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By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Resting at the bottom of Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway, a shipwreck from hundreds of years ago is in almost perfect…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The past is an ever-changing story, and this week, myriad discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewels and even DNA…

Story by Reuters The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa has picked eight passengers that he said will join him on a trip around the moon,…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unusual bright blast of light detected by multiple telescopes in December 2021 was the result of a rare cosmic explosion…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN More than a year and a half after its first flight on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter has set a new record. The little…

By Katie Hunt, CNN A core of ice age sediment from northern Greenland has yielded the world’s oldest sequences of DNA. The 2 million-year-old…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN December’s full moon, also known as the “cold moon,” will shine bright in the night sky this Wednesday,…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Recently exposed sandbars along the drought-stricken Mississippi River have caught the attention of fossil hunters, leading to…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The largest predatory dinosaur to ever walk on Earth sported a massive sail that rose from its back, but it turns out this…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN The historic Artemis I mission, which is sending an uncrewed spacecraft on an unprecedented trip around the moon, is now in…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new study found evidence at least one species of dinosaur may have been an adept swimmer, diving into the water like a duck to…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Dr. Mrinalini Watsa, a researcher at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in California, scoops up soil from a fresh paw print made by…

By Mariya Knight, CNN Around 2,500 endangered seals have been found dead on Russia’s Caspian coast, state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported…

By Manveena Suri, Jen Deaton and Heather Chen, CNN A former Iran national team football player has criticized authorities for their…

By Nina dos Santos, CNN Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases…

By Tim Lister, Radina Gigova and Nina dos Santos, CNN A wealthy Russian businessman has been arrested as part of a “major operation” on…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Selfies weren’t a common practice when humanity first reached the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man and the…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The International Space Station will receive a power boost during a spacewalk on Saturday, as NASA astronauts Josh Cassada…

By Mia Alberti, Lianne Kolirin and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s…

By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Gary Strieker had every reason to be a pessimist. People dying of hunger, brutal killings and many other horrific events that…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it sent back…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN The NASA Orion spacecraft, the core of the Artemis I mission, is making a farewell pass by the moon on its historic journey…