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Planets develop from the dusty placental disk of material that surrounds a star after it begins to shine. The dust in that disk, according to most models, starts to stick to itself until clumps develop large enough to at...

Astronauts living and working aboard a proposed orbiting "Mars Base Camp" could help collect information that any future Red Planet explorer would need to know, the project's developers say.

After nearly a half-century of neglect - and nine months of extensive restoration - the life-sized Star Trek prop is ready for active duty. Superfan Adam Schneider and his family show SPACE.com what it took to get Galile...

Health officials declared an outbreak following an increase in cases of cryptosporidiosis. The crypto parasite, which causes gastrointestinal disease can survive in chlorinated pool waters.

Here's another reason why the Mediterranean diet is good for your health: a new study suggests following this diet can lead to better memory and cognitive function.

This galaxy, known as NGC 2337, resides 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Lynx. NGC 2337 is an irregular galaxy, meaning that it--along with a quarter of all galaxies in the universe--lacks a distinct, ...

Cryptography researchers at John Hopkins University have found another flaw in the encryption used by Apple's iMessage. The good news? The flaw has already been patched; you just need to update iOS.

In 20th Century Fox's first trailer for "Hidden Figures," Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan find themselves stuck on the side of an empty country road as an officer pulls up behind their car. "We are ju...

Skywatcher Rick Moore took this image when he was stargazing at the Platte River, in Louisville, Nebraska.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy and reduced in fats and saturated fats (the DASH diet), designed decades ago to reduce high blood pressure, also appears to significantly lower ur...

New secrets have been revealed about the monster black hole at the center of Cygnus A, an elliptical galaxy that played a prominent role in Carl Sagan's 1985 science-fiction novel "Contact."

If you love music and sports, you’re going to love Waveport. This is one of the coolest IPX7 waterproof headphones with MP3 and Bluetooth 4.2 functions. That means you can swim with Waveport, with no problem at all, an...

The first of a two part series that looks at what astronomers can find out about the planets that are discovered orbiting other stars in our galaxy.

(Wiley) New research indicates that a healthy diet can effectively lower blood levels of uric acid, a known trigger of gout. The findings are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the American College of Rh...

HEI Hotels & Resorts has reported a possible compromise of payment card information at its point-of-sale terminals, the latest in a string of attacks on such systems at hotels, hospitals and retailers. The company, which...

SpaceX rocket stuck an ocean landing minutes after lofting a satellite.          

The traditional, analog watch industry has been struggling to figure out how to deal with the rise of the smartwatch, led by the Apple Watch.  Now one German company has presented what it thinks is one possible answer: ...

Even if bitcoin fades into obscurity, finance experts believe that the technology behind it will live on and even change how financial services work. According to a study conducted by Swiss non-profit World Economic Foru...

Pokémon Go players, beware: Niantic is starting to get serious about cracking down on cheaters. The company is starting to permanently ban players who cheat either by spoofing their location or by using software to acce...

A newly discovered bug in Linux reportedly has left as many as 80 percent of all Android users open to being hacked. The bug basically allows hackers to intercept internet connections and insert malicious code into them....

Audi announced it will roll out a new technology that taps in select models that will inform drivers how long it will take until the red light turns green.

Merging a few PDFs together on a Mac is as simple as dropping them into Preview, but if you merge a lot, it's still a tedious process. Jacob Salmela shares an Automator action that adds a merge PDF button your right-clic...