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At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst airplane crash in 30 years

January 15, 2023 9:20 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 15 JAN 23 02:40 ET Updated: 15 JAN 23 09:02 ET By Asha Thapa, Kathleen Magramo and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — At…

Chester Zoo announces birth of critically endangered Western chimpanzee

January 14, 2023 11:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Extremely rare — and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a Western…

More than 80,000 people turn out for Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu government

January 14, 2023 4:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal, CNN Tens of thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv Saturday night against Israeli Prime Minister…

2 Earth-size worlds revealed beyond our solar system

January 14, 2023 9:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are more than 5,000 known worlds beyond our solar system. Since the 1990s, astronomers have used ground and…

Human-made noise makes it harder for dolphins to work together, study finds

January 14, 2023 8:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A study has found that dolphins are unable to communicate as effectively when exposed to human-generated noises, forcing them to…

Unusually large fossilized flower preserved in amber identified

January 12, 2023 3:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen,…

UAE appoints oil company boss as president of the COP28 climate conference, alarming climate groups

January 12, 2023 11:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq and Teele Rebane, CNN The United Arab Emirates has appointed the head of one of the world’s largest oil producers to preside…

James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet

January 11, 2023 2:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope can add another cosmic accomplishment to its list: The space observatory has been used to…

Roscosmos will send replacement spacecraft to return crew to Earth after Soyuz leak

January 11, 2023 8:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch an uncrewed spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, to the International…

Ocean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather

January 11, 2023 7:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The world’s oceans were the warmest on record for the fourth year in row in 2022, a troubling sign of the climate…

Unusually brightening star captures attention as a stellar oddity

January 11, 2023 6:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers might have solved the mystery behind an unusually brightening star. University of Washington doctoral student…

Rocket aiming to launch satellites explodes off Alaska’s coast

January 10, 2023 5:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN A rocket operated by a California-based start-up failed near the coast of Alaska Tuesday, marking yet another mishap for…

Second potentially habitable Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star

January 10, 2023 4:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI…

A galactic merger brought a pair of supermassive black holes together

January 10, 2023 2:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two supermassive black holes have been spotted feasting on cosmic materials as two galaxies in distant space merge — and…

A green comet will appear in the night sky for the first time in 50,000 years

January 10, 2023 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered comet will soon make an appearance in the night sky for the first time in 50,000 years. Discovered on…

‘A world rapidly warming’: The past eight years were the eight warmest on record for planet

January 10, 2023 5:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The last eight years have been the eight warmest on record as the growing concentration of heat-trapping gases in the…

The ozone layer is on track to recover within decades as harmful chemicals are phased out, scientists report

January 9, 2023 11:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison, CNN In rare good news for the planet, Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover completely within decades, as…

Dead NASA satellite returns to Earth after 38 years

January 9, 2023 7:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after 38 years orbiting the planet. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, known…

Why ancient Roman structures like the Pantheon still stand

January 7, 2023 9:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Welcome to a new year, where fresh wonder already awaits. Rome has often been called the Eternal City. Ancient Romans took…

What to expect from tonight’s wolf moon

January 6, 2023 5:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN January’s full moon will light up the sky on Friday, and will be visible all around the world. It will reach peak…

Up to half of the world’s glaciers could disappear even if ambitious climate targets are hit, new study finds

January 5, 2023 12:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison, CNN Glaciers are set to lose substantially more ice and contribute more to sea level rise than current scientific estimates…

Man accused of smuggling cocaine to Australia internally in chocolate toy capsules

January 5, 2023 10:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Issy Ronald, CNN An Irish national is facing drug charges in Australia after allegedly importing about 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of cocaine inside…

‘Astonishing’ snowy owl spotted in Southern California neighborhood

January 5, 2023 9:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN A snowy owl that looks like it should be flying about the wintry wizarding world of Harry Potter has been spotted among the…

New space missions will launch to the moon, Jupiter and a metal world in 2023

January 5, 2023 2:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN This year promises to be out of this world when it comes to space missions, launches and the next steps…

New image of the Serpens constellation glitters with starlight

January 4, 2023 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers glimpsed a stellar nursery in a new light, thanks to the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy in…

Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut has died

January 3, 2023 4:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Walter Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut and pilot of the first crewed flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo…

Look up to see January’s first celestial event, the Quadrantid meteor shower

January 3, 2023 6:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantids, one of 12 annual meteor showers. The celestial event is typically among the…

What we still don’t know about the suspect in the Idaho college student killings

January 2, 2023 12:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone, CNN Three days after the arrest of a suspect in the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students, authorities have yet to…

‘GOAT,’ ‘inflection point’ and ‘quiet quitting’ should be banished, annual list says

January 2, 2023 5:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN For the love of all things sacred, please stop saying “GOAT” — unless you are shouting about a herd of…

Former Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness, thanks God in final published letter

December 31, 2022 3:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Delia Gallagher, Niamh Kennedy and Emma Tucker, CNN Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95,…

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