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The northern hemisphere is baking as fires rip through Europe, while US and China temperatures soar

July 20, 2022 5:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, CNN Hundreds of millions of people around the world were sweltering in extreme heat on Wednesday, as record-breaking heat waves set…

Ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city

July 19, 2022 5:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what’s now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost royal city called…

Top Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina comes out as gay

July 19, 2022 11:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Russia’s highest ranked female tennis player came out as gay in an interview, while addressing rising homophobic…

‘Black hole police’ discover dormant black hole outside our galaxy for first time

July 18, 2022 9:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN An elusive type of black hole has been discovered in a neighboring galaxy for the first time, according to a new study based on…

Webb telescope shows off Jupiter in new image

July 18, 2022 9:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope’s first stunning images of the distant universe have been followed up by something a…

Webb telescope’s first photos reveal unseen aspects of the universe

July 16, 2022 9:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you have ever watched “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the film has an unexpected cosmic cameo. A group of…

Biden set to take calibrated approach in effort to shift US-Saudi dynamics in push for more oil

July 15, 2022 9:13 AM CNN

CNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN Soaring gas prices may have been the driving factor behind President Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia, but…

Blue whales end up as ‘ocean’s roadkill’ in the crowded waters of Patagonia

July 15, 2022 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The blue whale’s giant corpse was lying washed up on a rocky beach on the Pacific coast of Patagonia, at the southern tip of…

UK forecasters issue first-ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat with all-time records poised to topple

July 15, 2022 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Temperatures in the UK are expected to soar to all-time highs early next week, prompting the British government to issue a…

These robots could search for life in our solar system’s ocean worlds

July 14, 2022 12:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ocean worlds in our solar system are attractive places in the search for life beyond Earth. Beneath a thick, icy shell,…

World War I Fast Facts

July 14, 2022 6:33 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about World War I, also known as the First World War and the Great War, which lasted…

Perseverance rover scouts spot for 1st mission that will launch from Mars

July 13, 2022 2:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover now has a new job: acting as a location scout on Mars. In addition to collecting the first samples…

Mysterious fast radio burst in space has a ‘heartbeat’ pattern

July 13, 2022 10:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A mysterious radio burst with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected in space. Astronomers estimate that the…

Mysterious fast radio burst in space has a ‘heartbeat’ pattern

July 13, 2022 10:00 AM CNN

NASA released the first five high-resolution images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. They include “the deepest & sharpest infrared image of…

European Space Agency cuts ties with Russia on Mars rover mission

July 13, 2022 12:43 AM CNN

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins CNN to react to Elon Musk’s tweet about colonizing Mars. Hear what he thinks could be in our…

NASA reveals Webb telescope’s new images of stars, galaxies and an exoplanet

July 12, 2022 9:07 PM CNN

CNN Aerospace Analyst Miles O’Brien joins Becky Anderson to break down the latest photos from the James Webb Space Telescope. The stunning images…

European Space Agency cuts ties with Russia on Mars rover mission

July 12, 2022 4:21 PM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN The European Space Agency terminated its cooperation with Russia to launch Europe’s first planetary rover, the…

Dangerous, extended heat wave threatens millions in Western Europe as highest level of heat alerts are issued

July 12, 2022 11:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Payton Major and Caitlin Kaiser, CNN After the second-warmest June on record, western Europe is bracing for its second dangerous heat wave of the…

Researchers just gave developing nations a scientific basis for legal action against US, China for climate damages

July 12, 2022 9:28 AM CNN

A new study has put dollar amounts on the economic harm caused by the countries most responsible for the climate crisis. CNN’s Julia Chatterley…

Researchers just gave developing nations a scientific basis for legal action against US, China for climate damages

July 12, 2022 7:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Researchers in a new study have put actual dollar figures on economic harm caused by the countries most responsible for the…

Researchers just gave developing nations a scientific basis for legal action against US, China for climate damages

July 12, 2022 7:00 AM CNN

Climate change is threatening one of America’s greatest resources–its National…

NASA reveals Webb telescope’s new images of stars, galaxies and an exoplanet

July 12, 2022 6:19 AM CNN

NASA’s releasing the rest of the images from the Webb Telescope today. This fun, feel-good talker will preview them and set up a chance to showcase…

NASA reveals Webb telescope’s new images of stars, galaxies and an exoplanet

July 12, 2022 5:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of…

July’s buck moon may light up the sky in a particularly big way

July 12, 2022 2:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Fadem and Ashley Strickland, CNN July’s full moon, the buck moon, may illuminate the sky on Wednesday in a particularly big way. The…

President Biden reveals the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning first image

July 11, 2022 6:29 PM CNN

NASA has released an image from the James Webb Space Telescope showing the deepest view of the universe ever captured. The image shows SMACS 0723,…

President Biden reveals the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning first image

July 11, 2022 10:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first glimpse of how the James Webb Space Telescope will change the way people see the universe has arrived. President…

US concerned at China’s ‘alignment’ with Russia, Blinken says

July 9, 2022 11:15 PM CNN Newsource

Story by Reuters United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than…

NASA shares teaser for Webb telescope’s first image release

July 9, 2022 2:56 PM CNN

NASA is set to reveal the first high-resolution color images from the James Webb Space Telescope next week, one of which “is the deepest image of our…

‘The ghost of the forest’ and other animals living in a land of extremes

July 9, 2022 9:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Let’s venture to one of the few wild places left on the planet. An incredible diversity of species lives across the…

‘The ghost of the forest’ and other animals living in a land of extremes

July 9, 2022 9:35 AM CNN

At Punta Norte, orcas come ashore to hunt seals and sea lion pups. To do this, they swim sideways to hide their dorsal fins, then beach themselves to…

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