By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An ambitious mission to reveal the secrets of the least explored planet in the inner solar system is about to arrive at its cosmic destination after a lengthy journey. The BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, intends to use The post The BepiColombo mission begins its arrival at Mercury after nearly 8 years appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Una ambiciosa misión para desvelar los secretos del planeta menos explorado del sistema solar interior está a punto de llegar a su destino cósmico tras un largo viaje. La misión BepiColombo, un esfuerzo conjunto entre la Agencia Espacial Europea y la Agencia Japonesa de Exploración Aeroespacial, pretende utilizar dos orbitadores complementarios The post La misión BepiColombo se aproxima a Mercurio después de casi 8 años de viaje appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Los cazadores exterminaron a los tilacinos, conocidos comúnmente como tigres de Tasmania, en Australia hace casi un siglo. Pero un mito sobre estos depredadores tímidos y parcialmente nocturnos pudo haber contribuido a la extinción de la especie. Los tilacinos se parecían mucho a los lobos, tanto que recibieron el nombre científico The post El cráneo del tigre de Tasmania revela que era diferente de cualquier mamífero actual appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Hunters wiped out thylacines, commonly known as Tasmanian tigers, in Australia nearly a century ago. But a myth about these shy, semi-nocturnal predators may have been behind the species’ extinction. Thylacines had a strong resemblance to wolves — so much so that they were given the species name cynocephalus, The post Tasmanian tiger skull shows it was different than any living mammal appeared first on ABC17NEWS.

The National Hurricane Center expected Edouard to dump 3 to 7 inches of rain, with up to 12 inches in some areas.

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — The fifth named storm of the El Niño-stunted Atlantic hurricane season has weakened to a tropical depression, but is still dumping heavy rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana after making landfall Tuesday afternoon near the two states’ shared border on the Gulf Coast. 🌧️ In the The post Flood threat persists in Texas as Edouard weakens to a tropical depression appeared first on KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather & Sport

The storm is centered about 15 miles south-southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, and has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology. Renowned paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke identified four tiny bones in the University of the Witwatersrand’s museum collection and went on to discover Little Foot’s The post Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor appeared

The teen's death comes less than a month after an 8-year-old girl in Louisiana died from the same type of brain-eating amoeba.

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tiny Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to intensify as it makes its final approach to the Texas-Louisiana border and could be near hurricane strength when it makes landfall. 🌧️ Get your local forecast in the CNN Weather app ⛈️ Small systems are more prone to abrupt changes The post Tropical Storm Edouard could ‘significantly strengthen’ as it closes in on the coast appeared first on KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather