Skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere were in for a rare treat as two planets formed a recent conjunction in the night sky. Mars (seen in the upper track) and Venus (lower track) appear to “cross” the open star cluster Messier 44 — better known as Praesepe or the Beehive Cluster— creating two bright, dotted paths against a dense swarm of starlight in this composite time-lapse…
Is dark matter made of mysterious 'ghost particles?' Galaxy clusters could hold the answer
January 12, 2026
If dark matter particles decay, then scientists could hunt for signs of this process, including X-ray or gamma-ray radiation or even emitted “ghost particle” neutrinos, in vast clusters of galaxies.
Not only could this finally reveal what particles comprise…
CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities
January 12, 2026
CES 2026 is winding down in Las Vegas, as the consumer tech industry and everyone swarming around it begin their return flights home. Over the past few days, we saw a slew of announcements from mainstays like Nvidia, Sony, and AMD, along with smaller companies and startups…
Ozlo, the maker of comfortable, easy-to-use Sleepbuds that drown out outside noise so you can get better rest, is turning its product into a platform.
The company’s plan began to take shape last month with the announcement of a partnership between Ozlo and meditation app Calm. But it kicked into high gear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week as the company met with…
Meta today announced three deals to provide its data centers with nuclear power: one from a startup, one from a smaller energy company, and one from a larger company that already operates several nuclear reactors in the U.S.
Oklo and TerraPower, two companies developing…
How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis –without even realizing
January 12, 2026
Martin Parr, one of Britain’s most acclaimed documentary photographers, died on December 06 aged 73 – just weeks before a major retrospective was due to open at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, France. The exhibition, Global Warning, running from January 30 to May 24…
Canon's Action Priority and Register Face Priority modes are the sporting world's worst kept secret for top soccer shots
January 12, 2026
As a journalist writing photography news for over a decade it takes something rather special to make a new camera feature stand out. I must admit, I can’t but involuntarily roll my eyes when another new camera model surpasses the old one with little more than a few more megapixels to sing and shout about – it’s not quite the photographic revolution I’m hoping for when I see the press…
200 unpublished Sophia Loren portraits teach us the importance of trust between photographers and their subjects
January 12, 2026
When Alfred Eisenstaedt, one of Life‘s original four staff photographers, first shot Sophia Loren for the magazine, she was already on the cusp of international stardom.
Born Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone in 1934, the actress had risen from working as an…
Hyundai is cutting EV prices again
January 12, 2026
Hyundai’s electric vehicles are already among the most affordable you can get your hands on. To kick off the new year, Hyundai is slashing EV prices again with new deals and promotions.
What EV deals and lease offers is Hyundai running?
After a fifth straight year with…
The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe is getting axed as Stellantis kills off all of its PHEVs in North America. Meanwhile, one of its all-electric vehicles may face the same fate.
Stellantis kills off Jeep Wrangler 4xe, all PHEVs in the US
Although the Jeep Wrangler 4xe was the best-selling plug-in hybrid for three years straight in the US after launching in 2021, Stellantis has decided to cancel…
