James Earl Jones, legendary actor known for unmistakable baritone voice dies.

One of the most famous voices of all time has gone silent. James Earl Jones, whose prodigious acting talent was often overshadowed by his distinctive baritone over a seven-decade career both onstage and on the screen, died Monday, his representative said. He was 93. A contemp…

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Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency fraud scams.

Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency, the FBI said in a report released Monday that shows a 45% jump in losses from 2022. The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud in…

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Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Emmy for her work on “The Bear.”

Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Emmy for her work on “The Bear.” The actress who has a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award, can add the Emmy to her accolades after taking home the award Sunday for best guest actress in a comedy for her work on the hit FX show. …

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SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. "These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be i…

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Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing.

After more than three months in space, Starliner's 10-day Crew Flight Test (CFT) has finally concluded. The Boeing spacecraft made a successful landing over the weekend, parachuting to a soft touchdown in the dark desert night of White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, …

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Boeing Starliner capsule lands back on Earth, without astronauts.

Starliner's long space odyssey is over. The Boeing capsule, named Calypso, returned to Earth early this morning (Sept. 7), touching down in the New Mexico desert at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT; 10:01 p.m. local time on Sept. 6). The landing was long-delayed, coming more than…

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James Webb telescope catches baby stars roaring to life.

A new image of the Serpens Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows that when clouds collapse to form stars, all of those stars spin in the same direction. What it is: The Serpens Nebula Where it is: 1,300 light-years away, in the constellation Serpens When it w…

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Elon Musk has been predicting civil war in Europe for nearly a year.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has repeatedly prophesied a future civil war related to immigration. Musk has posted about the subject on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months, according to a review of his posts by NBC News. And his posts usually …

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Why is a 'once-in-a-decade' Supermoon Blue Moon happening twice in 2 years?

Just exactly when is the next Supermoon Blue Moon? As we ready ourselves for the Supermoon Blue Moon on Monday, Aug. 19 where it officially becomes 100% full at 2:26 p.m. EDT (1826 GMT). Some of you eagle-eyed readers might be asking "Wait a minute, during last year'…

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Robotic Russian Progress 89 cargo ship docks at ISS with tons of fresh supplies

An uncrewed Russian cargo ship successfully docked at the International Space Station early Saturday (Aug. 17) to deliver tons of fresh gear, food and other vital supplies.  The automated Progress 89 spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:53 a.m…

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Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and their treasure.

The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say. The discovery is part of a dig in Region IX of the buried city that has uncovered a plethora of ancient buildings and artifacts, in…

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Microsoft's Edge desktop browser approaches 14% market share as Chrome slides.

Pretty much everyone knows that Google's Chrome is and has been the dominant desktop web browser for years. Ask about second place, however, and the number of correct answers registered is likely to dip significantly. According to the latest data from web traffic analyst…

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Simone Biles ends her 2024 Olympic Games with four Medals.

Simone Biles is leaving Paris having made herself proud — and having set a few records. The athlete, already the most decorated gymnast of all time, finished out the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning her fourth medal of the Games, a silver in the women's artistic gymnastics…

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At Olympics, U.S. becomes first country to cross 3,000 medal count.

The U.S. has powered its way into an Olympics record and reached a milestone of 3,000 medals with its latest wins at the 2024 Paris Games — the first country ever to do so. Headed into this year's summer games, the U.S. had earned a whopping 2,975 medals at past summer a…

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Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds.

The solar system's tiniest planet may be hiding a big secret. Using data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have determined that a 10-mile-thick diamond mantle may lie beneath the crust of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.  Mercury has long puzzled sc…

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Lady Gaga set to perform at 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Lady Gaga is set to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this Friday, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. This comes after fans speculated the “Shallow” singer was set to take the stage on the River Seine in Paris, along with other rumored artists,…

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Joe Biden explains decision to drop out of the election.

Joe Biden addressed the nation Wednesday to explain his historic decision to withdraw from the presidential race, delivering a reflective and hopeful message about the need to begin a new chapter in America’s story. The speech came three days after Biden stunned the country …

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Biden tests positive for COVID.

President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday following his first event in Las Vegas and will self-isolate in Delaware, the White House said.  Biden tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. Sh…

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China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week.

China is installing record amounts of solar and wind, while scaling back once-ambitious plans for nuclear. While Australia is falling behind its renewables installation targets, China may meet its end-of-2030 target by the end of this month, according to a report. What's …

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New HIV prevention drug shows 100% efficacy in clinical trial.

A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection. The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide better protec…

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launching for 1st time ever today.

Europe's new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket is set to make its long-delayed debut today (July 9). If all goes according to plan, the Ariane 6 will launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Tuesday during a four-hour window that opens at 2 p.m. EDT (1800…

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Microsoft China bans Android, demands staff use iPhones.

As part of an overall security drive, Microsoft in China has told staff they will all be required to switch to iPhone. As China's government has variously been said to be banning iPhones, and not exactly banning iPhones, now Microsoft is definitely doing the opposite in …

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Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year.

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artif…

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Tesla Cybertruck might have become the best-selling electric pickup truck in the US.

Tesla Cybertruck might have become the best-selling electric pickup truck in the US. If it wasn’t last quarter, it looks like it will be this quarter. Unfortunately, Tesla doesn’t break down its sales by model. The lack of transparency is frustrating as it makes it harder to…

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51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world's oldest storytelling art.

A cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever discovered, researchers say. The artwork, which depicts a human-like figure interacting with a warty pig, suggests people may have been using art as a way of telling storie…

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Paris Olympics 2024: Transgender middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz qualifies with record-breaking 1500m time.

Nikki Hiltz, an American transgender middle-distance runner, qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women's 1500m final, running a record-breaking time of 3:55.53. The record was previously held by Elle St. Pierre, who ran a 3:58.03 at the 2021 track and field tri…

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NASA's Juno probe reveals lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.

NASA's Juno mission might have originally been all about Jupiter, but its extended mission has the spacecraft observing the gas giant's moons — and it's making some pretty interesting discoveries. Its latest find? The Jovian moon Io is covered in "fire-brea…

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NASA's oldest active astronaut will return to space for a six-month mission in September.

Don Pettit, 69, will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the Roscosmos-led Soyuz MS-26 mission, which includes Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.  Russian state media source TASS said this week that the launch date will be on Sept. 11. …

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NASA Astronauts again postpone return to earth after Boeing Spacecraft issues.

A roughly one-week trip to space to test out a private Boeing spacecraft has turned into a three-week excursion with no definite return date for two NASA astronauts, after their spacecraft experienced multiple technical issues. Boeing’s Starliner transportation vessel, which…

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Scientists inject radioactive material into live rhino horns making them poisonous to humans.

Scientists in South Africa are now injecting the horns of live rhinos with non-toxic radioactive isotopes to make the horns unfit for human consumption and allow for easier tracking at international border crossings, according to a press release from the University of the W…

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