Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. My parents said the planet was getting too hot for humans to live here. They called it climate change. What does this mean? – Joseph, age 12, Boise, Idaho Many… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. For nearly 50 years, the scientific community has been grappling with an important problem: There is not enough visible matter in the universe. All the matter we can see—stars, planets, cosmic dust, and everything in… Read More »
Editor’s Note: CNN Original Series “Violent World with Liev Schreiber” It explores the harrowing weather events that are increasingly common in our changing climate, from tornadoes and tornadoes to wildfires. Airs Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. Scientists say a devastating earthquake and tsunami are inevitable for the Pacific Northwest coast. Planning for this means imagining a… Read More »
“James Webb Telescope: Are We Alone?” In The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper offers an inside look at the most powerful telescope ever built. The show will premiere on Sunday, June 16 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN. A collision between giant asteroids may have occurred in a neighboring star system called Beta Pictoris in recent… Read More »
Eventually all galaxies, including our Milky Way, will come to an end. So how do galaxies die? If you’re in the mood to destroy an entire galaxy, you have a few options depending on the level of destruction you want. Relating to: Monstrous black holes may have killed host galaxies in the early universe Option… 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. In the early 1900s, Antarctica became a focus for explorers who embarked on daring but dangerous expeditions. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 set out on… Read More »
As astronomers chronicle the growth of galaxies by combining X-ray observations with detailed supercomputer models, the history of the dark hearts of galaxies has been told almost completely for the first time. supermassive black holes More than 12 billion years of cosmic history. By doing this, scientists showed that there is a black hole at… Read More »
Fast radio bursts shine in the sky above Earth. | Credit: NRAO Outreach/T. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech); B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of radio waves from beyond the Milky Way and can emit in a thousandth of a second the same energy that it takes the sun three days to emit.… Read More »
The Sun is on the verge of a significant event: a reversal of the magnetic field. This event occurs roughly every 11 years and marks an important stage in human history. solar cycle. The change in polarity indicates the halfway point. solar maximumthe height of solar activity and the beginning of the transition towards solar… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – Bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide in the past two years. It killed hordes of seals and sea lions, destroyed mink farms, and wiped out cats, dogs, skunks, foxes, and even a polar bear. But it doesn’t seem to have touched… Read More »