NASA’s Pandora satellite lifts off on SpaceX’s Twilight mission to study exoplanets and analyze their atmospheres with a ...

Astronomers have recently made a groundbreaking discovery involving Betelgeuse, the prominent red supergiant star known for its bright glow and peculiar behavior. Located approximately 10,000 ...

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast atmosphere. Using nearly eight years of ...

Astronomers describe the discovery of the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe ejecting from a nearby ...

Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each ...

Mattel has launched its first autistic Barbie doll. This new doll features sensory-friendly accessories and design elements.

Scientists have turned a long-standing sci‑fi idea into working hardware, using pure light to move data wirelessly through the air instead of relying on radio waves or copper traces. The result is a ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have uncovered direct evidence that the red supergiant ...

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University of California, Irvine astronomers have announced the discovery of the largest-known stream of super-heated ...

Incandescent bulbs were supposed to be relics, pushed aside by compact fluorescents and then by ultra-efficient LEDs. Instead ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...