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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) An illustration of a planetary system developing around a free-floating rogue planet (Inset) the JWST. | Credit: Midjourney Our parochial view of planets orbiting a central star — so familiar because it is the layout seen in the solar system — could …

A major fault in the Yukon, Canada, that has been quiet for at least 12,000 years may be capable of giving off earthquakes of at least magnitude 7.5, new research suggests. Based on the amount of strain the Tintina fault has accumulated over the past 2.6 million years, it is now under an amount of stress that could lead to …

Our parochial view of planets orbiting a central star — so familiar because it is the layout seen in the solar system — could be irrevocably shattered by new research that suggests giant, free-floating planets could form their own planetary systems. If true, that also means planetary systems may exist with no parent star. These rogue planetary systems would also …

Critics of those who misuse power tend to be outsiders. So, it’s striking that Alexander Karp, co-founder and CEO of data analytics giant Palantir Technologies, has written a book, with Palantir’s head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, calling on Silicon Valley to find its moral compass. Together, they upbraid fellow big tech companies for “building [things] simply because they can, …

Procter & Gamble is elevating an operations veteran with global experience to lead the consumer goods behemoth as it navigates an ambitious workforce restructuring, tariffs, and geopolitical headwinds. The leadership shuffle comes a month after P&G announced it would cut 7,000 jobs, equivalent to about 15% of its non-manufacturing workforce.  Chief operating officer Shailesh Jejurikar, 58, will officially take the …

In a bold move to fight the climate crisis, the United States has committed $1.2 billion to create two carbon-sucking vacuums that aim to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere. These two massive Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities, located in Texas and Louisiana, are designed to each remove up to one million tons of CO2 annually. This is …

Caught on Camera: Rare Footage Reveals How a Giant Earthquake Tore the Earth in Seconds  SciTechDaily CCTV Footage Captures the First-Ever Video of an Earthquake Fault in Motion, Shining a Rare Light on Seismic Dynamics  Smithsonian Magazine Watch the Earth split in real time: Stunning footage reveals a 2.5-meter fault slip in seconds  ScienceDaily The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in …

In an exciting paleontological breakthrough, researchers have uncovered the fossil of an extraordinary prehistoric snake, Vasuki indicus, which measured an astonishing 50 feet in length and likely weighed over 2,200 pounds. Found in the Panandhro Lignite Mine in Gujarat’s Kutch region, India, the fossil reveals a massive predator from the Middle Eocene period, about 47 million years ago. This discovery, …

Hackers have stolen personal information of a majority of insurance firm Allianz Life’s 1.4 million customers in North America, its parent company said. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life),” Allianz said in a statement to the BBC. The German …

Sometime between 16 and 11.6 million years ago, a young caiman came upon a tasty snack in modern-day South America. The meal, however, turned out to be rather ambitious, because the croc hadn’t come upon just any old prey. It was a phorusrhacid, a large carnivore in its own right, aptly known as a “terror bird.” The now-extinct terror bird …