Tech

Hubble picks up the most distant star yet observed

Enlarge / The string of red dots represents the area of maximum magnification, with the location of Earendel indicated by the white arrow. (credit: NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI) ) We don’t fully understand what the Universe’s first stars looked like. We know they must have formed from hydrogen and helium since […]

Sport

Get ready for the next bunch of NBA bigs

Glance around the basketball landscape and you’ll see skyscrapers cast a shadow over the courts again. A whole new host of bigs are on the verge of challenging the convention that the NBA is a guard’s league. Read more…