On September 1, 1859, a British astronomer named Richard Carrington was sketching the shapes of sunspots projected from his telescope onto a screen when two spots flared into view and brightened still further, only to fade a few minutes later.... Selengkapnya
Like virtually all galaxies, the Milky Way has a monster lurking at its very core: a giant black hole, as massive as four million suns, which will swallow anything that ventures too close to its intense gravitational field. Like most,... Selengkapnya
It took just under six hours for Soyuz TMA-10M to reach the International Space Station on Thursday, making it the third time a manned vehicle has completed the journey in under 24 hours. Before March, the trip usually took two... Selengkapnya
Samsung has launched what it describes as the “world’s first curved display smartphone”, the Galaxy Round. This is despite the fact that Samsung built the last phone with a curved screen only three years ago. You can’t get your... Selengkapnya
A potential government shutdown next week would have no material impact on the timing of the federal government reaching the debt limit, experts said Friday. Steve Bell, the senior director of economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, told TIME... Selengkapnya
A tiny crack could be forming in the Great Firewall that blocks China’s internet users from politically sensitive websites. According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities are to lift a longtime ban on Facebook and Twitter. However, access to the social... Selengkapnya