Lightsabers are easily the most iconic and popular piece of tech from "Star Wars." Who wouldn't want to own a metallic wand that can produce a three-foot beam of plasma that can cut through almost ...

Miles Wu folded a variant of the Miura-ori pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight Ramsha Waseem | Freelance writer Wu’s innovation won the top prize of $25,000 at the 2025 Thermo Fisher ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

If you want the force, it’s going to cost you. A “Star Wars” groupie made history plunking down $3.6 million this week on a single piece of Hollywood sci-fi history: the original lightsaber wielded by ...

Darth Vader’s iconic red lightsaber was sold for over $3.6 million at auction on Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Star Wars memorabilia ever auctioned off. The prop sold for $3,654,000 ...

A lightsaber Darth Vader used in the Star Wars films "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" sold at auction Thursday for more than $3.6 million. The iconic prop had been estimated to sell ...

The original lightsaber wielded by Darth Vader has fetched a true bounty at auction this week, after being used by one of cinema's most iconic villains in multiple Star Wars films. Bidding on the ...

A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films has sold for a record $3.6M. At a Propstore auction in L.A. yesterday that finishes Saturday, a record bid came in for what was the ...

The coveted prop was used in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi' and represented a rare opportunity for collectors. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter A lucky Star Wars fan ...

An original Darth Vader lightsaber used in the “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” sold at auction Thursday for over $3.6 million. Breaking the record for the highest-priced item to come ...

Darth Vader's iconic lightsaber from "Star Wars" fetched more than $3.65 million when it went up for auction on Thursday. The screen-matched dueling lightsaber, as seen in both "Star Wars: The Empire ...