New image reveals the ‘gentle giant’ at the heart of the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Whenever I travel, I always try to catch the sunrise. There is something about watching light spill over a new place, every…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Whenever I travel, I always try to catch the sunrise. There is something about watching light spill over a new place, every…
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN May’s full moon will have stargazers seeing red. The moon will glow a scarlet color during this…
Continue ReadingLunar eclipses might seem commonplace, but there are different versions that offer varied perspectives. Here’s what you need to know next time you…
Continue ReadingLia Medeiros, co-lead of the EHT Gravitational Physics Working Group, talks to CNN about capturing the first image of the massive black hole at the…
Continue ReadingBy Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tamara Qiblawi, Alex Platt, Victoria Butenko, Darya Tarasova and Maria…
Continue ReadingThe US and international community has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine as Russian artillery has devastated Ukrainian cities and lives. But it…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN In a landmark first, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Facts “Doping” by professional athletes…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN China’s Zhurong rover has found evidence suggesting that water persisted on Mars for much longer than expected.…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A tiny fragment of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may have been found encased in amber — a discovery NASA…
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN An Asiatic cheetah has given birth to cubs at a facility in Iran, marking the first time the species reproduced in captivity,…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN This is the big one scientists have been anticipating. The NASA InSight lander just detected the biggest quake ever found…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN There’s now a 50:50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the…
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,…
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