Earth’s record-breaking streak of warmest months for more than a year continued in June, according to European climate research agency Copernicus. There is hope that the planet’s record-breaking heatwave will soon end, but the climate chaos it has brought is far from over, scientists said. Global temperatures in June hit a record high for the… Read More »
New evidence emerging from dozens of archaeological discoveries around the world, from the once-thriving reservoirs and canals of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to abandoned Viking colonies in Greenland, paints pictures of the reality of civilizations struggling with unpredictable climate change and agricultural practices becoming unsustainable. These discoveries include success stories of how ancient agricultural practices… Read More »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Every year, a flood of cruise ship tourists arrive in Alaska’s capital to see wonders such as the rapidly shrinking Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau’s tourism boom are coming to a head because of a new ballot initiative aimed at giving residents a break from the influx. A measure… Read More »
There’s a particular image of Mount Fuji that has dominated social media feeds in recent months. You’ve probably seen it. Japan’s massive, lightly snow-capped volcano rises from behind the red, white, and blue signs of a Lawson’s grocery store. Two Japanese icons side by side in one image. As stunning as the scene is, you… Read More »
2004 GU9’s circular orbit around Earth. | Source: Data source: HORIZONS System, JPL, NASA, wiki User: Created by Phoenix7777 There are usually two names for things in space. One is official, the other is fun. It makes sense. Researchers have their own exoplanet catalogs and black hole references are consistent, communicable, and clear — but… Read More »
Alien life that can communicate interstellar space If its home planet does not have plate tectonics and does not have enough water and land, it may not be able to evolve. Robert Stern of the University of Texas at Dallas and Taras Gerya of ETH Zurich in Switzerland argue that plate tectonics are absolutely necessary… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. When NASA scientists tracked the orbits of two space rocks that recently approached Earth, they made a surprising discovery: One of the asteroids has a small moon. Astronomers regularly track the orbits of asteroids to… Read More »
TULSA, Okla. — Jeanette Batchelor-Young had been searching for her roots for years when she got a message that would change everything she thought she knew about her origin story. There were still too many gaps in her family history: Batchelor-Young had lived with her father for a short time until he died, and then… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The grasslands, glaciers, and snow-capped peaks of the Tibetan Plateau are breathtaking, but this vast area in Central Asia is also one of the harshest environments on Earth. Thirty years… Read More »
NASA’s Goldstone planetary radar system recently recorded two near-Earth asteroids, 2024 MK and 2011 UL21, passing by our planet. Perhaps a little worryingly, it was detected just 13 days before either one passed safely past. Soilbut scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) assures us that it never posed a threat in Southern California, but… Read More »