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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

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The launch of NASA’s historic Artemis I moon mission has been postponed after the team was unable to work through an issue with one of the rocket’s four engines. “It’s too early to say what the options are,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager at a NASA press conference. “We really

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Police in New Zealand have identified two children whose remains were found earlier this month in suitcases bought by a family in an online auction. In a statement Friday, police confirmed that both children have been identified and their family has requested their names be withheld. Police launched a homicide investigation

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Few things are more exciting than watching a spacecraft lift off the launchpad and set off on a cosmic quest, as NASA’s Artemis I mission is poised to do Wednesday. But if you’re a casual observer, it may be that few things are more confusing than hearing some of the jargon

By Eyad Kourdi and Nada Bashir, CNN At least 32 people have died and 159 have been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country’s capital of Tripoli, according to an update from the country’s Ministry of Health. Intense fighting erupted in the capital overnight as rival factions exchanged intense gunfire and

By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time in 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon. The uncrewed Artemis I mission, including the Space Launch System Rocket and Orion spacecraft, is targeting liftoff on August 29 between 8:33 a.m. ET and 10:33 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space

By Ashley Strickland, CNN In 1968, NASA astronaut Bill Anders captured a photo while aboard Apollo 8 that changed the way we see our planet: Earthrise. The iconic photo shows a perspective of Earth as seen from near the lunar surface. It might be easy to take dreamy sunrises or glowing full moons for granted

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Would you like some meaty, savory mealworm powder seasoning with your food? It’s a question you might soon be hearing at the dinner table, or at least that’s the hope of scientists at South Korea’s Wonkwang University. Researchers In Hee Cho and Hyeyoung Park presented their development of a meaty mealworm