In Amiri’s calculations, Dyson spheres around white dwarfs tend to produce cooler, fainter thermal emission that peaks in the near- to mid-infrared, while M-dwarf cases can radiate more strongly but ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

The Trump administration is using the same racist playbook — including the Alien Enemies Act — to cleanse America of immigrants from non-white nations.

Ben Kinsley is a man who likes to dress up as a mushroom. For the past several years, he and his creative team of Riitta Ikonen and Jessica Langley have attended the Telluride Mushroom Festival, which ...

For nearly half a century, Iran, or more properly, Persia, has been presented to the world as an immutable problem. an ancient civilization trapped inside the clenched fist of a […] ...

Devil’s Den Prehistoric Spring is the kind of place that makes you wonder what else might be hiding beneath Florida’s surface, and whether we should be checking under more hills just to see what we ...

In which direction is America heading, amid the strategic cacophony of Trump’s second term—counter-revolution in the Caribbean, onslaught on Iran, somersaults on China? Analysis of the political ...

The March 3, 2026 total lunar eclipse amazed skywatchers worldwide. Scientists and amateur astronomers share reactions and photos from the dramatic blood moon event.