Who owns the universe?
With many countries, companies and individuals intensifying their space exploration programs, questions about rights, ownership and the feasibility of manned space missions are coming to the fore of public debate......»»
Solidigm names co-CEOs
Solidigm's board of directors has appointed David Dixon, company senior VP and GM of data center storage, and Kevin (Jongwon) Noh, company chief business officer and president, as new co-CEOs, according to SK Hynix, which owns the US company speciali.....»»
This Is the Quietest Sound in the Universe
Chill materials to extreme temperatures, and their vibrations show properties that could one day be exploited to create memory in quantum computers......»»
Astronomers puzzled by "largest" ever cosmic explosion
Astronomers said on Friday they have identified the "largest" cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that suddenly began blazing in the distant universe more than three years ago......»»
How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions
How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they've already been asked by other species elsewhere in the universe, potentially very much older than that......»»
Gravitational lens gives us a third estimate of the Universe’s expansion
Lensed images of a supernova appear at different times. Enlarge / The arc of thin, distorted objects around the center of this image is a clear indication of gravitational lensing. (credit: Patrick Kelly, University of Minnesota.....»»
Disney+ and Hulu will be merging into a single app
Disney+ and Hulu have existed as separate apps for a while now, but it looks like Disney has decided to merge both apps into one. When Disney acquired Fox a few years ago, they also acquired some of the companies that Fox owns or had a sh.....»»
James Webb gets a stunning view of a far-off planetary system
As well peering back at the earliest galaxies in the universe, the James Webb Space Telescope is also letting astronomers learn more about how planets form......»»
Heroes of Middle-Earth isn’t afraid to play with Lord of the Rings canon
Heroes of Middle-Earth is a new Lord of the Rings mobile game out today, which lets players take some creative liberties with the fantasy universe......»»
Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home, no injuries
A metallic object believed to be a meteorite punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom. The family who owns the home discovered the black, potato-sized rock in a co.....»»
5 years ago, FX’s Legion used the multiverse better than the MCU ever has
In 2018, one standout episode of Legion season 2 managed to explore the multiverse more effectively than the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever has......»»
10 actors who should replace Henry Cavill as Superman
With Henry Cavill out as Superman in the DC Universe, who will become DC's greatest superhero? Here are 10 actors who can play the Man of Steel......»»
Thirsty on the moon? Just throw some regolith in the microwave
No matter where we go in the universe, we're going to need water. Thus far, human missions to Earth orbit and the moon have taken water with them. But while that works for short missions, it isn't practical in the long term. Water is heavy, and it wo.....»»
Buffett says Apple is the best business Berkshire owns; users would give up a 2nd car before iPhone
Berkshire Hathaway’s yearly meeting was today and chairman/CEO Warren Buffett shared some thoughts about Apple. Along with praising the company as being the best that his conglomerate owns, he believes iPhones have become more important to consume.....»»
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe faster than ever before
The famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research team used artificial intelligence to dramatically improve upon its first image from 2019, which now shows the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy as darker and bigge.....»»
Paul chases his destiny in the first trailer for Dune: Part Two
Can Paul Atreides avenge his family, unite the Fremen, and save the universe? First, he'll have to ride the worm and survive the events of Dune: Part Two......»»
Study using X-Ray telescope indicates that dark energy is uniformly distributed in space and time
When Edwin Hubble observed distant galaxies in the 1920s, he made the groundbreaking discovery that the universe is expanding. It was not until 1998, however, that scientists observing Type Ia supernovae further discovered that the universe is not ju.....»»
Astronomers find distant gas clouds with leftovers of the first stars
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found, for the first time, the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the universe. They detected three distant gas clouds whose chemical composition matches what we expect fr.....»»
NASA animation sizes up the universe"s biggest black holes
A new NASA animation highlights the "super" in supermassive black holes. These monsters lurk in the centers of most big galaxies, including our own Milky Way, and contain between 100,000 and tens of billions of times more mass than our sun......»»
Is Cosmology Broken? This Map May Be a Crucial Puzzle Piece
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope could help resolve some cosmic discrepancies: How fast the universe is expanding and how evenly matter is distributed......»»
Sharing WhatsApp statuses with Facebook will be much simpler
An upcoming update to WhatsApp will make it easier to cross-share WhatsApp status updates to Facebook. Since Meta owns several apps that are widely used around the world, it’s not surprising that some of them have cross-share features......»»