Nearly twenty years ago, astronomers observed a huge cloud of fine dust particles around a young star just 63 light-years away from Earth. From recent observations of the Webb Space TelescopeHowever, the dust cloud had mysteriously disappeared. Now a new paper suggests that the dust cloud may have been caused by a violent event that … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. India’s largest telecom companies, led by rival billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal, are poised to launch satellite internet services as they challenge Elon Musk’s efforts to establish Starlink in the country. Bharti Airtel’s … Read more
STEVE, a strange ribbon of purple and green haze discovered by citizen scientists in 2016, just got weirder. While sifting through archival data, a team of scientists discovered that the aurora-like phenomenon has a secret twin that moves in the opposite direction. Evil’s Michael Emerson on working opposite a giant, hairy demon with five eyes … Read more
A team of astronomers has managed to remotely calculate the speed of rotation of a supermassive black hole thanks to the object’s chance encounter with a star, which instantly destroyed it. How will time travel change Perry in Outer Range Season 2? All black holes have spin, which they develop through their interactions with other … Read more
It was only about two years ago that the video game industry started charging $70 for major games instead of the usual $60, due to rising game development costs (and greed). This shift understandably hasn’t gone down well with players, as the cost of keeping up with modern gaming continues to rise, but that may … Read more