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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. The

By Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — It’s a creature of the deep so rare that there’s never been a recorded live sighting, and since the 1800s only six samples have ever been documented. Now, experts in New Zealand are scrambling to confirm whether a 5-meter (16-foot) carcass that recently washed ashore on the country’s South

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The impacts of human-caused climate change are so overwhelming they’re actually messing with time, according to new research. Polar ice melt caused by global warming is changing the speed of Earth’s rotation and increasing the length of each day, in a trend set to accelerate over this century as

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — During the Cretaceous Period, a genus of sharks roamed the sea with rows of unusual teeth. Mostly large and rounded, these chompers were not meant to slice through their prey, but to grind and crush shelled creatures. However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly consisted

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A unique plant has become the first species in the United States to be exterminated from the wild by the compounding effects of rising seas, scientists say. It’s a grim first, but not last, as the scientists fear the demise of the plant is a “bellwether” for other species

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A marvel of the “Dune” sci-fi film franchise is the survival outfit worn by the desert-dwelling Fremen — “stillsuits” that recycle all bodily fluids into potable water. Now, such technology appears to be on the horizon, with scientists unveiling a prototype spacesuit system that turns urine into drinking water.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of two galaxies, nicknamed the Penguin and the Egg, locked in a cosmic dance to mark the observatory’s second anniversary. Launched on December 25, 2021, the Webb telescope shared its first science observations of the universe on July

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Keeping the power on can be the difference between life and death, a scenario bearing out this week in Houston as temperatures spike while hundreds of thousands of people suffer through brutal heat without air conditioning. The city was struck by massive back-to-back storms: A powerful derecho in May

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Writings on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and sail it on a maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The vessel, known as a Magan boat, spans 59 feet (18 meters) in length and

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, which powers satellite launches as well as trips to orbit for astronauts, experienced a rare and troubling failure Thursday night as it attempted to haul a batch of internet satellites to orbit. The ordeal has prompted federal regulators to ground the rocket, which has

Story by Associated Press Mexico City (CNN) — Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. So far, authorities say they have captured and relocated around

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. The blue magnificent tree frog was spotted in the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley region, according to a statement from the Australian

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain fossil chromosomes in a first-of-its-kind discovery, according to a new study. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near the village of Belaya Gora in northeastern Siberia, where freezing temperatures helped preserve the

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region. The team began studying the new archaeological site of La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas, in June. Last year,

By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — A group of 120 scientists, engineers and academics have penned an open letter calling on the Paris Olympics’ organizers to ditch Toyota’s Mirai as the official vehicle of the Games, saying the hydrogen-powered car undermines the event’s green credentials. Cars that run on hydrogen emit zero carbon at the

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two lion brothers, including one with an amputated leg, were spotted making a record-breaking night swim through treacherous waters in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. Researchers believe that the nearly mile-long (1.6-kilometer) crossing of the crocodile-infested Kazinga Channel is the longest documented swim by lions. And it’s another chapter

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its crew have been in space for more than a month — much longer than the weeklong stay initially expected. The vehicle has suffered technical issues that have delayed its return indefinitely, and there’s still no return date on the horizon. But the two astronauts piloting

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. But it’s never been clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a wider outbreak. A new study, based on ancient DNA recovered from 108

By Louis Mian, CNN London (CNN) — A previously unknown species of plant-eating dinosaur roamed on an island off the south coast of England around 125 million years ago, new research has found. The dinosaur would have been the size of a large American bison and weighed around a ton, according to Jeremy Lockwood, a

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The European Space Agency’s member countries have endured a months-long space access predicament while waiting to add a functioning launch vehicle to their toolbox. But a new rocket, dubbed Ariane 6, just launched on its maiden mission after years of delays and hang-ups in the development process. The flight