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Chinese scientists claim they have built a Death Star-inspired beam weapon
Do you remember the moment in "Star Wars" when the Death Star destroys Alderaan? Eight laser be ...View More
Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it's not spiral or elliptical
What it is: The galaxy NGC 4694, a member of the Virgo galaxy clusterWhere it is: 54 million li ...View More
Why aren't we crushed by the weight of Earth's atmosphere?
Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the Kármán l ...View More
Tens of millions of devices are thrown away each year — and the rise of generative AI will only make this worse
Every time generative artificial intelligence drafts an e-mail or conjures up an image, the pla ...View More
Black hole quiz: How supermassive is your knowledge of the universe?
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe. These hyper-dense celestial phenomena ...View More
Green spoonworm: The female tentacle monsters that turn males into 'living testicles'
Name: Green spoonworm (Bonellia viridis)Where it lives: Seabeds in the northeast Atlantic, from ...View More
