NASA sets date for another try at Artemis I launch
By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA has set a date for another attempt at launching its Artemis I mission, after Hurricane Ian forced the space agency to roll…
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The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos when the NASA spacecraft…
Continue Reading Graveyard of ancient stars uncovered in the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Milky Way galaxy has a graveyard of dead stars that stretches three times the height of the galaxy, according to new…
Continue Reading Violent weekend as four Palestinians killed in West Bank, Israeli soldier killed in Jerusalem shooting
By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN An Israeli soldier has died following a shooting at a military checkpoint in East Jerusalem on Saturday, the…
Continue Reading Hurricane Julia makes landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm
By Gene Norman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Hurricane Julia made landfall in Nicaragua early Sunday as a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center…
Continue Reading Meet the history-making crew who just landed at the space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronauts venture aboard the International Space Station, they see a world without borders. They work together while…
Continue Reading Watch the hunter’s moon rise in the sky this weekend
By Danya Gainor and Ashley Strickland, CNN October’s full moon is just around the corner and serves as a reminder: the eerie season is fast…
Continue Reading This is how pythons can devour enormous prey
By Christian Edwards, CNN The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python,…
Continue Reading Next supercontinent may form when the Pacific Ocean disappears
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.…
Continue Reading Human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus share Nobel Peace Prize
By Rob Picheta, CNN Human rights groups from Russia and Ukraine — Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties — have won the Nobel Peace…
Continue Reading SpaceX capsule docks with space station carrying international astronauts — and 1 cosmonaut
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after…
Continue Reading Juno mission spies feature looking like a musical note on Europa’s icy surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the…
Continue Reading USS Cole Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the…
Continue Reading Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
Cool air heads for the Northeast as rain brings drought relief to the Southwest. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
Continue Reading Northern Hemisphere’s extreme summer drought ‘virtually impossible’ without human-made climate change
By Christian Edwards, CNN Drought across the Northern Hemisphere this summer — which scorched soil, dried up rivers and triggered mass crop failure…
Continue Reading The first Webb images got a psychedelic, X-ray vision makeover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Several of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope look a little more psychedelic, thanks to…
Continue Reading Webb, Hubble space telescopes capture an intriguing galactic pair
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronomers combine the observational powers of James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, they capture…
Continue Reading SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully collides with…
Continue Reading SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here’s everything you need to know
By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a crew of astronauts who hail from all over the world on a trip to the International Space Station…
Continue Reading NASA and SpaceX to send first Native American woman to orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon…
Continue Reading Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also triggered a global tsunami
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a city-size asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs — and sent a monster…
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Ukraine is hitting Russia hard in the regions Moscow is trying to seize
(CNN) — As Vladimir Putin lost more of the Ukrainian territory he is seeking to annex, his government on Tuesday sought to finalize the…
Continue Reading Comet-like debris trail spotted after spacecraft crashes into asteroid
NASA made history when it successfully crashed the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos. CNN space and defense correspondent Kristin Fisher…
Continue Reading Comet-like debris trail spotted after spacecraft crashes into asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN At first glance, a new image captured by a telescope in Chile looks like a dazzling comet streaking across the night sky,…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
Iranian authorities have imposed tough restrictions on the use of the internet by blocking social media sites in a crackdown following the protests…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lauren Kent, CNN As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa…
Continue Reading The US says it’s helping Iranians navigate a massive internet blackout. Activists say it’s too little, too late
Parnaz Foroutan, author of the memoir “Home Is a Stranger,” says morality police in Iran detained her for showing part of her ankle beneath her…
Continue Reading Stolen in 1917, this 1,000-year-old manuscript was just returned to its rightful owners
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 1,000-year-old manuscript looted during World War I has been returned to the Greek monastery from where it was stolen more than…
Continue Reading Dramatic images show spacecraft collision with an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The DART mission made history this week when it successfully slammed into an asteroid — and we got to see it happen…
Continue Reading Erin Burnett: ‘Ukraine’s story will define the world we all live in’
Erin Burnett spotlights the Velychko siblings — two brothers and a sister – who emigrated from Ukraine years ago, and are assisting those now…
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