists say
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed molecular and chemical portrait of a faraway planet’s skies,…
Continue ReadingEuropean Space Agency announces first ‘parastronaut’
By Katie Hunt, CNN For the first time in 13 years, the European Space Agency has announced a new class of trainee astronauts, including the…
Continue ReadingWorld’s heaviest flying bird uses plants to self-medicate, scientists say
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Taking drugs if you’re feeling under the weather is old news for humans, but new research shows that the world’s…
Continue ReadingNeanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago
By Katie Hunt, CNN Stone Age cooks were surprisingly sophisticated, combining an array of ingredients and using different techniques to prepare and…
Continue ReadingDwarf tomato seeds to launch to space station aboard SpaceX resupply flight
By Ashley Strickland, CNN SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply is set to launch this weekend, and it’ll carry a bounty of supplies, a pair…
Continue ReadingNASA’s historic moon mission enters the final leg of its journey
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN The NASA Orion spacecraft, the core of the Artemis I mission, is making a farewell pass by the moon on its historic…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Orion spacecraft makes its closest approach to the moon as part of Artemis mission
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s Orion capsule passed about 80 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface early Monday, a monumental…
Continue ReadingA new children’s book about glaciers aims to make activism second nature
By Terry Ward, CNN Today’s kids have the power and skills to change the world. But when it comes to topics like the climate crisis, reaching…
Continue ReadingThis bird hadn’t been documented by scientists since 1882. Then they captured video of it in Papua New Guinea
CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped…
Continue ReadingHistoric Artemis I mission is just beginning its lunar journey
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The third time’s the charm and now, NASA’s mega rocket has made history. The Artemis I mission launched on its…
Continue ReadingCOP27 summit agrees to help climate victims. But it does nothing to stop fossil fuels
By Ivana Kottasová, Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world has failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels after marathon UN…
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