Astronomers observe jet reorientation in "Death Star" black holes
Huge black holes are firing powerful beams of particles into space—and then changing their aim to fire at new targets. This discovery, made using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Radio Astrono.....»»
Study: Support for Black nationalism now more widespread as profile of Black nationalist has changed across time
According to research by sociologists at Rice University, Black nationalism now finds broader support among different segments of the Black community, though the characteristics of Black nationalists have changed over time......»»
Evangelical Christians more likely to avoid issue of racial injustice following murder of George Floyd, finds study
Following the murder of George Floyd, evangelical Christians were more likely to avoid the issue of racial injustice, while mainline Protestants and Black clergy addressed the topic in their congregations and in some cases took a stand against it......»»
Smile 2 teaser trailer: Naomi Scott cannot escape the evil grins
Naomi Scott is a pop star who confronts a deadly supernatural curse in the teaser trailer for the horror sequel Smile 2......»»
New study shows mechanisms of hagfish burrowing into deep sea sediment
Scientists at the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University developed a novel way to observe the elusive burrowing behavior of hagfish. Dr. Douglas S Fudge and his team created a specialized tank of transparent gelatin in order t.....»»
Researchers observe a large anomalous Hall effect triggered by spin-fluctuating devil"s staircase
A research group from University of Tsukuba has discovered that fluctuations of electron spins in magnetic materials trigger a large anomalous Hall effect during phase transition known as the devil's staircase magnetic transition......»»
Star Citizen still hasn’t launched, but it’s already banning cheaters
Developer bans "over 600" players for exploiting an item duplication glitch. Enlarge / For an unreleased game, Star Citizen still has some really pretty ships... (credit: RSI) At this point in Star Citizen's drawn-out, 1.....»»
Black holes formed quasars less than a billion years after Big Bang
A surprisingly normal looking quasar when the Universe was 750 million years old. Enlarge (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)) Supermassive black holes appear to be present at the center of every galaxy, goin.....»»
The best movies on Hulu right now (June 2024)
The best movies on Hulu include The First Omen, Bullet Train, Slums of Beverly Hills, It Follows, Bad Boys for Life, Black Hawk Down, and more......»»
Watch the Starliner spacecraft star in its own aurora video
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured a video showing the recently docked Starliner spacecraft with a dramatic aurora backdrop......»»
Black Myth: Wukong is a perfect chaser for Stellar Blade fans
Black Myth: Wukong's developers don't exactly see it as a Soulslike. After playing an impressive demo at Summer Game Fest, we can see why......»»
Cyprus records a second death from heatstroke as temperatures soar
A Cyprus health official said a second elderly person has died from heatstroke after a weeklong heat wave that baked the east Mediterranean island nation with reportedly record temperatures for the month of June......»»
3 best Disney+ movies to watch on Father’s Day
With movies like Indiana Jones and Star Wars, Disney+ has exciting movies for a nostalgic Father's Day movie marathon......»»
Astronomers discover an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new Earth-sized exoplanet that orbits an ultracool dwarf star located just 54.6 light years away. The newfound alien world, designated SPECULOOS-3 b, is slightly smaller but much hotter.....»»
High-precision measurements challenge our understanding of Cepheids
"Classical Cepheids" are a type of pulsating star that rhythmically brighten and dim over time. These pulsations help astronomers measure vast distances across space, which makes Cepheids crucial "standard candles" that help us understand the size an.....»»
Well-known star turns out to be not one star, but twins
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that a particular star turned out not to be a single star at all, but actually a pair......»»
What sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer
Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?.....»»
Quirky circling behavior in mice informs research on humans in space
During the Rodent Research-1 (RR-1) mission flown to the ISS in 2014, videos that were taken to observe the mice revealed an unusual behavior that researchers are still working to understand. Young (16-week-old) but not old (32-week-old) mice engaged.....»»
Coming in hot: NASA"s Chandra checks habitability of exoplanets
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's (European Space Agency's) XMM-Newton, astronomers are exploring whether nearby stars could host habitable exoplanets, based on whether they emit radiation that could destroy potential conditions for li.....»»
Sweetpotato"s sweet revenge against fungal disease
Sweetpotato black rot is a devastating disease caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata. Since the late 1800s, black rot of sweetpotato has threatened to destroy as much as 30% of the sweetpotato crop in the United States. In 2015, all sweetpotato.....»»
Einstein Telescope could launch a new era in astronomy
It's still just a plan, but a new telescope could soon be measuring gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are something like the sound waves of the universe. They are created, for example, when black holes or neutron stars collide......»»