Neowin News Feed for: Stars

Massive dying stars are hiding secrets of neutrinos, that scientists are starting to unravel

Sayan Sen — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:36:01 +0000

Dying massive stars may act as natural neutrino colliders, revealing hidden interactions that could reshape their collapse and final cosmic fate Read more...

Billion years old question answered by gigantic galaxy that births stars 300 times faster

Sayan Sen — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:24:01 +0000

An ancient galaxy throws astronomers a curveball as it confuses them, but may also have the answer to a question billions of years old. Read more...

Facebook starts allowing short-form video monetisation

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:06:01 +0000

Facebook is allowing content creators to monetise one-minute videos with minimally disruptive advertisements. It's also trialling sticker ads in Stories to help creators earn more money. Read more...

Explore the galaxy with Chrome experiment '100,000 Stars'

Steven Parker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:31:39 +0000

Google has launched a new experiment that allows Chrome users to literally 'browse' the entire Milky Way. Called "100,000 Stars" the data is generated from among others, NASA and the ESA. Read more...

Porn stars join religion in protest against .xxx domain

Alan Cone — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:31 +0000

Here is a sudden turn of events: porn stars are siding with those who are against the addition of the proposed .xxx top-level domain. In an effort to show their stance, the stars will be... Read more...

The Rock stars in Doom's Movie

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:10:44 +0000

Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson revealed more information on the upcoming Doom film, based on id Software's hit franchise. Johnson, who was on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart promoting the film Be Cool, was... Read more...

Nintendo DS not at Game Stars Live

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:08:35 +0000

The forthcoming Nintendo DS handheld console won't be shown off at the Game Stars Live show in London next week, as some had hoped, although Nintendo will have an extensive line-up on its stand at... Read more...

Crypto stars sound off on e-voting, DRM

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:03:50 +0000

A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference in San Francisco weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media. Speaking at the... Read more...

Open source in the stars for NASA?

Sun, 18 May 2003 15:54:26 +0000

An analyst for NASA recommended in a recent paper that the agency move some software development to an open-source model. The paper, published in late April and featured on Slashdot on... Read more...

Mitnick and Gates, TV Stars

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:16:50 +0000

LOL! Thanks to configure for this: The world's most infamous hacker and the coder of the world's most frequently hacked software will be making appearances on TV series this fall. Hacker Kevin... Read more...