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UPDATE: Nintendo has just revealed a second version of its mysterious animated short film — now with an army of Pikmin visible. Full details on this fresh Pikmin-filled version of Close to You can be found in IGN’s latest coverage. ORIGINAL STORY: Nintendo has just released a mysterious animated short film with no explanation — leaving fans wondering whether it’s …

Astronomers are scratching their heads after detecting a bizarre, long-lasting cosmic explosion unlike anything previously observed. The explosion was a series of repeated outbursts of high-energy radiation, known as a gamma-ray burst. These bursts, the most powerful known explosions in the universe, typically only last for milliseconds to minutes, yet this one was observed erupting for nearly an entire day …

Black holes are among the most feared objects in the universe.  These huge concentrations of tightly–packed matter, with a gravitational pull too strong for light to escape, can gobble up entire planets.  And according to scientists, one black hole in particular seems to have an unstoppable appetite.  Located 12.8 billion light–years away, the black hole, called RACS J0320–35, weighs about a billion …

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sept. 7 that he is prepared to advance to a “second stage” of sanctions against Russia, though confusion remains over what this actually means. Given Trump’s record of avoiding decisive but forceful measures that would push the Kremlin toward ending its war against Ukraine, some observers have voiced skepticism about the actual substance of …

Published 15:38 7 Sep 2025 GMT+1 Honestly, I’m not sure I understand it either (even after reading the explanation) PlayStation Plus subscribers are currently being offered a rather weird free upgrade at the moment, although fans can’t seem to wrap their heads around exactly what the offer is giving them. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you might have seen …

Voyager 1 and 2 are over 15 billion kilometres from Earth, sending strange electrical signals and bursts of plasma waves. While NASA investigates natural causes, others wonder: Could it be something more? Know what Voyager found at the edge of our solar system. Source link

At first glance it looks like nothing of this planet – a creature with a pointed object sticking out of its head, half man, half unicorn.  But scientists are getting closer to unraveling the mystery of the Petralona skull.  The ancient cranium – discovered in Petralona Cave, about 22 miles south–east of Thessaloniki in Greece – is less than 300,000 years …

There is quite literally nothing like this on Earth. Alien Crystals A strange mineral found in a meteorite does not behave like anything on Earth when it’s heated. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers detailed the incredible properties of their sample of silica tridymite, an extraterrestrial form of …

The Sabu Disk, unearthed from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian official Sabu in the Saqqara necropolis during the First Dynasty (circa 3100-2900 BC), has intrigued archaeologists and researchers for nearly a century. Its shape and purpose remain a topic of heated debate, with some suggesting that it served as a ceremonial object, while others propose that it may have …

If you handed a Gen Z-er a rotary phone, they might stare at it like it’s a medieval torture device. But tucked inside the confusing relics of the 1980s are surprisingly useful metaphors for the inner work we’re all trying to do—whether we’re untangling our anxious attachment, rewiring how we talk to ourselves, or finally figuring out how to set …