Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: ‘You’re essentially looking at its fossil record’

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as the result of a new form of “black hole archeology” that links black hole spins to the gas and dust they have consumed to grow over 7 billion years of cosmic history. The findings, courtesy of the … Read more

Hubble’s ‘impossible’ planet explained? Gas giants may have formed fast in early universe

Giant, gas-rich planets may have been able to form more easily in the very early universe than they do today, according to astounding new findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that corroborate earlier Hubble Space Telescope evidence. In 2003, Hubble found a massive exoplanet. There’s nothing too unusual about that, but closer inspection … Read more

The Stupid Fast Station Wagon America’s Been Waiting For

We can gnash our teeth over the way Americans ignore fast wagons, but it’ll do nothing to change the lukewarm receptions given to these machines time and again while crossovers keep storming the country’s driveways. Domestic entries like the Dodge Magnum SRT-8 and Cadillac CTS-V couldn’t scrape together enough buyers to last longer than a … Read more