Astronomers find dozens of massive stars fleeing the Milky Way
The Milky Way can't hold onto all of its stars. Some of them get ejected into intergalactic space and spend their lives on an uncertain journey. A team of astronomers took a closer look at the most massive of these runaway stars to see what they coul.....»»
Are fast radio bursts caused by interstellar objects crashing into neutron stars?
Every now and then, astronomers will detect an odd kind of radio signal. So powerful it can outshine a galaxy, but lasting only milliseconds. They are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs). When they were first discovered a couple of decades ago, we had.....»»
Red squirrels are very flexible in shifting their daily routines to avoid urban threats, researchers find
Scientific investigations before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Berlin in 2020 show that urban red squirrels are extremely flexible in adjusting their diurnal activities to the presence of humans, domestic dogs, domestic cats, and predators such.....»»
Roborock Black Friday deals: Part 2 (the sequel is here)
More Roborock Black Friday deals Part 2: This is where you'll find a few more smart home deals from the brand and you shouldn't miss out. Come look......»»
Astronomers take first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy
Located a staggering 160,000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO's VLTI). The new observations reveal a star puffi.....»»
Tubi’s new Scenes feature plays clips to help you find your next binge
Tubi has just launched its new Scenes feature for mobile devices that serves up short clips of movies and shows to help users find somthing to watch easier......»»
Plastic reduces krill"s ability to remove carbon in the deep ocean, marine ecologists find
New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere. The results are published this month in the journal.....»»
Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display during Black Friday sale
If you want the Apple Studio Display, you should consider getting it now, as it's currently available at a massive $300 discount.Save $300 on the Apple Studio DisplayThe Apple Studio Display offers consumers an Apple-designed screen for their Mac, wi.....»»
Preventing credential theft in the age of AI
In this Help Net Security video, Tina Srivastava, MIT Lecturer and CEO of Badge, discusses a 20-year cryptography problem – using biometrics for authentication without storing a face/finger/voice print. This has massive implications for corpora.....»»
Watch The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday season 3: release date, trailer, and more
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday returns with a new group of contestants. Find out how to watch the competition......»»
Chandra and Hubble tune into "flame-throwing" Guitar Nebula
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and.....»»
How long is Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl?
Stalker 2 expands The Zone to a massive scope with horrors around every corner. If you're a new Stalker or experienced pro, here's how long this game lasts......»»
iOS 18.2 beta 4 now available
iOS 18.2 beta 4 is now available to developers as we inch closer to next month’s public release. The update includes major new Apple Intelligence features, a redesigned Mail app, upgrades to Find My, and much more. Notably, iOS 18.2 beta 4 is no.....»»
Minecraft Movie trailer explores the origins of Steve
Where "anything you can imagine is possible—as long as what you imagine can be built out of blocks." Jack Black stars as Steve in A Minecraft Movie......»»
All rare gadgets in Lego Horizon Adventures and what they do
Reliving Aloy’s first adventure in is a streamlined but faithful retelling of the first game. However, instead of the massive open-world experiences that made the Horizon series some of the , this entry changes the formula to fall more in line.....»»
Idea thieves tend to target early concepts, experiments find
People who steal ideas from creative workers prefer to do so in earlier conceptual stages than creators expect, according to new Cornell research......»»
It"s been 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an intriguing article, amid several large adverts for fur coats. The headline read: Finds Spiral Nebulae are Stellar Systems: "Dr......»»
Predicting the next supernova explosion: New simulations reveal the physics of supernova shock breakout
Stars with masses between 10 and 30 times that of the sun, in their final evolutionary stages, form an iron core that ultimately collapses into a neutron star. This collapse releases a tremendous amount of gravitational potential energy through neutr.....»»
Observations inspect double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 34736
Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers has conducted a comprehensive study of a double-lined spectroscopic binary known as HD 34736. The study, published November 6 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, del.....»»
The Milky Way represents an outlier among similar galaxies, universe survey data shows
For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise questions about whether the Milky Way is truly representative of other galaxies in the universe......»»
Apple heads to court to try to get massive & vague DOJ antitrust suit dismissed
Apple will today present its case for why the Department of Justice's mammoth lawsuit against the iPhone maker is entirely without merit — and prosecutors will repeat their accusations.The Department of Justice case will hang over Apple for yearsTh.....»»