Car-size laser deflects lightning atop a mountain in Switzerland
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists were able to create a virtual lightning rod using a large, powerful laser atop a mountain in Switzerland,…
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Man survives on ketchup for weeks lost at sea
By Heather Chen, Angus Watson, Mitchell McCluskey and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN A man who spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea says he survived by…
Continue ReadingThese 3 solutions could turn the tide on the climate crisis
By Laura Paddison, CNN Climate change is sending the world hurtling towards a series of catastrophic tipping points, which risk setting off feedback…
Continue ReadingBillions of celestial objects captured by new survey of the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new survey of the Milky Way galaxy has unveiled 3.3 billion celestial objects. Our galaxy is brimming with hundreds of…
Continue ReadingA whale belonging to one of the rarest species is ‘likely to die,’ after entanglement, NOAA says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN The world’s population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes…
Continue ReadingA whale belonging to one of the rarest species is ‘likely to die,’ after entanglement, NOAA says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN The world’s population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launches next-generation GPS satellite
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX fired a new GPS satellite into orbit on behalf of the US military on Wednesday, continuing an effort to bolster the…
Continue ReadingUnusual dinosaur fossil discovery made in India
By Katie Hunt, CNN Paleontologists working in central India have made a rare discovery — a fossilized dinosaur hatchery with 92 nests and 256 eggs…
Continue ReadingThis egg-laying mammal blows bubbles to cool off
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Australia’s echidna has developed a curious way to cool off — blowing bubbles out of its beaklike snout. The…
Continue ReadingTemperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As humans fiddle with the planet’s thermostat, scientists are piecing together Greenland’s history by drilling ice…
Continue ReadingTemperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As humans fiddle with the planet’s thermostat, scientists are piecing together Greenland’s history by drilling ice…
Continue ReadingRomanian authorities seize nearly $4 million in assets from Andrew Tate in alleged human trafficking, rape investigation
By Jorge Engels, Philip Wang and Emma Tucker, CNN Romanian authorities said they have seized nearly $4 million worth of assets belonging to…
Continue ReadingChester Zoo announces birth of critically endangered Western chimpanzee
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Extremely rare — and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a Western…
Continue ReadingMore than 80,000 people turn out for Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu government
By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal, CNN Tens of thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv Saturday night against Israeli Prime Minister…
Continue Reading2 Earth-size worlds revealed beyond our solar system
By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are more than 5,000 known worlds beyond our solar system. Since the 1990s, astronomers have used ground and…
Continue ReadingHuman-made noise makes it harder for dolphins to work together, study finds
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A study has found that dolphins are unable to communicate as effectively when exposed to human-generated noises, forcing them to…
Continue ReadingUnusually large fossilized flower preserved in amber identified
By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen,…
Continue ReadingUAE appoints oil company boss as president of the COP28 climate conference, alarming climate groups
By Sana Noor Haq and Teele Rebane, CNN The United Arab Emirates has appointed the head of one of the world’s largest oil producers to preside…
Continue ReadingJames Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope can add another cosmic accomplishment to its list: The space observatory has been used to…
Continue ReadingRoscosmos will send replacement spacecraft to return crew to Earth after Soyuz leak
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch an uncrewed spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, to the International…
Continue ReadingOcean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The world’s oceans were the warmest on record for the fourth year in row in 2022, a troubling sign of the climate…
Continue ReadingOcean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The world’s oceans were the warmest on record for the fourth year in row in 2022, a troubling sign of the climate…
Continue ReadingUnusually brightening star captures attention as a stellar oddity
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers might have solved the mystery behind an unusually brightening star. University of Washington doctoral student…
Continue ReadingRocket aiming to launch satellites explodes off Alaska’s coast
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A rocket operated by a California-based start-up failed near the coast of Alaska Tuesday, marking yet another mishap for…
Continue ReadingSecond potentially habitable Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI…
Continue ReadingA galactic merger brought a pair of supermassive black holes together
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two supermassive black holes have been spotted feasting on cosmic materials as two galaxies in distant space merge — and…
Continue ReadingA green comet will appear in the night sky for the first time in 50,000 years
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered comet will soon make an appearance in the night sky for the first time in 50,000 years. Discovered on…
Continue Reading‘A world rapidly warming’: The past eight years were the eight warmest on record for planet
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The last eight years have been the eight warmest on record as the growing concentration of heat-trapping gases in the…
Continue ReadingThe ozone layer is on track to recover within decades as harmful chemicals are phased out, scientists report
By Laura Paddison, CNN In rare good news for the planet, Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover completely within decades, as…
Continue ReadingDead NASA satellite returns to Earth after 38 years
By Katie Hunt, CNN A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after 38 years orbiting the planet. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, known…
Continue ReadingWhy ancient Roman structures like the Pantheon still stand
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Welcome to a new year, where fresh wonder already awaits. Rome has often been called the Eternal City. Ancient Romans took…
Continue ReadingWhat to expect from tonight’s wolf moon
By Ashley Strickland, CNN January’s full moon will light up the sky on Friday, and will be visible all around the world. It will reach peak…
Continue ReadingUp to half of the world’s glaciers could disappear even if ambitious climate targets are hit, new study finds
By Laura Paddison, CNN Glaciers are set to lose substantially more ice and contribute more to sea level rise than current scientific estimates…
Continue ReadingMan accused of smuggling cocaine to Australia internally in chocolate toy capsules
By Issy Ronald, CNN An Irish national is facing drug charges in Australia after allegedly importing about 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of cocaine inside…
Continue Reading‘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…
Continue Reading‘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…
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 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 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 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…
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Former Pope Benedict is ‘very sick’, Pope Francis says
By Delia Gallagher and Rob Picheta, CNN Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from…
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
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…
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