SpaceX's plans to launch its two-stage Starship–Super Heavy rocket 44 times a year from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have come under fire from two main rivals: United Launch…
Archaeologists have been baffled by the discovery of dozens of Bronze and Iron Age child graves in southern Norway.The burials, each marked with circles of carefully placed stones, were discovered…
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are natural light caused by the solar wind. ... [+] (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images…
At the smallest scales, our intuitive view of reality is no longer applicable. It's as if physics is fundamentally indecisive, a truth that becomes harder to ignore as we zoom…
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic…
In these modern times, we often take the stability of our world for granted. However, one academic revelation suggests that we are in the midst of such a drastic change…
New research shows that extreme objects known as "kugelblitzes" - black holes formed only by light - are impossible in our universe, a challenge Einstein's general theory of relativity. The…
Richard M. Goldstein, a pioneer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radar to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure geographic changes on Earth, including melting glaciers,…
When we think of unexpected events, asteroid impacts tend to be pretty low on the list. After all, a large asteroid colliding with Earth is highly unlikely in the foreseeable…
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic…