Category Archives: Science

Wildfires can create their own weather conditions, including thunderstorms and tornado-like fire vortices – here’s how one atmospheric scientist explains it

Wildfires, fire vortices, towering thunderstorms: When fires grow large and hot enough, they can create their own weather conditions. In such extreme fire situations, the usual methods used by firefighters to directly control the fire do not work and the wildfires rage out of control. So how can a fire create weather? I’m an atmospheric… Read More »

Landslides in California are destroying multimillion-dollar homes and it’s getting worse

Deep landslides beneath multimillion-dollar homes in Rancho Palos Verdes were moving at nearly glacial speed until they came to a halt. This affluent coastal city in Southern California, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles, has long attracted people with its Pacific Ocean views and lush vegetation. But it sits atop a slow-moving landslide complex… Read More »

Boeing Starliner capsule returns to Earth, crew to return home on SpaceX flight in 2025

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. As astronauts and engineers like to say, space is tough, but that has never stopped bright minds from dreaming big. A Seattle-based company has revived NASA’s spaceplane plans, which were abandoned in 2001… Read More »

Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without crew – a former astronaut details what it means for NASA, Boeing and astronauts still in space

Boeing’s crew-carrying space capsule, Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew just after midnight Eastern time on September 7, 2024. The remote-controlled return capped a grueling test flight to the International Space Station that left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, months longer than planned after NASA deemed the capsule unsafe to… Read More »

Boeing Starliner’s Future Uncertain Even After Safe Landing

Starliner has landed. Boeing’s troubled spacecraft has finally returned home, but two NASA astronauts who headed to the International Space Station in June are still in orbit. After problems with the Starliner’s propulsion system during its approach to the space station in June, NASA officials decided not to send astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore… Read More »

The annular solar eclipse will create a ‘ring of fire’ over Easter Island, one of the most isolated spots on Earth

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Piriya Photography/Getty Images After the excitement of the Great North American Solar Eclipse last April, many people have been asking when the next solar eclipse will occur. The answer is Tuesday, October 2, when an annular eclipse will… Read More »

Boeing Starliner’s parachute team prepares for Crew Flight Test landing without astronauts on September 7

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Two drogue parachutes from a Boeing Starliner test article successfully deployed during a landing system reliability test above White Sands Spaceport in New Mexico on June 21, 2020. | Source: Boeing Starliner, which sets off without astronauts, will separate… Read More »

Starliner leaves crew behind to return to Earth overnight

Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft — not trusted by NASA to bring its crew home safely from the International Space Station — equipped to leave Friday and a pilotless return to Earth to end a disappointing journey test flight It was damaged by helium leaks and thruster problems. The Boeing spacecraft, leaving behind Starliner commander Barry… Read More »

Pregnant shark tagged and tracked for 5 months before disappearing. Scientists now know her fate

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. When scientists tagged a pregnant porbeagle shark in October 2020 to learn more about the creature’s habitat, they didn’t expect their tracking devices to capture evidence of how the big sharks hunt each other. But… Read More »

Dye makes mouse skin invisible, allowing researchers to see inside

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Hello Health Tour Readers! Sometimes science is just so cool. Today, we’re reporting on a study that’s doing what H.G. Wells predicted 100 years ago in “The Invisible Man.” We’re also reporting on a new use of artificial intelligence that could improve heart failure diagnosis in pregnant women, and the… Read More »