China’s rocket booster falls from space, crash lands in the Pacific Ocean
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The charred remnants of a rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth Friday morning, an event decried in the West as an…
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This month’s Southern Taurids meteor shower will feature bright fireballs in the sky
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Never mind that Halloween is over, because “Halloween fireballs,” as NASA calls them, can still be seen blazing…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket is back on the launchpad ahead of third launch attempt
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN The hulking rocket at the heart of NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon arrived at the…
Continue ReadingTonga eruption’s towering plume reached the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that…
Continue Reading‘Compostable plastic’ doesn’t live up to its environmental claims. Here’s what you can focus on instead
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these…
Continue ReadingStone Age child’s grave site in Finland reveals surprises
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The burial site of a young child who lived 8,000 years ago has been discovered in Eastern Finland, providing a rare glimpse…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu eyes comeback as Israel votes in fifth election in four years
By Hadas Gold, CNN Israelis are heading to the ballot box for an unprecedented fifth time in four years on Tuesday, as Israel holds yet another…
Continue ReadingEerie image of the sun ‘smiling’ captured by NASA
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A NASA observatory captured what appeared to be a jack-o’-lantern-esque smile on the sun’s surface, showing what…
Continue Reading‘Planet killer’ asteroid spotted hiding in the sun’s glare
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the…
Continue ReadingAstronomers spy the ghost of a star and cosmic cobwebs
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Colorful, ghostly remnants drift in space where a massive star exploded 11,000 years ago. The Vela supernova remnant, named…
Continue ReadingA space rock slammed into Mars on Christmas Eve. It revealed a hidden surprise
By Ashley Strickland, CNN You never forget your first Mars mission. When NASA’s InSight spacecraft arrived at the red planet on November 26,…
Continue ReadingAntarctica’s emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis
By Ashley Strickland, CNN As Antarctica’s emperor penguins are increasingly threatened by the climate crisis, the flightless seabirds will…
Continue ReadingAustralia repatriates families of ISIS fighters from Syria
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Australia has repatriated a group of women and children who were left stranded in refugee camps in northeastern…
Continue ReadingRussia says it repelled drone attack on Crimea
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Russian Black Sea warships have repelled a drone attack in Sevastopol Bay, a Russian official in Crimea said on…
Continue ReadingEvolutionary mystery of harmonious flower meadow may be solved
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Amid the heights of a mountain range in southwestern China, thousands of different species of rhododendrons mysteriously live…
Continue ReadingGhostly figures emerge from Pillars of Creation in new Webb telescope image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed the dark side of the usually ethereal Pillars of Creation, located 6,500…
Continue ReadingSpace rock slams into Mars, forming a crater that revealed chunks of ice
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Christmas came a little early for NASA’s InSight mission last December when the lander detected a massive quake on…
Continue ReadingThis weird-looking primate’s extra-long fingers give it an extra-gross talent
By Charlotte Banks, CNN Humans aren’t the only animals to pick their nose and eat the contents, a new study has shown. Researchers have for the…
Continue ReadingMicrobes may have survived for millions of years beneath the Martian surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ancient bacteria might be sleeping beneath the surface of Mars, where it has been shielded from the harsh radiation of…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope shares unique peek inside the early universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on…
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