The star of "The Nanny" television comedy series wants to go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory have found a lopsided debris disk around a young star known as HD 15115. As seen from Earth, the edge-on disk resembles a needle sticking out from the star. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Awesome star fortifications designed in the early 16th century as people realised that simpler, often circular forts were pretty poor when it came to the job in hand: defense. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Users of E-Bay in France can no longer get a yellow star as part of E-Bay's ranking system. One person complained that it reminded her of Jews having to wear yellow stars. She insisted that this made any use of yellowish stars anti-Semitic. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Funny compilation of Star Wars parodies. picked by imagica 2 years ago

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Site has the official trailer, not the bootleg cam version, stills, and discussion on JJ Abrams much anticipated - for good and bad - version of Star Trek. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Star Wars Uncut is a web project where 472 fans each remake 15 seconds of Star Wars: A New Hope, and then the clips are assembled into one big, weird remake. The project is currently seeking participants... So you'd better get busy sewing that Chewbacca suit!
(Let us know if you do it!) picked by Bingo 5 months ago

The explosion of a star halfway across the universe was so huge it set a record for the most distant object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

For the first time, astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

That's right. Star Wars Dance Off.

Gets a bit lame in the middle, but if you don't stick around for the third act you'll kick yourself. Except that you won't, because you won't know why it's so good. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

How is matter created? What happens when stars die? Is the universe shrinking, or is it expanding? For decades, scientists have been looking for answers to such "big picture" questions. For the past few months, members of the department of physics at Florida State University have begun using a groundbreaking new research facility to conduct experiments that may help provide answers to ju... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

How much fun can be had with just one frame of Star Wars? Well, as it happens, a lot of fun. This is a Flash collection of Photoshopped images, based on just that one frame. The static page is here. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Matt Damon is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. picked by punthe 2 years ago

The fading glow of a "zombie" star reveals that its body remains plenty active, as seen in an incredible rotation rate. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

In a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a massive central black hole strays too close to the insatiable giant and is torn apart. But before it can be devoured, the star lets out one last scream in a flare of light that slowly echoes across the galaxy. Astronomers on Earth pick up this faint call and use it to map the nucleus of the galaxy from which it emanated. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

I'll come right out and say it: Star Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Astronomers believe they may have discovered the brightest star in the Milky Way amid a swirling cloud of colourful stellar dust.

Nicknamed the 'Peony nebula star', the celestial body blazes with the light of 3.2million suns in the centre of our galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Another classic Robot Chicken clip. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

An international group of astronomers reported today that they have discovered that the Sun-like star tau Bootis flipped its magnetic field from north to south sometime during the last year. It has been known for many years that the Sun's magnetic field changes its direction every 11 years, but this is this is the first time that such a change has been observed in another star. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago