
Webb telescope’s sharp views of the universe will change astronomy
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space telescope has the sharpest perspective on otherwise invisible light in the universe. The highly…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space telescope has the sharpest perspective on otherwise invisible light in the universe. The highly…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN They’re tiny, adorable and endangered: Six new species of miniature frog have been discovered in Mexico by researchers from…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A fleece jacket worn and signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sold for £90,000, or around $111,000, at a fundraiser…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re a mother, you have probably experienced the mental “what if” game on repeat since you found out…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Space researchers want to send a coded message to aliens, including illustrations of nude humans. The proposal, “A Beacon…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN As a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones — and I know I wasn’t alone in that wish. I would set out with a pail…
Continue ReadingScientists are flipping out over invisible ancient art hidden in a secret cave! It’s all explained in today’s…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Millions of elusive black holes hide in plain sight across the Milky Way galaxy, only giving away their presence…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Hidden deep below the ice sheet that covers Antarctica, scientists have discovered a massive amount of water. The groundwater…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket is gearing up for another attempt of its final prelaunch test in June, according to NASA…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The world’s smallest marine mammal is so critically endangered that there are only about 10 remaining in its sole…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Ancient humans ate copious quantities of oysters — shucking billions of shells over thousands of years in a way that did not…
Continue ReadingCNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic breaks down what appears to be a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v.…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday has reverberated around the world, setting the country…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Think of this as one very long last dance. Two galaxies located 60 million light-years from Earth have been in the process…
Continue ReadingBy Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN While the moon’s brightness may have obscured April Lyrid’s meteor shower,…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Not all plants wither when faced with harsh conditions. Extremophyte plants not only survive in dry, salty or cold places,…
Continue ReadingBy Maxime Tamsett, CNN It all started with a report of two mummies in a university closet. Carol Anne Barsody, a graduate student in archaeology at…
Continue ReadingBy Hande Atay Alam and Radina Gigova, CNN Actress and activist Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to a boarding school and medical institution in…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Today, people in some parts of southern South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans will be able to watch the…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Erin McLaughlin looks at the science behind a solar eclipse, one of the galaxy’s most spectacular…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN We all need room to roam. It’s instinctual to crave the freedom of having our own space to thrive. The same is true…
Continue ReadingScientists are using robots to study the vulnerability of marine ecosystems and the impact of climate change on Antarctica. Watch how this tiny robot…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Thousands of emperor penguins cluster on the ice of Atka Bay in Antarctica, mostly unaware that an interloper lives among…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The nearby Beta Pictoris planetary system, located 63 light-years away from us, has fascinated researchers for decades.…
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN The Premier of the British Virgin Islands and the territory’s ports director were arrested Thursday in Miami on charges…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. The space observatory’s massive mirror, capable of…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Tucked between the Chilean coast and Patagonian mountains lives a small population of sheepdogs, which exists only in that…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter has captured a unique bird’s-eye perspective of the gear that helped land the Perseverance…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The fossils of giant, extinct marine reptiles have been found in an unlikely place: within the high altitudes of the Swiss…
Continue Reading