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FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starship after explosive failure rained debris over populated islands

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators have cleared the way for SpaceX to launch another test flight after its Starship spacecraft — part of the most powerful launch system ever constructed — exploded during a January test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, said Friday that it will allow

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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, the scientists say they have worked out the sequence of events that likely killed the

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Trial begins in fossil fuel pipeline company’s $300M lawsuit against Greenpeace over protests

By the Associated Press MANDAN, North Dakota (AP) — An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday at trial that he will prove various Greenpeace entities coordinated delays and disruptions of a controversial oil pipeline’s construction in North Dakota, and defamed the company to its lenders. Attorneys for the Greenpeace defendants told a jury

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Cleopatra’s birthplace sees ‘dramatic surge’ in building collapses as sea level rises, study shows

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is experiencing a “dramatic surge” in building collapses linked to coastal erosion and rising levels of the Mediterranean Sea, new research has found. Building collapses were once rare in this port city, but have accelerated from approximately

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Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry

Glaciers ‘bulldozed’ snowball Earth and changed ocean chemistry, paving the way for complex life, scientists say

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according to a new study. Inch by inch, as massive glaciers crept over frozen land toward an ice-covered sea,

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‘No legitimate rationale’: Lawmakers raise concerns over what NASA won’t say about DOGE

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Some House Democratic lawmakers are raising “deep alarm” over Department of Government Efficiency’s interactions with NASA and potential conflicts of interest in a new letter released Friday. “The lack of transparency surrounding DOGE’s presence and activities within NASA is ominous and unacceptable,” reads the letter, which is signed by

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