April showers bring May flowers, including the Flower Moon. The full moon reached peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. on Monday but it will appear full for several more days. The Old Farmer’s Almanac details specific moonrise times for ZIP codes across the U.S. Local forecasts also include detailed information on how clear the night sky […]
Webb telescope captures images of Jupiter’s auroras in stunning new detail
Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays striking dancing lights when high-energy particles from space collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to how the northern lights are […]
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges back to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus more than 50 years ago plunged to Earth on Saturday. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed the spacecraft – known as Kosmos 482 – had an uncontrolled reentry based on analysis and no-shows on subsequent orbits. The European Space Agency’s space debris office also […]
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams reflect on unexpected 9-month space mission
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams reflect on unexpected 9-month space mission – CBS News Watch CBS News Originally scheduled for just 8 days aboard the International Space Station, the two astronauts spent over 9 months in orbit due to delays with their Boeing Starliner return. Now back on Earth, they share how they coped, […]
Vienna archaeologists discover skeletal remains in mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes. On Wednesday, after archaeological analysis, experts at the […]
On the Edge: The people and polar bears of a warming arctic
Just on the edge of the western Hudson Bay lies the small town of Churchill, Manitoba. Here, the sea meets the boreal forest under the rippling northern lights. Farther to the north, the trees stop growing. Snow coats a harsh landscape of Canadian shield, and the ceaseless wind cuts through the willows. No roads lead […]
Peggy Whitson on her space legacy and commanding a new mission for Axiom
Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has logged more time in space than any American or any woman worldwide, joined “CBS Mornings” to discuss a new mission for Axiom. Whitson, who completed 10 spacewalks during her NASA career and spent 675 days in space, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame next month. […]
SpaceX Fram2 crew splashes down off California coast to close out historic trip around Earth’s poles
A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California to close out the first crewed flight around Earth’s poles. Three-and-a-half days after launch Monday from the Kennedy Space Center — and after 55 […]
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The world’s best yodellers aren’t found high in the pristine mountaintops of the Alps – instead, scientists say, they can be found in trees, jungles and rainforests across the globe. It’s because the world’s best yodellers are monkeys, a study published this week in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B found. Once thought […]
Sahara desert, once lush and green, was home to mysterious human lineage, study says
The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology detailed in a study published in Nature this week their findings from the DNA of two 7,000-year-old […]