Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event: a massive star that didn’t explode in a spectacular supernova, but instead quietly collapsed into a black hole.

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

Moon dust is sharp, corrosive, and potentially fatal. NASA’s new electric force field shield is designed to blast it away. Amy Fritz, a dust-mitigation researcher at Johnson Space Center, pours ...

Minecraft has a charm of its own, but you can further level it up with a few animation mods. Whether it’s making the combat moves smoother, making every mob livelier and expressive, or adding ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. TV legend Bryan Fuller, known for his cult classics “Pushing Daisies” and “Hannibal,” just earned an Independent ...

Whenever a new movie comes out, there’s a question that always seems to linger in the air. Is this movie doing anything new? Is it taking us anywhere fresh? And sadly, in our current day and age, many ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah. The dust blowing from the dry bed of the Great Salt Lake is creating a ...

In his 1963 scifi story “The Invincible,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem imagined an artificial species of free-floating nanobots which roamed the atmosphere of a far-off planet. Like tiny bugs, the ...

TIFF: After decades in TV creating and producing such beloved series as "Pushing Daisies" and "Hannibal," Fuller has directed his first feature film. The film stars newcomer Sophie Sloan as Aurora, a ...

A massive dust storm swept through the Phoenix area Monday, causing power outages, knocking down trees and forcing a temporary ground stop at the city's main airport. Videos and pictures captured ...