Home News Science & Astronomy Obsevations of the exoplanet PDS 70b taken with ALMA that show it being tailed by a cloud of dust indicating a “Trojan planet.” (Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) /Balsalobre-Ruza et al.) Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of two planetary siblings sharing the same orbit around a star. The discovery of...
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Auroras across the solar system are powered in the same way, Mercury results suggest
Home News Science & Astronomy Artist’s representation of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flying through precipitating electrons that can trigger X-ray auroras on the surface of Mercury. (Image credit: Thibaut Roger/Europlanet (CC BY-SA 4.0)) The way in which the radiant displays of colors in the sky known as auroras form on Earth may be how these...
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Australian Space Agency investigating possible rocket debris found on beach
Home News Spaceflight A possible piece of a “foreign space launch vehicle” washed up on an Australian beach. (Image credit: Australian Space Agency) A big chunk of space junk may just have washed up on an Australian beach. The Australian Space Agency tweeted a picture Monday (July 17) of a possible piece of a “foreign...
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Super-close supernova captivates record number of citizen scientists
The closest cosmic explosion to Earth in the last 10 years became a record breaker for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SET) Institute. The supernova, designated (SN) 2023ixf, was first spotted on May 19, 2023, by Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki. Just an hour after this manifestation, amateur astronomers taking part in SETI and Unistellar’s...
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These 3 Orion spacecraft will carry Artemis astronauts to the moon (photo)
Home News Spaceflight From left to right: The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2, Artemis 3 and Artemis 4 moon missions at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Image credit: NASA/Marie Reed) Three crew-carrying spacecraft are getting ready for their big moon missions. The Orion capsules for the Artemis 2, Artemis 3 and Artemis 4...
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See Wimbledon from space in new satellite image
An Earth-observing satellite just served up a spectacular view of Wimbledon. New satellite imagery from San Francisco-based company Planet captures a birds-eye view of the grass courts of the All England Club in London, which hosts the famous Wimbledon tennis tournament every summer. “See you on Centre Court!” Planet said in a Tuesday (July 11)...
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Mars orbiter spies a tiny Earth and moon from the Red Planet (photos)
You’ve never seen Earth and the moon like this before. The Mars Express spacecraft recently celebrated 20 years in space by taking a nostalgic look back at Earth and the moon from the Red Planet. The images captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) craft show our planet and its natural satellite as little more...
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Starlink dodges objects thousands of times a month — is low-Earth orbit too crowded?
Houston, we may have a problem. At least, that’s what some people might start saying very soon if the current trend around low-Earth orbiting objects continues. According to new reports, Starlink satellites performed over 25,000 evasive maneuvers between December 1, 2022, and May 21, 2023. This crazy number of maneuvers surely means that low-Earth orbit...
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Here’s the PC Hardware You Should Buy for Stable Diffusion
Syafiq Adnan/Shutterstock.com You’ll need a PC with a modern AMD or Intel processor, 16 gigabytes of RAM, an NVIDIA RTX GPU with 8 gigabytes of memory, and a minimum of 10 gigabytes of free storage space available. A GPU with more memory will be able to generate larger images without requiring upscaling. Stable Diffusion is...
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WiiM Pro Review: Add Smarts to Your Speakers and Audio Gear on the Cheap
Rating: 7/10 ? 1 – Does not work 2 – Barely functional 3 – Severely lacking in most areas 4 – Functions, but has numerous issues 5 – Fine yet leaves a lot to be desired 6 – Good enough to buy on sale 7 – Great and worth purchasing 8 – Fantastic, approaching best-in-class...