Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had hip replacement surgery after injuring herself while on an official trip to Luxembourg, her office says. read more
The world's biggest iceberg is on the move again after being trapped in a vortex for most of the year. read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to end daylight saving time (DST), arguing that it is "inconvenient" and "very costly" to Americans. read more
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover reaches the top of Jezero Crater's rim, called Lookout Hill. It took approximately 3.5-months, ascending 1,640 vertical feet, and climbing 20% grades to achieve this feat. Perseverance is currently working on the Northern Rim campaign, which marks its transition from rocks that partially filled Jezero Crater when it was formed by a massive impact about 3.9 billion years ago to rocks from deep down inside Mars that were thrown upward to form the crater rim after impact.
General Motors has announced that it will stop funding the development of the Cruise self-driving taxi. The company says it will now "refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles". GM also pointed to the increasingly competitive robotaxi market as a reason for the move.
From now on, the sunsets will be later and later until next year.
The winter solstice does not apply in Connecticut? It's a week away for most of the planet.