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The Ariane 5 rocket and its cargo towers above the surroundings in French Guiana.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope rolls out for Christmas launch

December 23, 2021 12:33 PM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the launchpad. The space observatory, safely tucked inside an Ariane 5 rocket,…

Pan Am Flight 103 Fast Facts

December 23, 2021 9:25 AM CNN Newssource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over…

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant

December 22, 2021 11:30 PM CNN

December 23 Omicron variant and coronavirus news

December 22, 2021 11:30 PM CNN Newssource

Comet Leonard has been dazzling the night sky in a pre-Christmas show

December 22, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newssource

By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky before…

Has Omicron canceled the holidays?

December 22, 2021 7:25 AM CNN Newssource

By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…

Has Omicron canceled the holidays?

December 22, 2021 7:25 AM CNN

By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…

Here are six of this year's most ground-breaking discoveries in human prehistory that are shaping the family tree in fascinating and unexpected ways. The fossilized human footprints are thought to be made by children.

Ancient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here’s what we learned

December 22, 2021 2:36 AM CNN Newssource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The human story — where we come from and how we evolved — got a new chapter in 2021. Thanks to new fossil finds and…

How to help survivors of devastating Typhoon Rai as the Philippines struggle to recover

December 21, 2021 10:13 AM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Vaughan, Jennifer Grubb, Ben Burnstein, CNN The Philippines are struggling to recover after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the islands last…

This illustration shows the Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun.

What it looks like to land on Mars and other space discoveries in 2021

December 21, 2021 4:14 AM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year, we got to know our universe a little bit better. Discoveries in our solar system helped us become better…

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic might mean canceling in-person events over the holiday period

‘An event canceled is better than a life canceled,’ WHO chief warns ahead of holiday season

December 21, 2021 2:58 AM CNN Newssource

By Ivana Kottasová and Virginia Langmaid, CNN It might be time to rethink your festive plans, the World Health Organization has warned amid a rising…

Mark Wallheiser spent December 20 capturing long exposure shots of the Christmas Star

A Christmas week meteor shower in the night sky

December 21, 2021 2:14 AM CNN Newssource

By Megan Marples, CNN A crisp wind blew off the Gulf of Mexico as photojournalist and commercial photographer Mark Wallheiser set up his camera on a…

This asteroid sample could reveal our solar system’s origin story

December 20, 2021 9:06 AM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth,…

From the Siau scops-owl to the Cuban kite: A global hunt aims to find 10 birds long feared extinct

December 19, 2021 9:26 AM CNN Newssource

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN If you’ve never heard of the Siau scops-owl, there’s a good reason why — and it’s not because your…

This illustration shows the Parker Solar Probe nearing the sun.

Humans just ‘touched’ the sun for the first time using a spacecraft

December 18, 2021 9:12 AM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The sun is the literal star of the show in our solar system, but we’re still trying to figure out our celestial disco…

Covid-19 surges threaten festivities worldwide

Covid surges threaten festivities worldwide, as China’s biggest holiday is upended for a third year

December 18, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newssource

By Sheena McKenzie and Yong Xiong, CNN As the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant looms across parts of the globe and the Delta variant…

Witness the cold micromoon — the last full moon of 2021 to shine in the night sky

December 18, 2021 2:00 AM CNN Newssource

By Angela Eichhorst, CNN Bundle up to enjoy the last full moon of the year. The last full moon of 2021 will reach peak illumination on Saturday,…

Oceanographers are using their expertise of ocean eddies to study the turbulence at Jupiter's poles and the physical forces that drive its large cyclones. Compare this image of a phytoplankton bloom in the Norwegian Sea (left) with turbulent clouds in Jupiter's atmosphere (right).

Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede

December 17, 2021 2:12 PM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The largest planet in our solar system appears to look more and more like a work of art. It’s full of surprises…

The bed of this lake on the Faroese island of Eysturoy contains sediment from 500 AD that documents the first arrival of sheep and humans.

Ancient sheep poop reveals an unknown population on Faroe Islands before Vikings

December 16, 2021 6:05 PM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived,…

This composite image of Valles Marineris was taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.

‘Significant amounts of water’ found in Mars’ massive version of the Grand Canyon

December 16, 2021 11:55 AM CNN Newssource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Mars has its own version of the Grand Canyon, and scientists have learned this dramatic feature is home to…

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