Rogue planets may have more in common with stars like our sun than astronomers realized. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. About 620 light-years from Earth, a gigantic rogue proto-planet is currently devouring 6.6 billion tons of dustContinue Reading
For beleaguered federal workers, this week’s government shutdown was just one more blow in what many describe as the hardest year they’ve ever had on the job. Since President Donald Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency by executive order on Inauguration Day, the federal workforce has gone through massContinue Reading
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are Apple’s first iPhones to feature vapor chambers, a component Android smartphone vendors embraced long before the iPhone maker to help cool down increasingly powerful chips. Combined with the unibody aluminum chassis that extends towards the back,Continue Reading
It seems like a good idea in theory. We all have toxic metals in our bodies—including arsenic and lead—that aren’t supposed to be there. We’re exposed through the food we eat, air we breathe, and water we drink. So why not use existing treatments to remove, or chelate, them? WhileContinue Reading
Coffee is known for its robust ability to beckon a person from the depths of sleep every morning. More than two billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide, per day. While some penchants for a particular flavor profile may be region-specific, the global affection for coffee transcends borders and boundaries.Continue Reading
Home » Energy » Tesla Secret Weapon to Save Q3 and Q4 Car Delivery Numbers Awaiting Q3 delivery numbers on October 2nd (hoping for 500k+ vehicles and 13 GWh energy storage). A potential surge to $500–$520 this week on strong results, amplified by FSD rollout and options activity. Longer-term, FibonacciContinue Reading
America is on the brink of a government shutdown. And without a surprise last-minute deal, the question becomes how long it will last – and how much damage it will cause. Democrats have so far refused to accept a short-term deal to keep the government open at current funding levelsContinue Reading
The bright star V 372 Orionis and its companion are captured in this new Hubble image, surrounded by large cross-shaped diffraction spikes. Small red stars with shorter diffraction spikes are scattered around them, against a background of red and blue gas clouds. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M.Continue Reading
Robert Way/Shutterstock Hisense is the second-best-selling TV brand, not just in the United States but globally as well — only trailing Samsung. It’s a remarkable achievement for a company that entered the U.S. relatively recently. With the successful launch of its 4K ULED H10 series in 2015, Hisense quickly gainedContinue Reading
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Every car company, it seems, is looking to present its most versatile face in the form of dirt-ready vehicles. Even models that might not have been off-road appropriate in the past are toughening up to capitalizeContinue Reading
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