One of the most important advancements in video game development in recent years is ray tracing ⁠– the seemingly magical ...

This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center ...

A mysterious "mudball" meteorite exploded in the skies above Costa Rica in 2019, scattering rare, water-rich rocks across the ...

New James Webb Space Telescope captures a "cosmic tornado" with imagery of the dramatic outflow from a newly formed star.

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Although ray tracing can add visual realism to top-tier games, it can also maul the performance of otherwise top-tier PCs. It’s been a hurdle for years now, but we’re now one step closer to ...

Microsoft shared new details about DirectX Raytracing 1.2, bringing a set of technical upgrades aimed at making real-time ray tracing more efficient. This API update rolls out two new features ...

Here’s how it works. The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought, a new study suggests. At the heart ...

"This makes it a particularly valuable tool for tracing shock-induced processes in the dense regions of the CMZ." The team hopes that future ALMA observations can cover more than just the SiO 5-4 ...

The Tampa Bay Rays have announced plans for the third season of Rays Gaming and the Sunburst Invitational. The tournament will continue to allow gamers from across the US and Canada to compete against ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5 Pro is "one of the largest Pro upgrades we've seen so far", according to Digital Foundry.

Euclid enables us to explore our cosmic history and the invisible forces shaping our ... in Munich have tested methods to identify and characterize galaxy overdensities, a crucial step in tracing the ...