5058 Results From "light"

A team of scientists has found that the narrow beam of a laser can cast a shadow — a surprisingly counterintuitive finding.
Science & Energy

Scientists Intrigued by Discovery of Light That Can Cast a Shadow

Famed "Iron Man" actor Robert Downey Jr. had some choice words for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a recent podcast appearance.
Elon Musk

Robert Downey Jr. Lightly Trashes Elon Musk

Some AI investors seem to finally be waking up to a huge problem: that the industry has not yet figured out how to make any money.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Industry Is Still Light-Years From Making a Profit, Experts Warn

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared a breathtaking timelapse he took of red and green auroras outside the window of SpaceX's spacecraft.
Off-World

This Timelapse of the Northern Lights Taken From Space Is Utterly Breathtaking

Scientists say they've uncovered the "largest known galactic structure" — a cosmic monster that spans a mind-boggling 1.4 billion light-years.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Galactic Structure That’s 1.4 Billion Light-Years Wide

Google claims that its quietly rolled-out AI traffic signal project streamlines the process and reduces stoplight wait times.
Google

Google’s AI Traffic Light Project May Have Been a Mistake

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged a shiny quasar some eight billion light years away with the helping of gravitational lensing.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Distant Space Object With Jewel-Like Lights

Tesla drivers are saying the latest version of the car company's "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) software is making their cars run red lights.
Tesla

Tesla Drivers Say New Self-Driving Update Is Repeatedly Running Red Lights

A massive solar storm is blasting the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles, resulting in auroras that will be visible across the US.
Solar Power

Massive Solar Storm to Trigger Northern Lights Across North America

A Tesla bull warned that next week's "robotaxi" event will be "light on details," despite unveiling not just one but three vehicles.
Tesla

Tesla Won’t Have Much to Show at “Light on Details” Robotaxi Event, Analyst Warns

Dark matter may in fact be made up of light-barrier breaking particles called tachyons, the researchers posit.
Science & Energy

Physicists Suggest Universe Is Full of Material Moving Faster Than Light

The astronomers estimated that the "ultramassive" black hole is over 10,000 times the mass of the Milky Way's black hole.
Black Holes

Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb and his colleagues suggest the possibility interstellar space object 3I/ATLAS is generating "its own light."
Off-World

Mysterious Object Hurtling Toward Us From Beyond Solar System Appears to Be Emitting Its Own Light, Scientists Find

A man discovered a torpedo-shaped object that had some "unsettling" blinking light. It turned out to be a training device for the Navy.
Robots and Machines

Man Finds Missile-Like Object With Ominous Blinking Light

Two astronauts on board China's Tiangong space station have lit a candle with a match during a live broadcast.
Off-World

Chinese Astronaut Lights Match in Space

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is sensitive enough to tell the weather on an exoplanet from 280 light-years away.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away

A recent survey uncovered several mysterious objects in the night sky, photographed before the first satellite ever made it to space.
Astronomy

Scientists Find Strange Lights in the Sky in Photographs Before First Satellites Were Launched, Clustered Around When Nuclear Weapons Were Tested

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, astronauts saw strange flashes of light on the Moon. NASA still wants to catch them on camera.
Moon

NASA Curious Whether Astronauts Will See Strange Flashes of Light on the Moon

Lights on Venus that scientists thought were from lightning may be something else entirely, a new study has found. 
Off-World

Scientists Stumped by Mysterious Flashes of Light on Venus

Despite being many light-years away, two colliding neutron stars could create a powerful enough explosion to wipe out life on Earth.
Off-World

Explosion Light-Years Away Could Obliterate Life on Earth, Scientists Find