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We don't know when the first stars appeared in the universe, but we can safely say it was a really long time ago: Scientists have found the remnants of what could have been one of the first stars ever to shine.

LucasFilm has filed a $5 million trademark lawsuit against Jedi Mind Inc., which is selling a wireless headset that can detect brainwaves and make it possible for users to play games or run applications with thoughts alone.

Eminent professor Stephen Hawking has said that to avoid the dangers of living on planet earth the human race must branch out into the universe to survive.

According to a report released by the government yesterday the allied leaders of Britain and the US conspired to cover up UFO sightings during the WWII.

Free from The Hobbit, Guillermo del Toro is to bring a story from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythology to life and James Cameron has signed on to produce.

R136a1 may not be the sexiest name for a star, but this one more than makes up for that with enthusiasm, what with being a hypergiant and all.

These days the technology around us is looking more and more like the future all the time. The UK's new unmanned combat aircraft protoype Taranis is the slickest machine we've ever seen.

A Japanese government panel has produced a draft paper outlining how humanoid rover robots will begin surveying the moon by 2015.

Scientist have discovered that some planets in remote star systems—called "exoplanets"—have crazy orbits: opposite the direction of the rotation of their suns.