A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exoplanets from the far brighter glare of their stellar hosts.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new red galaxy at a redshift of approximately 11.45. The newfound galaxy, which received designation EGS-z11-R0, turns out to be the most distant red galaxy detected to date. The discovery was detailed
Few “NCIS” fans, if any, were prepared for the much-touted 500th episode of “NCIS” to turn out to be a ticket to a wake. So much mourning is still going on in the fandom over the unexpected exit of Director Leon Vance, portrayed for the last 18 seasons by Rocky Carroll,. The
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Cox Communications cannot be held liable for music piracy committed by its users, rejecting a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by major labels. Along with dozens of other rights-holders, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment
More mid-week crashouts are on the menu.
As the war in the Middle East continues, cultural and historical sites in the region are increasingly under threat sparking renewed calls from Middle East states and UNESCO for help protecting heritage sites.
From the threat of higher tariffs under Donald Trump to ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Europeans are reassessing how the EU is performing on the international stage.
"We'll work together on how we present that to the players."
Libyan authorities said a Russian tanker is being towed to the country's west coast. The Russian shadowfleet gas carrier was damaged in a suspected attack by maritime drones and now poses a threat to the region's ecology.
A Wednesday report from NBC News is raising concerns that President Donald Trump may be getting a rose-colored view of the war he started with Iran. According to NBC News, US military officials show Trump a daily two-minute video montage of operations conducted in the Iran war,
Large-scale quantum computers are waiting in the wings. One of the main reasons we don't have them yet is because quantum hardware is so noisy. This isn't the type of noise you'd want to shush in a crowded theater. When it comes to computers, noise means errors that crop up
The pile-on includes some people calling on Sweeney to resign
Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) moved Wednesday to subpoena Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the war in Iran. Meeks, the ranking member on the panel, introduced motions to
LCD this year, an OLED version follows in 2027.
DreamWorks' Forgotten Island, a friendship fantasy based in Filipino myth, arrives Sept. 25. The first trailer has big KPop Demon Hunters energy.
The New York Times is seeking a new order to force the Pentagon to lift new media restrictions following a federal court ruling last week that found similar rules unconstitutional. A motion filed Tuesday on behalf of the outlet lambastes the Pentagon’s latest rules as
Anne Hathaway ensured “The Devil Wears Prada 2” did not feature models who were “alarmingly thin,” co-star Meryl Streep revealed in a new Harper’s Bazaar cover story about Hathaway’s major movie year ahead. The “Les Miserables” Oscar winner has big roles in A24’s “Mother Mary,”
If you’ve been enjoying the very good album that underscores released on Friday, please allow me to direct your attention to Quiet Light. The Austin musician Riya Mahesh specializes in a blissed-out, shimmering version of bedroom pop. I’ve seen people describe her as ambient,
Snail Mail’s new album Ricochet arrives this Friday, and we’ll have more to say about it soon. So far Lindsey Jordan has teased the follow-up to 2021’s Valentine with singles like “My Maker” and “Dead End,” and last night she ice skated over to 30 Rock to perform another new
On the plus side: confirmation the writers have read your fan-smut.
Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in its equatorial regions by vast coal-swamp forests. With high atmospheric oxygen levels, wildfires were common.
Israeli authorities evicted 11 Palestinian families from their homes in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, a move that settlers have increasingly used to occupy the vacated properties. An AFP correspondent on the scene reported that civilians wearing
Extreme climate impacts on people and the environment are often associated with very high levels of global warming (3 or 4°C). A new study led by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) shows that this assumption is too simplistic. Even moderate warming of 2°C
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions , with a quarter
When you reach into a bucket of ice, open your front door on a snowy day, or feel the tingle of menthol toothpaste, a protein in your nerve cells called TRPM8 springs into action, opening like a tiny gate to send a "cold" signal to your brain. Now, UC San Francisco researchers
The economic damage yet to come from carbon dioxide emitted decades ago far exceeds the harm it has wrought so far, according to a new Stanford University study. The research, published in Nature, puts a dollar value on the harm done to individual nations and the world by
An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, the University of East Anglia and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found that dogs were domesticated more than 14,000 years ago and that dogs living in pre-agricultural Europe
Marc Resteghini and Jack Tar Pictures have extended their TV overall deal and first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios for a further three years, Variety has learned exclusively. The news comes after the successful March 4 launch of the Prime Video series “Young Sherlock,”
Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.
Rapper T.I. and producer Drumma Boy have teamed up for the documentary short film “The Birth of Trap Music,” premiering at the Atlanta Film Festival on April 25. The film, directed by Christopher Scholar, is a limited series documentary that, according to a release, “explores
Atmospheric images capture steel gray clouds, gnarled trees, and clusters of purple heather. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Camille Lemoine’s
Singapore has six restaurants on the list and Odette’s head sommelier Lesley Liu is named Asia’s Best Sommelier.
