Articles by Ashley Strickland, CNN
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Astronomers witness 'spaghettification' of star shredded by a black hole
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 2:11pmA black hole enjoyed one stellar spaghetti dinner and astronomers were able to witness the event from 215 million light-years...
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Researchers discover Ice Age structure made entirely from mammoth bones
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 3:12pmAround 25,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers used the bones from 60 mammoths to build a large circular structure in Russia. And...
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Earth has a temporary mini-moon
Sunday, 1 March 2020, 1:07pmIt's not the moon, but you can call it mini-moon. Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. The asteroid,...
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Why solar storms from space may blind and strand whales
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 3:23pmSpace weather has more implications than causing glitches in Earth's satellite-based communications -- it can also strand...
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Marsquakes: NASA mission discovers Mars is seismically active
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 3:06pmIt's not just Earth that's shaking these days. A NASA mission on Mars has recorded evidence of seismic activity, including...
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New telescope reveals first detailed images of the sun's surface
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 6:06pmThe surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned...
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NASA mission spots first potentially habitable planet
Sunday, 12 January 2020, 11:08amNASA's planet-hunting mission TESS has found its first potentially habitable exoplanet the size of Earth orbiting a star...
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Scientists pick their favourite new species discovered in 2019
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 1:56pmThe quest for the unknown revealed exciting new discoveries this year. California Academy of Sciences researchers discovered...
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Spooky 'face' spotted in space by Hubble telescope
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 4:54pmAlthough it looks a bit like an eerie, floating face suspended in space, the optical illusion spotted by the Hubble Space...
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NASA astronauts complete first all-female spacewalk
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 1:25pmNASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conducted the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space...
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This material could make parts of Mars habitable for humans, study says
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 4:37pmEarth is the only currently habitable planet in our solar system, but that's never stopped scientists from proposing ways...
