A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...

A black hole event 100 trillion times more powerful than Death Star

University of Oregon astronomer Yvette Cendes made a surprising discovery years after a black hole shredded a star. What is ...
Forbes

What Is Bitcoin? And How Does It Work?

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

Your Closest Forest Gets Lit Up by a Hidden Purple Glow

Research shows that a phenomenon called St. Elmo’s Fire, which occurs during thunderstorms, may be much more common than ...
Scientific American

This weekend, six worlds will align in a rare ‘planetary parade’

The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little

Decades of tips and investigations yielded charges against only two people. A combination of missed chances, narrow laws and ...