planets and moons

Historic Moon Mission Ends With Orion Capsule Splashdown |  CNN

Historic Moon Mission Ends With Orion Capsule Splashdown | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The Artemis I mission – a 25.5-day uncrewed test flight around the moon intended to pave the way for future astronaut missions – came to a memorable end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft managed …

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Lost Ecosystem Revealed in Greenland by Oldest Environmental DNA |  CNN

Lost Ecosystem Revealed in Greenland by Oldest Environmental DNA | CNN

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science bulletin Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. CNN — The past is an ever-changing story, and this week a myriad of discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewelry, and even DNA unearthed from the earth shed light on some of history’s …

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A year lasts only 17.5 hours on the “hellish planet” |  CNN

A year lasts only 17.5 hours on the “hellish planet” | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Exoplanet 55 Cancri e has many names, but the rocky world located 40 light years from Earth is the best known for its reputation as a “hellish planet”. This super-Earth, so named because …

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A year lasts only 17.5 hours on the “hellish planet” |  CNN

A year lasts only 17.5 hours on the “hellish planet” | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Exoplanet 55 Cancri e has many names, but the rocky world located 40 light years from Earth is the best known for its reputation as a “hellish planet”. This super-Earth, so named because …

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just broke one of its own records on Mars |  CNN

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just broke one of its own records on Mars | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — More than a year and a half after its first flight on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter has set a new record. The small 4-pound (1.8 kilogram) helicopter made its 35th flight on December …

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NASA Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami |  CNN

NASA Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When NASA’s Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it returned images of a landscape no one expected. These early images taken …

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Webb Telescope peeps clouds beneath thick haze of Saturn's moon Titan |  CNN

Webb Telescope peeps clouds beneath thick haze of Saturn’s moon Titan | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted clouds on one of the solar system’s most intriguing moons. In November, the space observatory trained its infrared gaze on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It is …

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China sends 3 astronauts to new space station

China sends 3 astronauts to new space station

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NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches record distance from Earth on Artemis I mission |  CNN

NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches record distance from Earth on Artemis I mission | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The Orion spacecraft, which is at the heart of NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, reached its furthest distance from Earth on Monday afternoon, breaking the record for the furthest distance ever traveled by …

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New data on 'hot Saturn' exoplanet is a game-changer, scientists say |  CNN

New data on ‘hot Saturn’ exoplanet is a game-changer, scientists say | CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed molecular and chemical portrait of the sky of a distant planet, marking another first for the exoplanet science community. WASP-39b, otherwise known as Bocaprins, …

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