The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...

Observations made using a new method have revealed that sun-like stars produce cataclysmic superflares once every hundred years. Could our sun create one soon? When you purchase through links on our ...

Bactrim is the brand-name version of the antibiotic co-trimethoprim. Doctors often advise that you avoid getting too much sun while taking Bactrim, alongside wearing sunscreen and keep covered in ...

Java’s sun.misc.Unsafe class has been in use since 2002. It provides essential low-level methods that framework developers use to deliver otherwise unobtainable features and performance. Unfortunately ...

Explore where and when you can see the midnight sun around the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The midnight sun is a ...

The Sun is mostly hydrogen and helium. Its core temperature is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. The Sun is about 4.6 billion years old. It's a G-type main-sequence star. Key takeaways sponsored by The ...

One of my favorite things about science is how a very simple question can lead you down a rabbit hole. Here’s one for you: What color is the sun? Most people, I’d wager, would say yellow. You probably ...

Picture this: You order a lemonade mimosa while at brunch with a potential new friend you met on Bumble BFF when suddenly she asks you about your “Big Three”—a.k.a your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs. If ...

The sun ain’t what it used to be. That’s what a weird contingent of amateur astronomers believes, anyway. The idea has swirled around the internet for years, and this week got another endorsement from ...

Is the sun an only child? Or was it born into a (very, very) big family? The answer would tell us more than just how awkward holiday family reunions can be (if you think yours are bad, imagine how ...