JDK 26 moves to general production availability. This short-term release is backed by six months of Premier-level support. Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, the latest standard Java release from Oracle, ...

Like tiny photobombers, cosmic anomalies resembling small, bright red points show up in almost every snapshot taken by the most powerful space telescope ever made. Astronomers now call them little red ...

A merchant vessel transports decommissioned U.S. Navy Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships through the Arabian Gulf. (MC2 Iain Page/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy decommissioned half of its Avenger-class ...

Gene Hackman was not among the celebrities remembered during the annual "In Memoriam" segment at the 2026 Oscars. Some viewers might have seen that as a snub. After all, Hackman won two Academy Awards ...

In a year in which it received a record number of applications for the incoming first-year class, Boston College continued to solidify its status as one of the country’s most selective universities.

Newly surfaced video adds to evidence that the United States likely struck a school in Iran, killing more than 170 people, including scores of children. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

In concert with our updated overall March draft rankings, we’ve also updated our list of the top high school draft prospects in the country. The top five is rounded out by California shortstop Tyler ...

TIOBE Index for March 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent Python keeps the top spot as its rating dips again, C climbs further in second, and the bottom stays ...

Matteo Paz, a student at Pasadena High School, joined the Planet Finder Academy in the summer of 2022. The program immerses students in real world astronomy challenges. Under the mentorship of Caltech ...

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to ...