Space Operations Command at Peterson Space Force Base is now Combat Forces Command. The name change that was made official Monday ditches the Star Trek-reminiscent acronym SpOC and helps convey the ...

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Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

The three-time Academy Award nominee and mother of Laura Dern was best known for roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” ...

Premieres Wednesdays Nov. 5 and 12, 2025 / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Sunday, Nov. 9 and 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m.

Star Wars is officially moving away from George Lucas’ definition of “balance of the Force” with a Sith Lord whose philosophy is very different. Lucas introduced the idea of “balance” in the prequels, ...

Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.

"Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build" debuts Nov. 5, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. "Operation Space Station: Science and ...

We watch as Hart divulges his story to strangers, cracks jokes with friends who grow increasingly tired of his alcoholism, ...

While speaking to assembled troops aboard the USS George Washington in Yokahama, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, Trump, 79, spoke ...

It's been a heck of a year in academia. This podcast miniseries, in partnership with WNYC's On The Media, examines the moral calculus universities face in dealings with the Trump administration.