It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so the story goes, guided the wise men, or magi, from Jerusalem to greet the ...

A polymer with a 2D molecular structure stacks into tightly packed layers — forming films of nanoscale thicknesses that are nearly impermeable to gases and moisture. Polymers are attractive barrier ...

With last year’s Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Square Enix managed to successfully tow the line between recreating that authentic, old-school RPG experience while still offering plenty of modern ...

5 Seconds of Summer have announced a massive 2026 world tour in support of their upcoming album Everyone’s a Star! The trek will begin in Europe in March 2026 before reaching North America in late May ...

Bring me the horizon. Or faster and more power-efficient chips, one of the two. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

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At first, Unity Farm was just what the name implied—a 53-acre parcel a few miles north of Lee’s Summit along US 50. A place where members of Unity, the spiritual movement founded by Charles and Myrtle ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, in fact, a star cluster. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Copilot 3D will turn your 2D images into 3D models. The tool is freely available to anyone, though you do need a Microsoft account. Microsoft suggests using an image with a single subject, even ...

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on an old-school ...