Mystery of ‘Very Odd’ North American Sea Monster Cracked
An iconic and much-loved ancient sea monster has been revealed to be an entirely new and “very odd” species of plesiosaur—solving a nearly 40-year-old fossil mystery. Traskasaura sandrae, which lived some 85 million years ago around what is today Canada’s Vancouver Island, grew to at least 39 feet long. Like other plesiosaurs, it had a […]
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Second $60 Million Fighter Jet Lost by US Navy in Red Sea: Report
A second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been lost in the Red Sea from USS Harry S. Truman, CNN reports on Tuesday. Newsweek has reached out to the Navy via online form for comment. Why It Matters United States military troops have faced renewed threats from the Houthis, a rebel- backed group from Yemen, […]
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Arctic Sea Ice Melt Exposes US to New Threat
Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country’s flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole. Since that statement of intent by Moscow in 2007, some things in the far north haven’t changed—Russian President Vladimir Putin is still in […]
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Satellites Find NATO Aircraft Carrier Near Red Sea Amid US Airstrikes
Satellite imagery spots a French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Djibouti as United States forces continue to strike Yemen-based Houthi rebels from the nearby Red Sea. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. Central Command for comment by email. Why It Matters France, a key European member of NATO, deployed its only aircraft carrier, FS Charles […]
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Satellites Capture Chinese Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea
Open-source satellite imagery has captured a Chinese naval formation, led by one of the country’s three aircraft carriers, underway in the contested waters of the South China Sea. The flotilla, led by CNS Shandong, the second operational aircraft carrier of China, was spotted by satellites on Monday sailing in waters 316 miles southeast of Sanya, […]
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