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The fourth episode of Starfleet Academy, “Vox In Excelsio,” made some huge changes to the most famous alien race in all of Star Trek: The Klingons. The biggest change (and beware some spoilers the ...

This quote went on to define a franchise that fascinated viewers with its in-depth lore. Sequels were more innovative, and rarely did the same thing twice. In recent years, Dan Trachtenberg has blown ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

Artist’s impression of an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of a K-type star. Credit: Courtesy: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle Some astronomers have made it their life’s work to find “Earth ...

Current theories say young galaxy clusters should be relatively cool compared to older ones. But researchers recently found a very young cluster that was shockingly hot. Study author Dazhi Zhou says ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

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