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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Dinosaurs have been fearsome and fascinating — but tragic? Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction. Fans chop up animated footage of dinosaur hatchlings or long-necked herbivores in courtship (mostly taken from

CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind. Except, that is, for the toilet. The Artemis II crew’s 16.5-foot-wide (5-meter-wide) Orion capsule

CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind. Except, that is, for the toilet. The Artemis II crew’s 16.5-foot-wide (5-meter-wide) Orion capsule

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind. Except, that is, for the toilet. The Artemis II crew’s 16.5-foot-wide (5-meter-wide) Orion capsule experienced

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Awe-inspiring new photos captured by the Artemis II astronauts showcase the moon and the interior of the Orion spacecraft, offering a glimpse into their lives in space as they close in on another historic milestone. One image highlighting the moon even captured a portion of the Orientale basin, which

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Goblet-shaped sea jelly relatives with miniature “arms.” A plump, legless creature resembling a sausage. Long, wormlike animals tipped with flat “holdfast” discs for anchoring to the seafloor. Newfound fossils from a site in southwestern China, preserved in exquisite detail, offer a peek at a time in Earth’s distant past

By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — The Artemis II mission is now headed back toward Earth, with four astronauts having soared around the far side of the moon on an unprecedented path that reached deeper into space than any human has traveled before. The journey — crewed by NASA’s Reid Wiseman,

CNN By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — The Artemis II mission crossed a crucial and historic threshold Thursday when the Orion spacecraft ignited its engine and propelled four astronauts toward the moon, setting them on a days-long slingshot trip that will reach deeper into space than any human has traveled before.

By Jacopo Prisco, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA released the very first images taken by astronauts aboard the Artemis II Orion capsule as they are making their way to the moon. The stunning pictures were taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman using his Personal Computing Device — a tablet that includes a camera —

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A warship that sunk after it was attacked by Adm. Horatio Nelson and the British fleet 225 years ago has been found off the coast of Denmark in what’s been called a “remarkable” discovery. Maritime archaeologists from the Danish Viking Ship Museum found the ship, which was sunk during

By Laura Paddison, Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has shown how easy it is to for one country to turn geography into a ferocious weapon with devastating global impacts. It also reveals a truth about the dangers of a fossil fuel-powered global energy system: It’s heavily reliant

CNN By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time in five decades as part of

CNN, NASA, BILL INGALLS, NASA/ Bill Ingalls By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time

By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time in five decades as part of Artemis

By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Sky watchers caught the spring season’s first full moon rising in the night sky. April’s full pink moon peaked at 10:11 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to Time and Date. Despite the moniker, the silvery orb appeared in its usual brilliant gray hue. The lunar event’s rosy name instead pays

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Several high-ranking Trump officials that make up the so-called “God Squad” voted on Tuesday to quash longstanding Endangered Species Act regulations in the Gulf of Mexico, exempting all oil and gas drilling. It’s an outcome environmentalists fear could spell doom for the critically endangered Rice’s whale, a species that

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There is nothing more thrilling than seeing a spacecraft launch — especially on a journey to the moon. More than half a century after the last lunar mission during NASA’s Apollo program, humans are finally aiming to travel back to the vicinity of the moon on a mission called

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — When marine biologist Shane Gero spotted a plume of blood spreading across the water where a group of sperm whales had gathered in the Caribbean, he feared the worst — injury to one of the whales, perhaps from a predator attack. But then he saw something unexpected and extraordinary

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The first woman. The first person of color. The first Canadian. The four people who will soon step aboard a spacecraft for the first human moon mission in more than half a century represent a tapestry of historic milestones. The crew of the NASA-led Artemis II mission is set