By Megan Marples, CNN A rare blazing orange wildflower that was thought to be extinct for 36 years was rediscovered in South America. The wildflower Gasteranthus extinctus has only been spotted in Ecuador’s cloud forest and was last documented in 1985, according to a new study in the journal PhytoKeys. The researchers saw a dim
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have detected a powerful radiowave laser, known as a megamaser, in space. This record-breaking megamaser is the most distant one ever observed at 5 billion light-years away from Earth. The light from this space laser traveled a whopping 36 thousand billion billion miles (58 thousand billion billion kilometers) to reach
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend. More than a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since February 24 and
Continue Reading By Kathleen Toner, CNN People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend. More than a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since February 24 and
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The third attempt at a final prelaunch test for NASA’s Artemis I mega moon rocket began Thursday morning, but the trial hit some snags and ended prematurely at 5:10 p.m. ET. The agency will host a news conference on Friday to share updates and next steps for the test. The mission
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By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN April’s full moon will illuminate the sky this entire weekend, and while it’s called the pink moon, it’s not actually that color. The pink moon will appear full from early Friday to Monday morning, according to NASA. It will be at its peak fullness on Saturday, April
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By Angela Dewan, CNN When temperatures in Antarctica soared to 38 degrees Celsius above normal — around 70 Fahrenheit — in March, a teetering ice shelf the size of Los Angeles collapsed. Scientists don’t know what role the extreme temperatures may have played in the event, but the heat rushed in through what’s known as
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 – Communists in the north begin fighting France for control of the country. 1949 – France
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at May Day, referred to as International Workers Day in many countries. Facts Celebrated on the first day of May each year. In Gaelic traditions, it is known as Beltaine (or the Anglicized “Beltane”). May Day has shared a date with International Workers’ Day since the 1880s. At the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Curiosity rover just avoided a near run-in with some razor-sharp rocks on Mars. The robotic explorer, which landed on the red planet nearly 10 years ago, has spent the last month climbing the Greenheugh Pediment on Mount Sharp, located at the center of Gale Crater. The Greenheugh Pediment is a
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By Megan Marples, CNN One meteor traveled quite a long way from home to visit Earth. Researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth, according to a recently released United States Space Command document. An interstellar meteor is a space rock that originates from outside our solar system — a rare occurrence.
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Coronavirus restrictions are disappearing by the week in much of the world, as more Western countries scale back their remaining restrictions and inch toward a policy of living with Covid-19. The more transmissible but less severe Omicron variant — and its subvariant, BA.2 — have played a large role in that calculation, convincing many leaders
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A comet with a nucleus larger than the state of Rhode Island is heading our way, but Earth is in no danger of a “Don’t Look Up” situation, astronomers say. Although comets are most recognizable for their streaming tails, which can stretch for millions of miles, the heart of a comet
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By Zahra Ullah and Mia Alberti, CNN A Russian court on Tuesday remanded the case of Trevor Reed, a former US Marine detained in Russia, to a lower court for review, said US Ambassador John Sullivan, who was at the proceedings. Sullivan is “very disappointed that justice has again been denied,” he said. “Unfortunately, the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon will make a third attempt at its most critical and final prelaunch test beginning on Tuesday, April 12, according to the agency. The mission team plans to start fueling the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most distant planet in our solar system has presented a new mystery. Astronomers observing Neptune for the past 17 years with multiple ground-based telescopes tracked a surprising drop in the ice giant’s global temperatures, which was then followed by a dramatic warming trend at the planet’s south pole. Neptune, which
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The far side of the moon, which we can never see from our vantage point on Earth, looks surprisingly different than the orb we’re used to seeing in the night sky. The near side we are so familiar with appears darker in places — the result of the vast ancient lava
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A baby dusky pademelon has finally been spotted at the Chester Zoo. The youngster was actually born a few months ago, but this is the first time zookeepers caught the baby peeking out from his mother’s pouch. The zoo, which is based in Chester, England, shared a video of the joey
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An Egyptian swimmer has broken two Guinness World Records after losing his leg in 2015. Omar Hegazy, 31, broke the record for “longest distance swam underwater with one breath” and “longest distance swam underwater with one breath with fins,” according to a statement from Guinness World Records. He first swam 185
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small portions of northern Syria and Armenia. About the Kurdistan region Area: Roughly 74,000 sq mi Population: approximately 25-30
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