Claudia Cardinale, Italian film star, dead at 87

Italian actor Claudia Cardinale, best known for starring in some of the biggest European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died, her agent said Wednesday. She was 87.

NASA confirms 6,000 exoplanets — scientists say we’re entering ‘Next Great Chapter of Exploration’

NASA’s tally of alien worlds has just hit 6,000 — a staggering milestone reached in only three decades of searching beyond our solar system. From gas giants to rocky super-Earths, the discoveries reveal just how diverse the galaxy really is. But one world remains elusive: a true Earth twin. “We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration,” NASA said, “to find planets that could support life — and remind us the universe still holds worlds waiting to be found.”