Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you, wait a minute, why are you twinkling so much? Um, guys, that's no ...
A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...
Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart. Many scientists have found clues that natural nuclear reactions have ...
Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, ...
A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The supermoon will be the fourth massive moon in a row to rise above the Golden State.
"Mortal Kombat" changed the video game landscape, leading to a wave of imitators. Some of them were enjoyable in their own ...
If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...
Illinois residents may be able to catch a peek of the first full moon of 2026 tonight. Here's when to venture outside.
It managed a truly breathtaking 165 launches with the Falcon 9. That is over half of all rocket launches on the planet that ...
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the ...
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Possible fireball booms over west-central Illinois

Residents of Macoupin County said they heard two "explosions" during the weekend, likely the result of a fireball entering ...
As a rocket revolution sets the stage for astronauts to explore Mars, advances in bioengineering could help them survive the ...