The lead-up to this week's launch of SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, was a dramatic roller coaster.
Years of explosive tests, increasing hype and a multitude of hurdles culminated in what SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called"an exciting test launch" on Thursday morning — but not everything went according to plan.Initially, the historic first test flight of Starship appeared to be going smoothly. The rocket blasted off from the launchpad in South Texas and roared 24.2 miles over the Gulf of Mexico.
But the company will have to work through challenges to achieve significant milestones before Musk's vision becomes a reality.Analysis of ancient DNA is bringing a powerful empire out of the shadows of history. Chinese rulers regarded the Xiongnu as barbarians. But among the graves, researchers found elaborate tombs, including one of an elite woman buried with golden artifacts and the remains of six horses and a chariot.Our world supports about 8.7 million species, but some of them are dwindling. Award-winning conservation photographer Anthony Ochieng Onyango devotes his time to capturing images of decreasing populations, such as the roan antelope.
Want more ideas on how to help the planet and reduce your eco-anxiety? Sign up for CNN's limited newsletter series Life, But Greener.Northern elephant seals look cozy as they take 10-hour naps on the beach during breeding season. But these marine mammals have to work hard just to catch two hours of sleep per day during monthslong foraging trips at sea.
Once safely out of reach of predators, the seals experience sleep paralysis and spiral down in a corkscrew pattern like falling leaves — and wake up in time to keep from drowning.The sudden disappearance of the Vikings from Greenland and why they abandoned a successful settlement there after 400 years has long intrigued historians.
Centuries later, global sea levels are on the rise due to the human-driven climate crisis — and Earth's ice sheets lost enough ice over the past 30 years to create an ice cube 12 miles high.— A brilliant starburst captured in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals what happened when two spiral galaxies crashed into each other.
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