Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A brilliant “star” rising in the eastern sky after sunset this winter is drawing attention across the Northern ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Homeowners in New York are supposed to see more money in their pockets this summer and fall as the state’s school tax relief program, STAR, rolls out its second phase of benefits. Almost 3 million New Yorkers should expect over ...

As of 2025, astronomers have identified at least 14 stars within 10 light-years of the Sun. After the Alpha Centauri system, the next closest is Barnard’s Star, a solo red dwarf roughly 6 light-years away. And thanks to new observations, we now know that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What is the bright white star in the east right now? Whenever you look at the night sky right now, you’ll likely ...

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's transformation into a black hole, allowing astronomers to ...

If you were to jump directly from the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery to its finale — which just debuted on Paramount Plus — the whiplash would throw you clear out of your seat like your ship had suffered an inertial damper malfunction.

Mark Hamill chats with USA TODAY about Lucasfilm's new boss and the time his son told him "Star Wars" movies were "too commercial for my liking."

We’re currently in an odd part of Star Trek history – a sort of reflective “holding pattern” enforced by the cancelation of several shows and a distinct lack of tangible information on the franchise’s future at Paramount.