I spoke with Tarn Adams, co-creator and lead programmer of Dwarf Fortress, about the past, present, and future of his 23-year procgen masterwork. We talked about how the looming threat of aquifer ...

Astronomers found a fast-moving 'zombie star' in the Milky Way. This magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, has a strong magnetic ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Dwarf Fortress dwarves are 'more human than human,' creator says: 'They're allowed to embody bigger emotions. They're allowed to make bigger mistakes. They're allowed to do anything' ...

A whole universe of hidden galaxies lies just beyond what the eye can see. Thanks to a new generation of space telescopes, ...

A new agentic approach called 'streams' will let AI models learn from the experience of the environment without human ...

"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been observed in the past." ...

Chanel is funding a new Chanel Center for Artists and Technology at the California Institute of the Arts, which is slated to ...

The detection of methane in the atmosphere of the dwarf planet has further made its classification as T-type instead of ...

A wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced some residents to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The ...

This rare stellar remnant is known as a magnetar. It's a type of neutron star, which is formed when a large star dies and ...

In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole known as 1ES 1927+654, which ...