Lego has released three new “Star Wars” ahead of “Star Wars Day” on May 4, 2020. Lego Star Wars Day Offer Lego is offering a free Death Star II Battle set for Star Wars purchases above $75 for May the…
A long-exposure image shows stars appearing to whirl around Polaris, the north star, which appears fixed in the sky. Something’s up with the North Star. People have watched the North Star for centuries. The bright star, also known as Polaris,…
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is one of the most sensitive efforts to track down brand-new, never-before-seen dark matter particles. But what if dark matter particles aren’t something new after all? Could we have already discovered dark matter? That’s the…
Physicist Freeman J. Dyson at The Church Center for the United Nations in New York on March 22, 2000. Legendary physicist and big thinker Freeman Dyson has died at age 96 in New Jersey, according to reports from Maine Public…
Artist’s depiction of Schrödinger’s cat. The thought experiment known as Schrödinger’s cat is one of the most famous, and misunderstood, concepts in quantum mechanics. By thinking deeply about it, researchers have come to spectacular insights about physical reality. Who came…
Scientists have spotted an extremely powerful explosion in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, which is located about 390 million light years from Earth. Here, a composite showing the area in X-ray, infrared and radio wavelengths. Astronomers have spotted a cosmic blast…
Could the universe have more dimensions than we realize? String theory is a purported theory of everything that physicists hope will one day explain … everything. All the forces, all the particles, all the constants, all the things under a…
An internal photo shows the lasers of the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) antimatter experiment at work. A bubbling, raucous vacuum fills quantum space, distorting the shape of every hydrogen atom in the universe. And now we know that it…
Daredevil Mike Hughes tragically passed away during a launch accident this past Saturday (Feb. 22). This image is from August 25, 2019, Amboy, California, USA: After a long month of launch attempts in August in 100 degree heat ”Mad” MIKE…
The Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center is being converted into a hospital for patients infected with the new coronavirus, seen here on Feb. 4, 2020. A newly identified coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV) has been spreading in China, and has…
The Helix Nebula, deep in the Aquarius constellation. Your daily horoscope: If it’s your birthday today (or any other day), congratulations! You are very lucky. You were born into a universe of endless mystery and wonder — a vast and…
An illustration shows a rocket approaching an asteroid that’s drifted too close to Earth. A scout probe orbits nearby. If a giant object looks like it’s going to slam into Earth, humanity has a few options: Hammer it with a…