Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers were in for a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew by an asteroid named Dinkinesh in November and spotted a contact binary — two smaller space rocks that touch each other — orbiting the asteroid […]
A 3.7-billion-year-old record of our planet’s ancient magnetism has been unearthed, providing evidence that Earth’s magnetic field already existed very early in history. This discovery, however, is quite surprising. Rocks approaching 4 billion years old are hard to find; most have been recycled through Earth‘s tectonic activity, slipping into the mantle through subduction zones before […]
The man charged with killing a prominent Des Moines architect more than eight years ago has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Kirk Blunck, 62, was found in January 2016 with severe injuries at the bottom of a stairwell in the Teachout Building, where he had an office. After he died, an autopsy determined the fatal […]
Donald Trump claimed he “purposely” meant to “interpose” the names of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley during his Jan. 6 mix-up last month. “It’s very hard to be sarcastic when I interpose. I’m not a Nicki fan and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when I purposely interpose […]