A white paper submitted to ESO's Expanding Horizons initiative calls for broader, high-cadence observations of stellar flares because many potentially habitable planets orbit active M dwarfs and flares can alter planetary atmospheres.
A team including a Dalhousie University professor studied a young galaxy cluster, SPT2349-56, seen about 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang and found its gas to be roughly five times hotter than current models predict.
A study measured masses for eight ultramassive black holes in brightest cluster galaxies and found they lie above the extrapolated M–sigma relation, while the size of a galaxy's central light-deficit correlated more closely with black hole mass.
U.S. forces carried out a large-scale strike that resulted in Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro being taken into U.S. custody and moved to the United States; Venezuelans in Toronto reacted with mixed relief and concern about what comes next.
Asian stocks climbed and oil was volatile after reports the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and said it had placed Venezuela under temporary American control.
James Gunn described Supergirl as a space fantasy with similarities to his Guardians of the Galaxy films, and the movie is scheduled to open in theaters on June 26, 2026.
An article lists 10 anime whose runs and episode counts exceed One Piece's thousand-plus episodes, naming examples such as Doraemon, Anpanman, Detective Conan and the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
At least one airline cancelled all scheduled flights in far northwestern Canada after temperatures fell below -50°C; the carrier said it is working to reschedule affected passengers as conditions allow.
Jimmy Kimmel accepted the Critics' Choice Award for Best Talk Show and thanked President Donald Trump during his acceptance remarks. The article notes this came after a brief suspension that was later reversed and after Kimmel renewed his ABC contract.
After U.S. forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Venezuelans in Ottawa expressed a mix of celebration and cautious optimism while Venezuela's Supreme Court named Delcy Rodríguez acting president.
