Solar Orbiter swings by the sun to unravel its mysteries
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Solar Orbiter mission will make its closest flyby of the sun Saturday since launching in February 2020. The spacecraft…
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Tonight is Earth Hour. Here’s how you can participate
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Tonight, for the 15th consecutive year, people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour. It’s part of a…
Continue Reading Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal
By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of…
Continue Reading ESA plans to work more closely with NASA after Russia expulsion from Mars mission
By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming…
Continue Reading ESA plans to work more closely with NASA after Russia expulsion from Mars mission
By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming…
Continue Reading J.K. Rowling hits back at Putin after he likened Russia to her in rant against cancel culture
By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s…
Continue Reading J.K. Rowling hits back at Putin after he likened Russia to her in rant against cancel culture
By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s…
Continue Reading Birds are laying eggs earlier, a new study shows. Scientists blame the climate crisis
By Danya Gainor, CNN Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never…
Continue Reading Apollo 17 lunar sample opened for the 1st time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nearly 50 years after it was collected, a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission has finally been opened at NASA’s…
Continue Reading After crippling rounds of sanctions, these are the oligarchs who are (and aren’t) speaking out against Russia’s war
By Travis Caldwell, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters a new month, the wealthy elite close to Russian President Vladimir Putin are…
Continue Reading Easter & Holy Week Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the…
Continue Reading The surprising reason why Vikings abandoned a successful settlement
By Ashley Strickland, CNN For years, researchers have sought to understand why Vikings abandoned one of their settlements in Greenland after…
Continue Reading April Fools’ Day Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 every year. History Some…
Continue Reading Flights are taking huge ‘detours’ to avoid Russian air space. Here’s what that means for emissions
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries at the end of February — in response to sanctions…
Continue Reading Mysterious ‘odd radio circles’ seen in space, new image shows
By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer…
Continue Reading A dinosaur bigger than T. rex swam and hunted its prey underwater
By Katie Hunt, CNN It’s long been thought that dinosaurs were land lubbers — terrestrial creatures that steered largely clear of water. A…
Continue Reading DNA tests reveal Dug the giant potato is not, in fact, a potato
By Megan Marples, CNN Dug may not be the world’s largest potato, but it’s still pretty spudtacular. When New Zealand couple Colin and…
Continue Reading NASA wants sustainable lunar lander concepts for future Artemis missions
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Before NASA returns humans to the moon this decade, they have to be able to land on the lunar surface — and…
Continue Reading A pizza dough without yeast has been risen by scientists in Italy
By Kristen Rogers, CNN The star ingredient responsible for an airy, bubbly pizza crust is yeast. As cells that eat sugar and convert into carbon…
Continue Reading Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies
Originally Published: 23 MAR 22 14:27 ETUpdated: 23 MAR 22 14:34 ETBy Caroline Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary…
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