By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A second attempt to launch Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule on its first test flight with NASA astronauts on board was automatically aborted by a computer abort system minutes before liftoff, mission officials said. The canceled launch, which caps off a series of 11th-hour… Read More »
PARIS (AP) – Among the decisions made by Paris Olympics organizers regarding where each sport will be held, sending the surfing competitions to the other side of the world, to the Pacific waters of Tahiti, has provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others have opposed building a new observation tower on Teahupo’o reef, fearing it… Read More »
NASA and Boeing were once again forced to cancel the first crewed launch of the company’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are scheduled to board the Starliner from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday at 12:25 ET. The flight to the International Space Station would be the vehicle’s… 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. It’s easy to recognize the moon as a silvery orb in the night sky that provides a soft light most evenings. So, have you ever thought about what time it… Read More »
GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a small island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing up their belongings in preparation for dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who grew up in Gardi Sugdub with a life devoted to the sea and tourism will trade it for the solid ground of the mainland next… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The unusual horned comet, called the “Devil’s comet” and attracting attention with a series of explosions, will make its closest approach to Earth around 03:00 in the morning on Sunday. Although the comet has not… Read More »
As climate change makes disasters such as hurricanes, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and in more places, fewer people are dying from these disasters globally due to better warning, planning and resilience, a senior United Nations official said. The world has failed to realize that the types of storms that once killed tens… Read More »
Google said on Friday it had made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its revamped search engine was found to be spreading inaccurate information. In mid-May, the tech company rolled out a new change to its search engine, which frequently features AI-generated summaries at the top of search results.… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers got a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid called Dinkinesh in November and detected a contact binary (two small space rocks touching each other) orbiting the asteroid like a moon. This… Read More »
An outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows in the United States is leading to the development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines (similar to COVID-19 vaccines) that are being tested in both animals and humans. Next month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin testing a vaccine developed by University of Pennsylvania researchers by administering… Read More »