The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination, almost a month after launch.Since lifting off from French Guiana on December 25, the telescope has unfurled its tennis court-size sunshield and unfolded a massive gold mirror that will help…
The ocean depths are as mysterious as the infinite abyss of space beyond our planet.Every time we dive beneath the waves, or those waves surface an unusual creature, we learn something new about the water covering more than 70% of…
The ocean depths are as mysterious as the infinite abyss of space beyond our planet.Every time…
The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a pace not seen before in the pandemic.But two months later, with Omicron dominant across much of the globe,…
The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November…
A piece of debris created by Russia's recent anti-satellite test came within striking distance of a Chinese satellite Tuesday, in an encounter the Chinese government has called "extremely dangerous."The Russian debris came as close as 14.5 meters (approximately 48 feet)…
Black holes are best known for shredding stars, devouring light and acting like massive garbage disposals in space.In a twist, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that these energetic celestial objects have a nurturing side, too.Hubble's observation of…
Volunteers have rescued a runaway dog from dangerous mud flats -- by luring her to safety with freshly cooked sausages tied to a drone.Millie, a rescue dog, slipped her collar and went missing on Thursday, January 13 while out for…
For the first time ever, a flight delay has occurred on another planet due to bad weather.The Ingenuity helicopter, which was slated to take to Martian skies on January 5, had to push its 19th flight back because of an…
The Doomsday Clock has been ticking for exactly 75 years. But it's no ordinary clock.It attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world.On Thursday, the clock was set at 100 seconds until midnight -- the same time…
Life as a "living fortress" was a lonesome one for this dinosaur. A heavily armored nodosaurid, which sported elongated spikes on its neck and shoulders, was likely a sluggish loner who couldn't hear very well, according to a new study.Researchers…
Deep in the ocean off the coast of Tahiti, scientists made an incredible discovery in November: acres of giant, pristine, rose-shaped corals blossoming from the sea floor in what's known as the ocean's "twilight zone."That a coral reef so large…
A restaurant in Alberta was forced to briefly close its dining room after the health department found patrons were showing photos of dogs instead of proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test, as mandated by the Canadian province.Alberta Health…
This may be the world's oldest surviving evidence of supersize thirst quenchers. Mysterious scepters found in an ancient burial mound could actually be giant drinking straws -- and they were used to consume mass quantities of beer.The gold and silver…
An asteroid estimated to be around a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on Tuesday.It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our planet, moving at 47,344 miles per hour (76,193 kilometers per hour), according to NASA's Center…
In the search for life beyond Earth, NASA's Curiosity rover has been on a nearly decade-long mission to determine if Mars was ever habitable for living organisms.A new analysis of sediment samples collected by the rover revealed the presence of…
Though massive volcanoes have the potential to affect global temperatures and weather, the eruption near Tonga on Saturday was likely not large enough to impact global climate, experts tell CNN.The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai eruption on Saturday was enormous; likely the largest in…
"Owoooo!"Wolves are associated with howling at the moon -- a common myth that's become widely accepted over the ages.Despite the fictional tale, it hasn't stopped people from connecting the moon with the furry animals.The first full moon of the year…
If you're a parent, you're intimately acquainted with one question that hatches an infinite number of them: Why?If asking and investigating "why" is good enough for Nancy Drew, or the Scooby-Doo gang trawling for the truth in the Mystery Machine,…
The last 45 years have all been above the 20th century average for global temperature, new data shows, as Earth continues its relentless warming due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions.Twin reports released Thursday from NASA and the National Oceanic and…
