Illustration of a planet being torn apart by tidal forces from a white dwarf. Credit: CXC/SAO/M.Weiss NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has helped track down the origin of a mysterious X-ray signal ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being ...

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J ...

The team of cosmic homicide detectives determined a strange X-ray signal is the dying scream of a planet destroyed by a superdense stellar corpse called a white dwarf. The signal, which originates ...

Apple has just released public beta 2 for iOS 18.4, bringing a variety of new features and changes for users in the public beta program. Here’s everything that’s new. New features in iOS 18.4 ...

Members of Apple’s free beta software program gain advanced access to a variety of updates not yet released to the general public. Right now, the software in beta testing includes iOS 18.4 ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980 ...

The Beta Band, the uncategorizable Scottish indie-rock band behind the beloved single “Dry the Rain,” will reunite this autumn for their first tour in over 20 years. The foursome will launch ...

William “Bill” Ray Johnson passed away on February 11, 2025, near his home in Chula Vista, California, where he resided for 55 years. Born on October 21, 1944, to Dr. Roland B. and JoAnn ...