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…
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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…
Continue Reading Erin Burnett: ‘Ukraine’s story will define the world we all live in’
By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Oleksandr Urazov and his family escaped war-torn Ukraine, thanks to his childhood friend, Alex Velychko, who now lives in New…
Continue Reading Webb telescope spies a celestial sparkler among the universe’s earliest galaxies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The very first image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing some of the oldest stars and galaxies in the…
Continue Reading Webb telescope spies a celestial sparkler among the universe’s earliest galaxies
New images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal intricate details about how stars and planetary…
Continue Reading Webb, Hubble space telescopes share images of DART slamming into an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two of the most powerful telescopes in space watched as a NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid this week.…
Continue Reading NASA spacecraft captures image of ocean world orbiting Jupiter during flyby
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft flew by one of the most intriguing ocean worlds in our solar system on Thursday. The Juno spacecraft,…
Continue Reading Dogs can smell when humans are stressed, study suggests
By Megan Marples, CNN There’s now scientific evidence shedding more light on one of Barkley’s impressive skills in a long list of…
Continue Reading Spiral galaxy captured in ‘unprecedented detail’ by Webb telescope
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN A dazzling spiral galaxy located 29 million light-years from Earth appears in “unprecedented…
Continue Reading New images reveal moment of DART asteroid impact captured by Italian satellite
By Ashley Strickland, CNN History was made Monday night when NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft successfully slammed into the…
Continue Reading Islamic New Year Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the western hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the…
Continue Reading Artemis I rocket rolled back inside as Hurricane Ian treks toward Florida
By Kristin Fisher, Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA has rolled the massive Artemis I mega moon rocket back into its hangar, called the…
Continue Reading Japan demands apology from Russia after diplomat allegedly blindfolded and interrogated
By Heather Chen, Junko Ogura and Jake Kwon and Uliana Pavlova CNN Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after Federal Security Service…
Continue Reading The DART mission successfully changed the motion of an asteroid
Weeks after impact, NASA can now say that humanity’s first planetary defense test – intentionally slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid – was a…
Continue Reading NASA’s DART mission successfully slams into an asteroid
For the first time in history, NASA is trying to change the motion of a natural celestial body in space and has successfully slammed a spacecraft…
Continue Reading NASA’s DART mission successfully slams into an asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity’s first test of planetary defense. The…
Continue Reading Artemis I rocket to roll back inside as storm delays next launch attempt
Hurricane Ian has reached winds up to 100 mph, making it a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. Floridians are advised to stock up on…
Continue Reading Artemis I rocket to roll back inside as storm delays next launch attempt
By Kristin Fisher, Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Officials at NASA announced Monday that the space agency is rolling the massive Artemis…
Continue Reading NASA’s DART mission will slam into an asteroid’s moon today
A NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid called Dimorphos. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, or DART, aims to see if…
Continue Reading When to watch Jupiter as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963
By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, September 26, according to NASA.…
Continue Reading NASA spacecraft will reveal first look at an asteroid, then slam into it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Get ready to see an asteroid’s tiny moon for the first time. Then, watch as a spacecraft deliberately crashes into…
Continue Reading NASA waves off next Artemis I launch attempt due to tropical storm
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I rocket will not have its third launch attempt on Tuesday as planned due to concerns over Tropical Storm Ian…
Continue Reading Reports of sea turtle poaching are on the decline, study says
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new study says that the risk poaching poses to endangered sea turtles is on the decline — although data on the subject is…
Continue Reading ‘Baby’ island appears in Pacific Ocean after underwater volcano erupts
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby — a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the…
Continue Reading Protester sets arm on fire during Laver Cup tennis match ahead of Federer’s farewell
By Jacob Lev, CNN A Laver Cup tennis match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman in London was interrupted by a protester who lit his arm…
Continue Reading What will be visible when the DART spacecraft crashes into a tiny asteroid
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test aims to make history on Monday at 7:14 p.m. ET when it slams into Dimorphos, a…
Continue Reading The DART mission is about to collide with an asteroid. What to expect
By Ashley Strickland, CNN On Monday, a NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid called Dimorphos. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test…
Continue Reading Next launch attempt of Artemis I set for Tuesday, but could delay due to tropical depression
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I rocket will get its third launch attempt on Tuesday, September 27, but Tropical Depression Nine could change…
Continue Reading A bizarre fast radio burst came from a binary system, astronomers say
By Kristen Rogers, CNN More than 15 years after fast radio bursts were discovered, new research has both unraveled and deepened the mystery of the…
Continue Reading Fossil egg analysis in China adds to debate of what may have caused dinosaurs’ demise
By Katie Hunt, CNN It’s a hard-fought paleontological debate. Did the massive asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wipe out a…
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