A bright fireball lit up the night sky Tuesday over eastern and western Japan, the Japans Times reports, citing multiple witnesses. Saitama Prefectural Police received several phone calls on their emergency hotline from people who saw a “blue light in the sky” around 9:30 pm in places such as the city of Kawagoe, north of …

A 3-mile (5 km) wide asteroid named 3200 Phaethon will brush past Earth just before Christmas. The huge object is named after the Greek demi-god Phaethon, who according to legend almost destroyed Earth. It will brush ‘quite close’ with Earth on December 17, Russian astronomers have shown. Experts at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University …

Apple’s augmented reality glasses have taken a big step forward with the $30m purchase of a Canadian firm that makes AR headsets. According to TechCrunch, Apple has acquired Vrana, which makes an AR headset called Totem, which received rave reviews from journalists – but was never shipped. Apple is already believed to have a large …

In 13 years studying Saturn and its many moons, the Cassini spacecraft snapped thousands upon thousands of images, bringing these distant worlds closer into view than ever before. But, one in particular stands out from all the rest, the Daily Mail reports. Two days before its fiery demise in Saturn’s atmosphere, Cassini captured one last …

Superheroes are not only found in movies. Some incredible superpowers already exist in the world. 1. Immortal jellyfish This jellyfish begins its life as a free-swimming tiny blob called a planula, which grows into a colony of polyps and then develops into a jellyfish. If it’s attacked, is exposed to environmental stress, or simply becomes …