New Jersey health officials are asking transit riders to be wary of potential exposure to measles after an infected rider rode the rails last week. The state department of health says that a Hudson County resident with a confirmed case of measles rode the PATH train and Light Rail between August 13 and 15. Officials urged riders to make certain …
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For the first time, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the origins of a bizarre, record-breaking radio signal that flashed past Earth earlier this year. Tracking the bright radio burst to the edge of a galaxy some 130 million light-years from Earth, the researchers used JWST’s infrared eye to identify a powerful explosion of energy …
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Waymo, the company synonymous with self-driving taxis on the West Coast, is now allowed to start testing out the congested streets of New York City. The Department of Transportation issued a permit on Friday allowing the company, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, to test out eight self-driving cars with a driver in the vehicle. The pilot period …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An X-ray jet blasts through wreckage surrounding a supernova. | Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz deWilde Astronomers have used a newly discovered and still mysterious class of cosmic explosions to better understand the process of stellar life and death in the distant universe. The blasts in …
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It is not every day that a nearby, cataloged galaxy reveals a secret hiding in plain sight. A new study reports a complete Einstein ring, a near perfect loop of light made when a more distant galaxy’s glow is bent and magnified by a massive foreground galaxy. The result arrives from Euclid’s early observations and centers on NGC 6505, a …
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There has been much hype and discussion surrounding 3I/ATLAS since it was first spotted in our Solar System back in 1 July 2025. Unlike the vast majority of comets we observe from Earth, which originate from the outer edges of our Solar System, 3I/ATLAS is an ‘interstellar visitor’. That means it was born out in deep space, it’s temporarily passing …
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A National Guard member whose military transport vehicle collided with a car this week was given a traffic ticket for running a red light in Washington, D.C. — as Guard forces deploy to the streets of the capital amid President Trump’s contentious anti-crime push. The collision took place early Wednesday morning, as a convoy of five National Guard vehicles drove …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday morning, just hours before Target’s much-anticipated quarterly earnings call, the embattled retailer made a notable announcement: CEO Brian Cornell will relinquish his position after 11 years on the job, stepping back to chair the board of directors …
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Astronomers have used a newly discovered and still mysterious class of cosmic explosions to better understand the process of stellar life and death in the distant universe. The blasts in question are Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs), recently discovered outbursts of X-rays that last for just a few minutes. The source of FXTs has been shrouded in mystery. Now, with the …
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An extremely bright meteor lit up the night sky over Japan on Tuesday night. It could be seen from hundreds of miles away. The colossal fireball blazed across the skies of western Japan. The incredible sight was captured on dash cams and surveillance cameras on Kyushu, the southwesternmost main island in Japan, and Osaka, a major city on Japan’s largest …
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