2022’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…
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Japan to require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that Japan will tighten border controls for…
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
By Marcia Reverdosa, Maija-Liisa Ehlinger and Heather Chen, CNN The son and daughter of Brazilian football legend Pelé have taken to Instagram to…
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…
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 Reading10 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…
Continue ReadingNASA 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 ReadingGreen comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the Stone Age
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 visible in the…
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 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
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 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 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 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 Reading‘Game changer’ satellite will measure most of the water on the planet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface has launched. The international Surface Water…
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…
Continue Reading‘Rail cars’ of material released after NASA spacecraft hit asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft slammed into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, the impact…
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 ReadingWhales can have an important but overlooked role in tackling the climate crisis, researchers say
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world’s largest whales are more than just astonishing creatures. Much like the ocean, soil and forests, whales can…
Continue ReadingWhales can have an important but overlooked role in tackling the climate crisis, researchers say
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world’s largest whales are more than just astonishing creatures. Much like the ocean, soil and forests, whales can…
Continue ReadingResearchers have found that snakes have a clitoris. Here’s what it could mean
By Katie Hunt and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Scientists have discovered that female snakes have a clitoris — a previously overlooked or dismissed part…
Continue ReadingSoyuz spacecraft docked to International Space Station springs ‘fairly significant’ coolant leak
By Ross Levitt, Katia Hetter and Ashley Strickland, CNN A planned spacewalk by the Russian space agency Roscosmos has been called off following the…
Continue ReadingThe most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft is gearing up for the first of a series of close encounters with the most volcanic place in the solar…
Continue ReadingDazzling galactic diamonds shine in new Webb telescope image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique perspective of the universe, including never-before-seen galaxies that…
Continue ReadingOur ancestors may have evolved to walk upright in trees rather than on the ground, new study suggests
By Jack Guy, CNN Humans’ ability to walk upright on two legs may have evolved in trees, rather than on the ground, according to scientists…
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Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says
Originally Published: 14 DEC 22 08:27 ETUpdated: 14 DEC 22 12:38 ETBy Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Grant…
Continue ReadingMassive Martian dust devil passed over the Perseverance rover, and it recorded the eerie sounds
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A towering whirlwind of dust passed right over the Perseverance rover as it explored the site of an ancient lake on Mars…
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 ReadingMark your calendar for the strongest meteor shower of the year
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The best chance to see the strongest meteor shower of the year is on its way this week. The Geminids, known for bright,…
Continue ReadingHere’s how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags
By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…
Continue ReadingMedieval ship found in Norway’s biggest lake
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Resting at the bottom of Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway, a shipwreck from hundreds of years ago is in almost perfect…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission ends with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission ends with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission ends with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission ends with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission concludes with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingA lost ecosystem revealed in Greenland by oldest environmental DNA
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The past is an ever-changing story, and this week, myriad discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewels and even DNA…
Continue ReadingAbalone and Dugongs threatened with extinction, warns IUCN Red List
Story by Reuters The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of…
Continue ReadingSwear words in different languages have one thing in common
By Scottie Andrew, CNN What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But…
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