CNN values your feedback

1. How relevant is this ad to you?
2. Did you encounter any technical issues?
Thank You!
Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.
Close
Ad Feedback
Science
Space
Life
Unearthed
More
Space Life Unearthed
Watch Listen
My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

Listen Watch
Edition
US
International
Arabic
Español
Edition
  • US
  • International
  • Arabic
  • Español

Space
Life
Unearthed

Follow CNN
Download the CNN App

  • US
    • Crime & Justice
    • Immigration
    • Education
    • Transportation
    • Race & Identity
  • World
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • Politics
    • Elections 2026
    • Trump
    • Facts First
    • CNN Polls
    • Redistricting Tracker
    • Epstein Files
  • Business
    • Tech
    • Media
    • Calculators
    • Videos
  • Markets
    • Pre-markets
    • After-Hours
    • Fear & Greed
    • Investing
  • Health
    • Life, But Better
    • Fitness
    • Food
    • Sleep
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • CNN Underscored
    • Electronics
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Health & Fitness
    • Home
    • Reviews
    • Deals
    • Money
    • Gifts
    • Travel
    • Outdoors
    • Pets
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    • Innovate
  • Style
    • Arts
    • Design
    • Fashion
    • Architecture
    • Luxury
    • Beauty
    • Video
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drink
    • Stay
    • Videos
  • Sports
    • NFL
    • NBA
    • MLB
    • WNBA
    • Golf
    • Soccer
    • Tennis
    • Motorsport
    • College Sports
    • Olympics
    • Bleacher Report
  • Science
    • Space
    • Life
    • Unearthed
  • Climate
    • Solutions
    • Weather
  • Weather
    • Video
    • Climate
  • World Cup 2026
  • Ukraine-Russia War
  • Israel-Hamas War
  • Watch
    • Featured
    • Shows & Films
    • Network TV
    • Clips
    • CNN Headlines
    • Shows A-Z
    • CNN 10
    • CNN TV Schedule
  • Listen
    • All There Is with Anderson Cooper
    • Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
    • The Assignment with Audie Cornish
    • Terms of Service with Clare Duffy
    • CNN 5 Things
    • All CNN Podcasts
  • Games
    • Daily Crossword
    • Jumble Crossword
    • Photo Shuffle
    • Sudoblock
    • Sudoku
    • 5 Things Quiz
  • About CNN
    • Subscribe
    • Photos
    • Investigations
    • CNN Profiles
    • CNN Leadership
    • CNN Newsletters
    • Work for CNN

Download the CNN App

Science

  • Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni di Cosimo I de' Medici (1542-1562), by Agnolo Bronzino, oil on canvas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Francesco de' Medici, circa 1560. Attributed to Alessandro Allori. Artist Alessandro Allori.
    G. Nimatallah/De Agostini/Getty Images; Heritage Images/Getty Images
    Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years
  • Colobus congensis, known locally as Likweli, has a dramatic black face with pinkish-orange lips.
    Junior Amboko
    Monkey with orange lips identified as newfound species
  • Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015. The craft's miniature cameras, radio science experiment, ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers and space plasma experiments will characterize the global geology and geomorphology of Pluto and Charon, map their surface compositions and temperatures, and examine Pluto's atmosphere in detail.
    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
    Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth
  • Fragment of the Hillsborough meteorite, broken on impact, with fusion crust from passing at high speed through the Earth’s atmosphere.
    SETI Institute
    Meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains ‘extraterrestrial’ amino acids
  • A sea lamprey bares its rings of teeth, which it uses to latch on to other fish.
    T. Lawrence/GLFC
    A ‘forbidden experiment,’ two moonshots and the invasive species ravaging the Great Lakes
  • Gus the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at Sotheby's auction house in New York City, U.S. July 1, 2026. REUTERS/Jordan Tovin
    Jordan Tovin/Reuters
    Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
  • The Galactic Center in Infrared Light The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region.
    NASA/Caltech/Susan Stolovy (SSC, Caltech)
    Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time
  • Photo-credit--Matthew-Sherman-(3).jpg
    Matthew Sherman/Courtesy Sotheby's
    A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever
Ad Feedback
  • A metal sphere washed ashore on Forrest Beach in northern Queensland that authorities believe may be a pressure vessel from a rocket.
    Queensland Fire Department
    Mystery spheres on beach are likely space debris that fell back to Earth
  • 070126-dyson-sphere.jpg
    Photo illustration by CNN/DrPixel/Moment RF/gremlin/E+/Jiojio/Moment RF/Getty Images
    Elon Musk’s plans refer to an idea conceived in the 1960s. What is the Kardashev scale?

Editor's picks

  • • For Subscribers
    20260404-quantum-medical-computing-GFX.jpg
    • For Subscribers
    Illustration by Ian Berry/CNN/Adobe Stock
    For Subscribers A quantum computing deadline looms. It threatens to kick off the biggest cybersecurity crisis ever
  • • For Subscribers
    20251210-jane-austen-mystery-death.jpg
    • For Subscribers
    Photo Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN/Universal History Archive/Getty Images; Gillian Pullinger/Alamy Stock Photo; Will Dax/Solent News/Shutterstock
    For Subscribers Jane Austen’s cause of death has remained a mystery. But her letters and books offer clues
  • 20260424-gps-jamming-map.jpg
    CNN
    How electronic warfare is sowing confusion in cockpits
  • • For Subscribers
    fig-25.jpg
    • For Subscribers
    Susanne Muth/Dirk Mariaschk/Elis Ruhemann/Pompeii Reset Project/Humboldt University of Berlin
    For Subscribers An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. Now it’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’
Ad Feedback

