2025-07-16

Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now. [...]

2025-07-16

Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels

At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels. [...]

2025-07-16

There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center

Dark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal. [...]

2025-07-15

Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation

Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they dubbed the Infinity Galaxy. It appears to support a leading theory on how som [...]

2025-07-15

The Perseids Meteor Shower Brings Bright Fireballs to the Skies, Starting This Week

During its peak, you may see upwards of 50 to 100 meteors per hour if you're in a place where it's dark enough. [...]

2025-07-15

Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon

"This is very early evidence of a preacher weaving pop culture into a sermon to keep his audience hooked." [...]

2025-07-14

Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books

The event resulted in a new black hole with a mass 225 times larger than our Sun. [...]

2025-07-14

Canon R50 V review: An affordable vlogging camera that lags behind its rivals

Canon has released 20 cameras since launching the RF mount in 2018, but it had one gaping hole in a key market: vlogging. Now, the company has patched that with the launch of the $700 R50 V that’s a [...]

2025-07-14

The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both

Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests. [...]