Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The latest attempt at an inaugural crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is on schedule for Wednesday after a computer glitch halted the countdown just before Saturday’s launch. The historic mission, called the … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — For more than a century, scientists have been hunting in vain for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — A new analysis of ancient crystal grains embedded in rocks from the Australian outback suggests that Earth had dry land and fresh water about 4 billion years ago – a time when scientists … Read more
Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images/File The Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe was launched on May 3, 2024 from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in South China’s Hainan province. Hong-Kong CNN — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully landed on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning, Beijing time, in a key step … Read more
Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu/Getty Images Scientists say a lunar timescale is needed for astronauts to return to the moon, which will be visible in the sky in the evening hours of Kars, Turkey, on May 18. Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil’s comet,” will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. ET. Although the comet has not been … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil’s comet,” will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. ET. Although the comet has not been … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Boeing’s Starliner plans to launch its first crewed voyage on Saturday, a mission that has been in the works for a decade. The new spacecraft is expected to lift off atop an Atlas … Read more
Matias Delacroix/AP/File A telescope could help detect Uranus and Neptune as they appear to align with other planets early Monday morning in most parts of the world; Sunday is ideal for spectators in North America and Europe. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Astronomers were in for a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid called Dinkinesh in November and spotted a contact binary star — two smaller space rocks touching each other — … Read more