Apple commits $500 million over several years to buy US-made rare earth magnets

Apple just announced a commitment of $500 million over several years to buy rare earth magnets from the US-based company MP Materials. These rare earth magnets are used in a number of products, includ [...]

Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process

At the start of the month, Elon Musk announced that two of his companies — SpaceX and xAI  — were merging, and would jointly launch a constellation of 1 million satellites to operate as orbital d [...]

Hubble catches rare view of a comet crumbling

NASA and ESA have released new images from the Hubble Space Telescope of a comet breaking up as it exits the solar system, captured as part of study recently published in the journal Icarus. The image [...]

Alien: Earth succeeds where Ridley Scott's Alien sequels failed

Alien: Earth delivers everything you'd want from a series with "Alien" in the title: The iconic Xenomorphs hunting down hapless humans; gratuitous body horror; and androids who you can [...]

Two Rare Comets Are in the Skies Above Earth. How to See Them

Catch it now, because the Lemmon comet won't be back for another 1,300 years. [...]

Google brings historical Street View to Google Earth

Google Earth is celebrating its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Google is bringing historical Street View imagery to the service. In a blog post, Google said the anniversary update allows us [...]

Xbox's remaining Game Pass additions for October include Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 and The Casting of Frank Stone

After cramming dozens more games into the service and announcing a 50 percent price increase for the Ultimate tier, Microsoft has revealed the rest of the Game Pass additions for October. They include [...]

The first meteor shower of spring peaks soon, and another is close on its heels

There are several meteor showers we can count on seeing every year as Earth passes through the debris trails of known comets and asteroids orbiting the sun, and two of them are about to be in full swi [...]

Two Rare Comets Will Appear Soon. Here's How to See Them

The SWAN comet will return in around 700 years, while the Lemmon comet will take 1,300 years to come back. [...]