‘City killer’ asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth: NASA

This handout picture provided by NASA shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025. An…

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ introduces adamantium into the MCU, but did it come from space in the comics?

The fourth Captain America movie, Captain America: Brave New World, is finally out and has been met with middling critical reviews. Despite that, fans are already dissecting every new character…

Gaia 19cwm is a dwarf nova of WZ Sge type, observations find

‘Star Trek: Section 31’ got us thinking… Should you have to do your homework before you watch a movie?

Let’s start with a small thought experiment. It’s Saturday night and you spot a new “Star Trek” movie on your Paramount+ homepage. You’re not a hardcore fan but you enjoyed…

Eighteen new pulsars discovered with Arecibo data analysis

‘City-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

An asteroid that’s big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting our planet in the year 2032. But according to new calculations, there’s an even…

The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1950s

Early television in the 1950s was a freewheeling frontier of both live and taped offerings mostly dominated by comedies, game shows, kids programs, and westerns like “I Love Lucy,” “The…

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin laying off 1,000 employees: reports

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, is laying off about 1,000 workers, according to media reports. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp announced the cuts in an internal email to employees,…

Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we’re not alone

A new model upends the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event and suggests that maybe it wasn’t all that hard or improbable. The team…

Research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions