The Book Report: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles (May 9)

Space Lasers Are Shooting Out of This Gorgeous Nebula, Which Means It's Hiding SomethingRecord-Breaking Evidence Just Changed What We Know About Star Birth After The Big Bang

An Insane Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From SpaceA Surprise Asteroid The Size of The Statue of Liberty Is Hurtling Past Earth Right NowAstronomers Have Found a Monstrous Black Hole That's Eating Stars Shockingly Fast

NASA Just Announced New Evidence For Water Plumes on Europa, Found in 20-Year-Old DataMiley Cyrus' plane struck by lightning, makes emergency landing

The Multiverse Could Be Teeming With Life But Is Also Problematic, Says New Study

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Launch More Rockets Than Any Nation on Earth This YearThe U.S. Open Is King of New York. Could It Do More for Queens?

Wear All You Want, They’ll Make MoreDuke Energy braces for power outages as Hurricane Idalia steams toward Florida

Queer History Was Made in ’90s Clubs. These Fliers Captured It.Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er).