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We live in a supertruck Utopia. Nearly every automaker is in on the trend, building everything from mid-size gravel missiles to full-size twin-turbo dune bashers. If you want to look rad, haul stuff, and go like hell, 2024 was the year for you. The pick of the litter from this year’s many options came from … Read more
It’s axiomatic that the Universe is expanding. However, the rate of expansion hasn’t remained the same. It appears that the Universe is expanding more quickly now than it did in the past. Astronomers have struggled to understand this and have wondered if the apparent acceleration is due to instrument errors. The JWST has put that … Read more
We tested dozens of new or redesigned vehicles to arrive at our five finalists for The Car Connection Best Car To Buy 2025 award. The hardest part of whittling down the dozens of candidates was deciding which new cars didn’t make the cut. All of the models listed here are improved from their predecessors, but … Read more
Planets can differ from the swirling envelopes of gas and dust from which they are born, astronomers have found. The revelation seems to indicate that the planet formation model favored by scientists may be overly simple. A team led by researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois made this discovery while observing a still-forming planet and … Read more
Ford Bronco Sport vs. Toyota RAV4: Which of these two compact crossover vehicles earns the spot in your driveway? When it comes to performance and safety, one of these SUVs takes a slight lead—while the other grabs the top fuel economy ranking. The 2025 Ford Bronco Sport is just a few model years old, but … Read more
New research may have delivered bad news for scientists who thought they had discovered a “missing link” black hole in a dense Milky Way star cluster. The new findings imply that, rather than a rare intermediate-mass black hole, there is a cluster of stellar-mass black holes in Omega Centauri, believed to be the remains of … Read more
The 2025 Toyota RAV4 and 2025 Nissan Rogue both offer an excellent combination of affordability, efficiency, spaciousness, and versatility. It’s easy to see why these are two of the most popular compact crossover SUVs. These multi-talented vehicles embody the crossover craze and underscore why shoppers have shifted from sedans to this form factor. With a … Read more
Firefly Aerospace’s first mission to the moon is nearly ready to fly. The company’s Blue Ghost lunar lander arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Monday (Dec. 16) for integration with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the robotic probe — as well as the private Japanese moon lander Resilience … Read more
What is the Best Car To Buy 2025? We’ve narrowed down to our five finalists for this year, and will announce the winner early next year. We also eliminated another 18 new and redesigned cars for a variety of reasons, ranging from being too expensive to not evolving their respective segment enough. The reason for our annual award … Read more
“All Good Things”, “What You Leave Behind”, “Endgame”… Now “The New Next Generation” becomes the latest addition to the pantheon of memorable “Star Trek” season finales, as the franchise’s only out-and-out comedy, “Lower Decks”, goes out in style. After last week’s multiverse-hopping adventures, the race is on to save the prime universe from a fissure … Read more