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......»»
Apple Pay patent infringement claim by South Korean company
A South Korean company has made an Apple Pay patent infringement claim, arguing that it owns a 2005 patent for the mechanism used by Apple’s mobile wallet service. The claim follows shortly after the launch of Apple Pay in the country, but the com.....»»
How different were galaxies in the early universe?
An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting the "cosmic dawn"—the era after the Big Bang when stars first ignited and galaxies began to bloom......»»
The Big Bang"s Afterglow Reveals Invisible Cosmic Structures
Scientists are using secondary signatures from the cosmic microwave background to map the universe’s hidden matter......»»
Leaked iPhone 15 Pro Max glass shows extremely thin bezels
The supposed world's thinnest bezels of the iPhone 15 Pro Max have surfaced in leaked images, with glass showing the bezel has undergone a diet from its iPhone 14 Pro counterpart.[Ice Universe/Twitter]In mid-March, leaker Ice Universe insisted that t.....»»
Artists astound with AI-generated film stills from a parallel universe
A Q&A with "synthographer" Julie Wieland on the #aicinema movement. Enlarge / An AI-generated image from an #aicinema still series called "Vinyl Vengeance" by Julie Wieland, created using Midjourney. (credit: Julie Wieland / Midj.....»»
5 game adaptations that could build a Super Mario Bros. Cinematic Universe
If The Super Mario Bros. Movie is going to open the door for a new kind of MCU, these 5 Mario games and spinoffs should get a big-screen treatment......»»
10 DCEU actors who should join the MCU (and who they should play)
Since the DC Extended Universe is about to be rebooted, there are many gifted actors from this mega-franchise who should star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe......»»
The ‘Little Bang’ Helping Physicists Study the Infant Universe
By recreating an early state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma, scientists hope to understand the conditions that made the universe what it is today......»»
Life: Modern physics can"t explain it—but our new theory, which says time is fundamental, might
Over the short span of just 300 years, since the invention of modern physics, we have gained a deeper understanding of how our universe works on both small and large scales. Yet, physics is still very young and when it comes to using it to explain li.....»»
Webb confirms we’re looking at some of the Universe’s earliest galaxies
Spectroscopy confirms just how old these distant galaxies are. Enlarge / Galaxies that appear to be similar in age to the ones described here. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Tommaso Treu, Zolt G. Levay) One of the goals of the.....»»
Far, far away: Just how distant is that galaxy?
In December 2022, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) confirmed the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies ever observed. The faint radio light ALMA captured began its journey to us when the universe was l.....»»
A new measurement could change our understanding of the universe
The universe is expanding, but how fast exactly? The answer appears to depend on whether you estimate the cosmic expansion rate—referred to as the Hubble's constant, or H0—based on the echo of the Big Bang (the cosmic microwave background, or CMB.....»»
New evidence for the nature of matter from ancient galaxies in the early universe
Astrophysicists in Italy have shed new light on the nature of matter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detection of galaxies from 13 billion years ago and novel state-of-the-art numerical simulations of the first galaxies. The study adds ano.....»»
Using dark matter distribution to test the cosmological model
An international team of astrophysicists and cosmologists at various institutes including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) have submitted a set of five papers, measuring a value for the "clumpiness" of.....»»
Blue Beetle trailer promises a classic superhero origin story
"The universe has sent you a gift. You have to figure out what you're gonna do with it." Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reeves, who encounters alien biotechnology in Blue Beetle. Is there anything better than a good superhero origin.....»»
Blue Beetle trailer introduces a new hero to the DC Universe
Meet the DC Universe's newest hero, Jaime Reyes, as he bonds with an alien device in the first trailer for the upcoming Blue Beetle movie......»»
Plans are underway to build a 30-cubic-kilometer neutrino telescope
How do astronomers look for neutrinos? These small, massless particles whiz through the universe at very close to the speed of light. They've been studied since the 1950s and detecting them provides work for a range of very interesting observatories......»»
It’s one last fight for Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury in Secret Invasion trailer
"Very few of us know about the wars fought in the shadows that have raged on this planet." Nick Fury is back to save the Earth in Secret Invasion. Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off with the release of Ant-Man an.....»»
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor brings balance back to an unstable universe
After playing over three hours of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, I think it might just be the Chosen One.....»»
Seeing is more than believing: Exploring "de Sitter space" to explain gravity in the expanding early universe
Having more tools helps; having the right tools is better. Utilizing multiple dimensions may simplify difficult problems—not only in science fiction but also in physics—and tie together conflicting theories......»»