Inside the scramble to save NASA’s half-billion-dollar, water-hunting moon rover
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A half-billion-dollar rover that could be crucial to US lunar ambitions sits fully assembled but in a state of…
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‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place…
Continue ReadingScientists digitally dissect ancient Egyptian ‘screaming’ mummy
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient Egypt’s pyramids, pharaohs and artifacts delight the imagination, reigniting wonder of the distant past in…
Continue ReadingExcavation in Egyptian necropolis uncovers 63 ancient tombs and a trove of gold artifacts
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — An ongoing excavation in Damietta, Egypt, has uncovered 63 tombs from more than 2,500 years ago, alongside a…
Continue ReadingA critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests
By Angela Dewan and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse…
Continue ReadingOverwhelmed by heat? The culprit may be in your medicine cabinet
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When Adelaide Saywell posted on TikTok last month that SSRIs, a commonly prescribed antidepressant medication,…
Continue ReadingScientists have spotted unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere. They are struggling to explain them
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of…
Continue ReadingScientists reveal new details about ‘screaming’ Egyptian mummy’s life and death
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the…
Continue ReadingScientists traced roses’ thorny origins and solved a 400 million-year-old mystery
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Other than being a symbol for love and romance, roses are commonly known for their sharp spikes — prickles…
Continue ReadingMercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar…
Continue ReadingIcy body bags and mobile coolers: Here’s what it takes now to survive outside in America’s hottest city
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — On some parts of an overheating Earth, the old complaint that “it’s not the heat,…
Continue ReadingHow did Neanderthals disappear? New DNA analysis sheds light on the mystery
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once interbred was a scientific bombshell — the revelation…
Continue ReadingAncient swimming ‘taco’ had ‘bug jaws,’ new fossils show
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An ancient buglike sea creature with a fan-shaped tail and a carapace that wrapped around its body swam upside…
Continue ReadingStrong solar activity may soon trigger auroras farther south than usual
By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The northern lights could grace skies farther south than usual this week because of a solar…
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Two meteor showers are set to peak this week. Here’s how to see them
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Look up at the night sky this week for a chance to see high-speed meteors and bright fireballs from two meteor…
Continue ReadingThe discovery of a possible sign of life in Venus’ clouds sparked controversy. Now, scientists say they have more proof
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life —…
Continue ReadingHeat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills
By Laura Paddison, Jen Christensen, Mary Gilbert, Henry Zeris, Yukari Schrickel, Lou Robinson and Way Mullery (CNN) — Philip Kreycik should…
Continue ReadingGlass shards reveal what was inside a Renaissance alchemist’s demolished laboratory
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Experimentation is the basis of the scientific process — and it’s at the heart of what it means to be…
Continue ReadingSurprising element found in traces of Tycho Brahe’s alchemy lab confounds scientists
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — While Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is best known for his celestial discoveries made in the 16th century —…
Continue ReadingTigers are disappearing from Southeast Asia. A forest in Thailand is offering new hope
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. The tiger population in the…
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