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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two stubborn fasteners trapped invaluable material sampled from an asteroid — but after a monthslong process, it has finally been released, NASA announced Thursday. The space agency already harvested about 2.5 ounces (70 grams) of rocks and dust from its OSIRIS-REx mission, which traveled nearly 4 billion miles to collect

By Rosa de Acosta, Krystina Shveda and Marco Chacon, CNN (CNN) — Voters will head to the polls in Taiwan on January 13 to elect a new president and parliament amid increasing tensions between the self-governing island and China, which has ramped up its military presence in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in

By Antonia Mortensen and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says he is seeking a new pardon for two populist lawmakers charged with corruption whose dramatic arrest inside the Presidential Palace brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets of Warsaw in protest on Thursday. Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, both

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The disappearing “magic islands” on Saturn’s largest moon Titan have intrigued scientists since NASA’s Cassini mission spotted them during flybys a decade ago. Now, researchers believe they have unraveled the phenomenon’s secrets. The ephemeral features were first thought to be made of fizzing gas bubbles, but astronomers now believe

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Arab Spring, anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread throughout the Middle East and Africa in 2011. Algeria January 4, 2011 – Protests begin, sparked by an increase in food prices. January 9, 2011 – Within the span of a week,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest known fossilized skin belonged to a species of reptile that lived before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a new study has found. The fragment of fossilized reptile skin was found in a limestone cave in Oklahoma, United States, and is at least 130 million years older than

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — South Africa accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for the court to order a halt to Israel’s military campaign in the enclave. On the first of two days

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A brown and arid scrubland of a lawn is not something many gardeners would brag about. But that is exactly the kind of yard competition organizers in Sweden were looking for when they launched the prize for the “World’s Ugliest Lawn.” People from around the world were invited to

By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — In the snow-filled skies above Ukraine, a deadly game is playing out. Russia began the new year with a barrage of air attacks, including the heaviest night of missile strikes since the war began, as Ukraine battles to meet an evolving threat with its limited supply of

By Anna Chernova and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny told a Moscow court of “freezing” conditions inside his prison, as he appeared via video link to outline his case against the authorities at the Siberian penal colony in which he is being held. Addressing the Supreme Court in Moscow, the opposition figure

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Even as winter arrived in the East this week, with treacherous snow and an impending Arctic cold snap, much of the West is still entrenched in warm and dry conditions. It’s a sluggish and concerning start to what should be the region’s wet season and is raising concerns about