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Equinox Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator and day and night are of equal length. Facts September 22, 2021 – The autumnal equinox begins at approximately 19:21 UTC. March 20, 2022 – The vernal equinox begins at approximately

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Equinox Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the equinox. The equinox occurs twice a year when the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator and day and night are of equal length. Facts September 22, 2022 – The autumnal equinox begins at approximately 01:04 UTC. March 20, 2023 – The vernal equinox begins at approximately

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US War in Afghanistan

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. The United States linked the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to al Qaeda, a group that operated under the Taliban regime’s protection in Afghanistan. Timeline October 7,

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Yom Kippur Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. October 4-5, 2022 – Yom Kippur begins at sundown on October 4 and ends at nightfall on October 5. The Day of Atonement is considered the most important and sacred of Jewish religious holidays. It falls on the 10th

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Dmitry Rogozin told CNN that 'Divorce is not possible' with US over the space station. Rogozin is here shown during the launch of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket at Vostochny Cosmodrome

‘Divorce is not possible’ with US over space station, says Russian space chief who threatened to pull out

By Kristin Fisher, CNN Despite threatening to pull Russia out of the International Space Station prematurely, the head of the country’s space agency is now promising to remain NASA’s partner at least until the orbiting outpost is eventually retired. “This is a family, where a divorce within a station is not possible,” Dmitry Rogozin told

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Bowie’s ‘Starman’ and other out-of-this-world songs for a spacewalk

By Gregory McNamee, CNN Countdown to the next spacewalk: On Friday, September 3, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov will stretch their legs on a nearly seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Any spacewalk is a momentous occasion, one that speaks to the brilliant efforts of generations of scientists, astronauts, politicians and civilians.

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The laughing patterns of human infants match those of great apes

The laughing patterns of human infants match those of another species, a new study finds

By Megan Marples, CNN Laughter transcends all languages — and now scientists know this spontaneous response is universal across some primate species, too. The laughing patterns of human infants match those of great apes, according to a study published Tuesday in Biology Letters. Human adults primarily laugh while exhaling, whereas infants and great apes laugh

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