Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

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A familiar message claiming to block Facebook from using users’ photos and personal information is circulating again, but the post has no legal standing and does not change how the platform handles ...

Steven Spielberg took a bit of a jab at Timothée Chalamet’s recent comments alluding to the cultural irrelevance of art forms like ballet and opera, during an appearance Friday at SXSW. Asked about ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

Ridley Scott has plenty of notable sci-fi hits under his belt over the last 40 years, but none have stood the test of time as well as Alien. He directed the 1979 classic on a budget of only $11 ...

For decades, humans have scanned for signals of alien technology emanating through the galaxy. The search highlights the contradiction between the abundance of planets and stars that stretch across ...

On Monday night, someone placed a peculiar bet on the prediction market Kalshi. At 7:45 p.m. eastern time, a single trader put down nearly $100,000 on the claim that, by the end of December, the Trump ...