Ripples in Spacetime Reveal Mystery Object Colliding With a Star’s Corpse

A leading gravitational wave observatory recently detected ripples in spacetime that scientists say came from the collision of a dead, superdense stellar remnant and an unknown object. Making TV History with Star Trek: Discovery The stellar remnant is what’s called a neutron star; it’s what is left when a massive star collapses, leaving only a … Read more

F1’s net-zero pledges are colliding with its ambitions to go truly global

Oscar Piastri of McLaren during the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on March 9, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — To any reasonable observer, Formula One’s plan to increase the number of races in its calendar from 24 to as many as 30 … Read more

A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause

It only took 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst into flames just after touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tuesday evening. A smaller coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, preparing to take off to deliver urgent aid to quake-hit central Japan, was using the same runway when … Read more

Russia’s Luna-25 area craft ‘ceased to exist’ after colliding with the Moon.

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft did not land on the Moon, Roscosmos, Russia’s state-run area company, introduced in the present day. In an announcement, the group reported that the lander “ceased to exist because of a collision with the floor of the Moon.” It might’ve been the nation’s first Moon touchdown since 1976. Luna-25 entered orbit across … Read more