Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright white star in the east right now? Whenever you look at the night sky right now, you’ll likely ...

The basketball is back on As a reminder, we are in fact here to play basketball tonight. The All-Star tournament finale stopped after the first break for an extended tribute to Inside the NBA, but we are playing hoops again and Team Chuck is slowly working its way back into this game. It is 11-6 in favor of Team Shaq as of this writing.

As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the Sun. After the Alpha Centauri system, the next closest is Barnard’s Star, a solo red dwarf roughly 6 light-years away. And thanks to new observations, we now know that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After spending the last six months in the evening sky for all to see, on March 23, Venus passed between Earth and ...

Voyager, has come to the defense of Starfleet Academy's Holly Hunter, whose Captain Ake is taking heat for her unconventional demeanor.

The latest trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu features an appearance by a bounty hunter that even hardcore Star Wars fans may struggle to remember.

The Chimerans have been teased in the past few Star Trek Online releases as part of the ongoing multiversal Borg saga, which introduced new versions of the Borg Collective like the Aetherians, who prefer to woo new cultures with gifts of technology rather than immediately attacking them.

If confirmed, this disappearing act might provide the closest and best observational evidence for the birth of a black hole