NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope rolls out for Christmas launch
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the launchpad. The space observatory, safely tucked inside an Ariane 5 rocket,…
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Pan Am Flight 103 Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over…
Continue ReadingDecember 23 Omicron variant and coronavirus news
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Continue ReadingComet Leonard has been dazzling the night sky in a pre-Christmas show
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky before…
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CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…
Continue ReadingHas Omicron canceled the holidays?
By Rob Picheta, CNN For the second year in a row, a worrying new coronavirus variant has scuppered holiday plans around the world. This year,…
Continue ReadingAncient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here’s what we learned
By Katie Hunt, CNN The human story — where we come from and how we evolved — got a new chapter in 2021. Thanks to new fossil finds and…
Continue ReadingHow to help survivors of devastating Typhoon Rai as the Philippines struggle to recover
By Ashley Vaughan, Jennifer Grubb, Ben Burnstein, CNN The Philippines are struggling to recover after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the islands last…
Continue ReadingWhat it looks like to land on Mars and other space discoveries in 2021
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year, we got to know our universe a little bit better. Discoveries in our solar system helped us become better…
Continue Reading‘An event canceled is better than a life canceled,’ WHO chief warns ahead of holiday season
By Ivana Kottasová and Virginia Langmaid, CNN It might be time to rethink your festive plans, the World Health Organization has warned amid a rising…
Continue ReadingA Christmas week meteor shower in the night sky
By Megan Marples, CNN A crisp wind blew off the Gulf of Mexico as photojournalist and commercial photographer Mark Wallheiser set up his camera on a…
Continue ReadingThis asteroid sample could reveal our solar system’s origin story
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth,…
Continue ReadingFrom the Siau scops-owl to the Cuban kite: A global hunt aims to find 10 birds long feared extinct
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN If you’ve never heard of the Siau scops-owl, there’s a good reason why — and it’s not because your…
Continue ReadingHumans just ‘touched’ the sun for the first time using a spacecraft
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The sun is the literal star of the show in our solar system, but we’re still trying to figure out our celestial disco…
Continue ReadingCovid surges threaten festivities worldwide, as China’s biggest holiday is upended for a third year
By Sheena McKenzie and Yong Xiong, CNN As the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant looms across parts of the globe and the Delta variant…
Continue ReadingWitness the cold micromoon — the last full moon of 2021 to shine in the night sky
By Angela Eichhorst, CNN Bundle up to enjoy the last full moon of the year. The last full moon of 2021 will reach peak illumination on Saturday,…
Continue ReadingJuno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The largest planet in our solar system appears to look more and more like a work of art. It’s full of surprises…
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Remaining missionaries held hostage in Haiti have been released
The remaining 12 hostages kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti two months ago were released…
Continue ReadingAncient sheep poop reveals an unknown population on Faroe Islands before Vikings
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived,…
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