Kate Murphy

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Kate Murphy

A Soviet-era spacecraft launched in the 1970s is expected to make its return to Earth sometime this weekend. The unmanned robotic spacecraft, Kosmos 482, originally set out to land on the scorching surface of Venus but it never completed its mission. Instead, it’s been stuck in Earth’s orbit for over 50 years. After all this time, the half-ton object, about the size of a concert grand piano or a , is finally expected to make an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth.

6 days ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Kate Murphy |Katie Mather |Dylan Stableford

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he was selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day 2 of the conclave. It came over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis at age 88. Prevost, 69, is a Chicago-born cardinal who previously served in Peru for two decades.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Kate Murphy

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he was selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day 2 of the conclave. It came over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis at age 88. Prevost, 69, is a Chicago-born cardinal who previously served in Peru for two decades.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kate Murphy

A new pope has been elected. Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, has been selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day 2 of the conclave. It came over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis at age 88. Prevost, 69, is a Chicago-born cardinal who previously served in Peru for two decades.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kate Murphy |Katie Mather |Dylan Stableford

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)A new pope has been elected. Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, has been selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day 2 of the conclave. It came over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis at age 88.