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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Israel, which declared independence in 1948. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, the Red Sea, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon in the Middle East. Since its founding, Israel has experienced conflict with its neighbors, mainly Arab and Muslim countries, and Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territories. About Israel (from

By Angela Fritz, CNN Antarctica’s so-called “doomsday glacier” — nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level — has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise. The Thwaites Glacier, capable of

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Scientists have created mouse embryos in a dish, and it could one day help families hoping to get pregnant, according to a new study. After 10 years of research, scientists created a synthetic mouse embryo that began forming organs without a sperm or egg, according to the study published Thursday in

By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN It’s called rocket science for a reason. When NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy was preparing for one of her space shuttle launches as an astronaut in the early 2000s, she told her relatives to plan a week’s trip to Florida for vacation and they might see a launch.

By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN NASA will not pursue a launch of Artemis I for the remainder of the launch period, which ends on Tuesday, according to an update from the agency after a second scrubbed launch attempt Saturday. Future launch periods, including those in September and October, depend on what the team

By David Culver, David von Blohn, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Grieving parents marched in the streets of Mexico City last week, in their first protest since the release o a shocking Mexican government report that blamed the country’s military and police for the disappearance of 43 students, nearly eight years ago. Carrying posters

By Zoe Sottile, CNN New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of Giza thousands of years ago. Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt’s Nile river might have looked like over

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I launch team is gearing up for another countdown that will begin early Saturday morning after a range of issues prevented liftoff on Monday. The launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET and closes at 4:17 p.m. ET on Saturday. Currently, weather conditions are 60% favorable during the launch

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Artemis I will carry an unconventional crew when it’s expected to lift off Wednesday on a journey around the moon. Rather than astronauts, a mannequin named Commander Moonikin Campos will helm the Orion spacecraft, with two mannequin torsos called Helga and Zohar along for the ride. The Artemis program aims to

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme heat is on the rise around the world, and a new study shows it is taking a significant toll not just on our physical health but also our sense of well-being. A new analysis by Gallup in collaboration with Citi, shared first with CNN, found that people who experienced extreme

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The uncrewed Artemis I mission will get another attempt at launching on a journey around the moon on Saturday. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET on September 3. After the launch was scrubbed Monday morning, the launch team spent the remainder of the day evaluating data gathered during

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Stunning new images produced by the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Telescope showcase the Phantom Galaxy, a spiral of solar systems 32 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy is located in the constellation Pisces, according to the European Space Agency, which collaborates with NASA on both the Hubble Telescope

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that’s set to come in the near future — and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today. The study, published Monday in the