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A comet from another star system is due to make its closest—and final—approach to Earth this week before it continues on its journey back toward interstellar space. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will ...

Discord has launched its own annual user recap called Discord Checkpoint, similar to Spotify Wrapped. The feature summarizes a user's 2025 activity, including messages sent, time in voice chat, and ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

A view of the Geminid meteor shower and stargazing at the Tunnel View of Yosemite National Park in California on December 14, 2023. A view of the Geminid meteor shower and stargazing at the Tunnel ...

Looking back 50 years later, The Muppet Show feels like something that shouldn’t have worked—and somehow worked perfectly. A ...

You don’t need a passport to see the awe-inspiring northern lights. While destinations like Iceland, Norway, and Greenland attract travelers with unparalleled views of the aurora borealis, there are ...

This robot was designed to do your house chores, but a remote human operator might be helping it finish them. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a byline on multiple platforms. He has been ...

Nearly annihilated during World War II, Saint-Malo has long been a beacon of maritime adventure—and potent rebellion. Here’s how to experience it. Saint-Malo, an historic seaside town in Brittany, is ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

Avid sky-gazers spend all year anticipating the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Now, it’s finally here. This weekend, dozens of meteors, including some especially brilliant ones called ...