Space

Show all

  • Blue Origin's New Shepard crew (L-R) Jeff Bezos and Wally Funk arrive for a press conference after flying into space in the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Mr. Bezos and the crew were the first human spaceflight for the company.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images
    Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87
  • PHOTO DATE: July 06, 2024
LOCATION: Bldg. 220 - CHAPEA Habitat
SUBJECT: ASA Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mars Analog Mission 1 Egress Event with crew Anca Selariu, Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell.
PHOTOGRAPHER: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
    NASA
    Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation
  • Artemis II mission specialist Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen speaks at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada on May 14, 2026.
    Adrej Ivanov/AFP/Getty Images
    Artemis II crew member Jeremy Hansen says he’s stepping down from astronaut role
  • swift_view_02_comp.jpg
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

Archaeology

Show all

  • A distant view of the Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey.
    Naoki Morimoto/KyotoU
    Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans
  • Kurgan-16-Shilikty-before-excavation.jpg
    Rinat Zhumatayev
    Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites
  • The prehistoric cave uncovered near Fureidis, northern Israel
    Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority
    Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
  • The latest cannonball discovered.
    Alamo Trust
    Second cannonball found at the Alamo reveals more information about the historic battle

Life

Show all

  • Day 6 human embryos showing the effect of NANOG presence versus absence.



In the normal embryo (left): magenta cells will become the placenta, yellow cells will become the yolk sac, and cyan cells will become the epiblast, which later forms the body.

 

In the embryo where genome editing was used to block NANOG (right): no cyan cells were seen - the epiblast could not develop. Loss of NANOG did not significantly affect the development of cells that would become the yolk sac or placenta, the tissues that support the developing embryo.
    Katarina Harasimov et al./Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge
    Gene-edited babies are now closer to becoming a reality. The ethical debate is far from settled
  • SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing a working translation system and metabolic enzymes. The red membrane is stained with a lipid dye.
    Orion Venero/Adamala Lab
    Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
  • People, in a floating container, are rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. REUTERS/Kyodo (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN
    Kyodo/Reuters
    A seismic event bounced off Earth’s core and shifted an island country
  • 18-15-06-57-2026_CB_Propo_WM_media_3-2.jpg
    Ajay Narendra et al.
    Watch the first-ever video of a newfound spider’s spring-loaded death trap

Paleontology

Show all

  • c-1b.-Spriggina-floundersi-fossil_Evans.jpg
    Scott Evans/AMNH
    Fossils reveal the earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’
  • An artist's reconstruction of the Antarctic sauropod dinosaur.
    Andrew McAfee/Carnegie Museum of Natural History
    Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever Antarctica dinosaur bone
  • image description
    Global TREnD
    A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones
  • Life-reconstruction-of-Praearcturus-gigas-©-Franz-Anthony-High-Res.jpg
    Franz Anthony/Trustees of the Natural History Museum
    The largest scorpion to walk the Earth was the size of a baseball bat
Ad Feedback
Ad Feedback

My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

Listen Watch
  • US
    • Crime & Justice
    • Immigration
    • Education
    • Transportation
    • Race & Identity
  • World
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • Politics
    • Elections 2026
    • Trump
    • Facts First
    • CNN Polls
    • Redistricting Tracker
    • Epstein Files
  • Business
    • Tech
    • Media
    • Calculators
    • Videos
  • Markets
    • Pre-markets
    • After-Hours
    • Fear & Greed
    • Investing
  • Health
    • Life, But Better
    • Fitness
    • Food
    • Sleep
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • CNN Underscored
    • Electronics
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Health & Fitness
    • Home
    • Reviews
    • Deals
    • Money
    • Gifts
    • Travel
    • Outdoors
    • Pets
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    • Innovate
  • Style
    • Arts
    • Design
    • Fashion
    • Architecture
    • Luxury
    • Beauty
    • Video
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drink
    • Stay
    • News
    • Videos
  • Sports
    • NFL
    • NBA
    • MLB
    • WNBA
    • Golf
    • Soccer
    • Tennis
    • Motorsport
    • College Sports
    • Olympics
    • Bleacher Report
  • Science
    • Space
    • Life
    • Unearthed
  • Climate
    • Solutions
    • Weather
  • Weather
    • Video
    • Climate
  • World Cup 2026
  • Ukraine-Russia War
  • Israel-Hamas War
  • Watch
    • Featured
    • Shows & Films
    • Network TV
    • Clips
    • CNN Headlines
    • Shows A-Z
    • CNN 10
    • CNN TV Schedule
  • Listen
    • All There Is with Anderson Cooper
    • Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
    • The Assignment with Audie Cornish
    • Terms of Service with Clare Duffy
    • CNN 5 Things
    • All CNN Podcasts
  • Games
    • Daily Crossword
    • Jumble Crossword
    • Photo Shuffle
    • Sudoblock
    • Sudoku
    • 5 Things Quiz
  • About CNN
    • Subscribe
    • Photos
    • Investigations
    • CNN Profiles
    • CNN Leadership
    • CNN Newsletters
    • Work for CNN

Science
Watch Listen
My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account
Follow CNN

Download the CNN app
Download the CNN app

Terms of Use Privacy Policy Ad Choices Accessibility & CC About Subscribe Newsletters Transcripts Help Center Sitemap

© 2026 Cable News Network. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved.
CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.

Download the CNN app

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app on Google Play.

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from Google Play.

Download the CNN app

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.