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The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight ...
Three years after publishing “The Truth in Black and White,” this is how The Star has changed, and where we still see that there is work for our newsroom to do to improve.
In the vastness of the universe, distances between celestial bodies are mind-boggling, with even light taking thousands of ...
"Doctor Who" star Ncuti Gatwa says Black people are forced to be excellent in order to succeed when "white mediocrity" is widely celebrated.
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and is made up of three stars and several exoplanets. We explore our stellar neighbors in more detail here.
Eating red meat such as barbecued ribs can produce a severe allergic reaction in people with alpha-gal syndrome, caused by a bite from the lone star tick. (Photos by Keith Tremel, left, and ...
Star Citizen just received its latest update, Alpha 3.23: Adventure Beckons, which adds the space sim's first native animals, new hoverbikes, FPS upgrades, and more. Alongside the game’s first ...
Humans can develop alpha-gal syndrome after being bitten by a tick with alpha-gal. Lone star ticks are most associated with alpha-gal, though other ticks may also be involved.
"Alpha Centauri" is getting the boot. The longstanding star name has been displaced by its ancient counterpart in a new International Astronomical Union (IAU) catalog that designates 227 official ...
New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than ...
Finding a habitable planet in the nearest star system is an ongoing quest. But the overall habitability of the Alpha Centauri system based on its three stars, just over 4 light-years away, could ...
Superstar writer Jason Aaron is returning to the Star Wars franchise in a new anthology comic dubbed Darth Vader: Black, White & Red.