Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk despite smoke, alarm on space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue…
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Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk despite smoke, alarm on space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue…
Continue Reading‘Dog bone’ asteroid spied by astronomers in new photos
By Ashley Strickland, CNN New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that’s out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most…
Continue ReadingHajj Pilgrimage Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On average, more than two million Muslims a year…
Continue ReadingNASA astronaut helps family fulfill a 9/11 victim’s dream
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When Chandler “Chad” Keller was a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut. From the time he was six years old,…
Continue ReadingNASA astronaut helps family fulfill a 9/11 victim’s dream
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When Chandler “Chad” Keller was a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut. From the time he was six years old,…
Continue ReadingHow many deaths can we take?
By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to…
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By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to…
Continue ReadingGiant ‘swimming head’ creature lived in our oceans 500 million years ago
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Half a billion years ago, the oceans were filled with life that looked more like aliens than the marine animals we know…
Continue ReadingPressure mounts on UK to delay UN climate talks as delegates complain of vaccine gap
By Angela Dewan, CNN The president of the UN climate change conference COP26 insisted Tuesday that the event scheduled for November in Glasgow…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at violence against UN peacekeeping forces. This is a selected list of incidents from 1990 to present.…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the September 11, 2012, attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. Facts…
Continue ReadingAnimals are ‘shape shifting’ in response to climate change
By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change,…
Continue Reading227 people were killed defending the environment last year, a new report shows. That’s a record.
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people were killed last year protecting forests, water and other natural…
Continue ReadingThis premature supernova was triggered by a dead star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador’s top court paves way for president’s re-election
By Merlin Delcid and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN El Salvador’s highest court has ruled that the country’s president can serve two consecutive…
Continue ReadingTerrorist Attacks by Vehicle Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at terror attacks involving vehicles used as deadly weapons by radicalized individuals or terror groups. Facts…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player.…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover successfully collects first Martian sample
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were enjoying the weekend, the Perseverance rover was hard at work making history on Mars. New images with better…
Continue ReadingWhite House chief of staff: US is ‘going to find ways’ to get remaining Americans out of Afghanistan
By Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole, CNN White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday that the US will find ways to get any remaining Americans in…
Continue ReadingNearly 30% of 138,000 assessed species are facing extinction, group warns
By Katya Krebs, CNN A top international conservation agency warned that 28% of the 138,374 species identified on its “survival watchlist”…
Continue ReadingExplore some of the best wildlife photography of the year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet is wonderfully wild. It’s easy to forget that amid the daily hustle and bustle of our lives —…
Continue ReadingAn Army base in Wisconsin is welcoming Afghan refugees. The same post helped Cubans fleeing the Castro regime in 1980
By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy,…
Continue ReadingAn Army base in Wisconsin is welcoming Afghan refugees. The same post helped Cubans fleeing the Castro regime in 1980
By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy,…
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By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
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By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
Continue ReadingMust-watch videos of the week
By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
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By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
Continue ReadingMust-watch videos of the week
By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
Continue ReadingNo spacewalk is complete without a celestial soundtrack of space-themed songs. You’re welcome
By Gregory McNamee, CNN Gear up for the latest spacewalk on September 12 with an out-of-this world playlist. Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide from the…
Continue ReadingRussian cosmonauts conduct first of 11 spacewalks for new space station module
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted a spacewalk Friday to prepare the new Nauka module for…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover successfully cores its first rock on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock on Thursday, creating an intact core sample that could one…
Continue ReadingEquinox Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator…
Continue ReadingEquinox Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator…
Continue ReadingUS War in Afghanistan
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al…
Continue ReadingYom Kippur Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. October 4-5, 2022 – Yom Kippur begins at…
Continue Reading‘Divorce is not possible’ with US over space station, says Russian space chief who threatened to pull out
By Kristin Fisher, CNN Despite threatening to pull Russia out of the International Space Station prematurely, the head of the country’s space…
Continue ReadingBowie’s ‘Starman’ and other out-of-this-world songs for a spacewalk
By Gregory McNamee, CNN Countdown to the next spacewalk: On Friday, September 3, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov will stretch…
Continue ReadingSeptember 2 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By By Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya, Meg Wagner, Tara John, Joshua Berlinger and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News…
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By By Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya, Meg Wagner, Tara John, Joshua Berlinger and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News…
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By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue ReadingAir pollution is cutting more years from people’s lives than smoking, war or HIV/AIDS
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Air pollution is slashing years from billions of people’s lives around the world and is a greater threat to life…
Continue Reading100,000 more could die from Covid-19 in US by December
By Tara John, CNN While hospitals around the United States report oxygen shortages as they treat primarily unvaccinated Americans, a recent…
Continue Reading100,000 more could die from Covid-19 in US by December
By Tara John, CNN While hospitals around the United States report oxygen shortages as they treat primarily unvaccinated Americans, a recent…
Continue ReadingSay hello to handstanding spotted skunks, ‘the acrobats of the skunk world’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN At first whiff, you might think all skunks are the same. Not so. Meet spotted skunks, “the acrobats of the skunk…
Continue ReadingThe latest on Afghanistan
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
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By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue ReadingAugust 31 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Aditi Sangal, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ &…
Continue ReadingThe laughing patterns of human infants match those of another species, a new study finds
By Megan Marples, CNN Laughter transcends all languages — and now scientists know this spontaneous response is universal across some primate…
Continue ReadingAugust 31 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Aditi Sangal, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ &…
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