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What Made This Bizarre ‘Dandelion’ Supernova?

A strange supernova remnant first appeared as a “guest star” seen in 1181 by sky watchers in China and Japan.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamOct 31st, 2024

Brazil"s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories

The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and displacing nearly two million, has also spawned a spate of bizarre conspiracy theories, some involving jets' vapor trails and weather antennas in faraway.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 11th, 2024

New space company seeks to solve orbital mobility with high delta-v spacecraft

"If we’re going to have a true space economy, that means logistics and supply services." Enlarge / What a Supernova spacecraft might look like in orbit. (credit: Portal Space Systems) Over the course of the last seven.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024

Elizabeth Warren on green texts: Apple is ruining relationships

Senator Elizabeth Warren has tweeted a somewhat bizarre one-minute video in which she says that green texts are “ruining relationships” and that this is “just one of the dirty tactics that Apple uses to keep a stranglehold on the smartphone mar.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsApr 19th, 2024

A supernova caused the BOAT gamma ray burst, JWST data confirms

But astronomers puzzled by the lack of signatures of expected heavy elements. Enlarge / Artist's visualization of GRB 221009A showing the narrow relativistic jets—emerging from a central black hole—that gave rise to the brig.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 12th, 2024

Leak claims to reveal iPhone 16 battery sizes … with a bizarre twist

A new leak today claims to offer details on iPhone 16 battery sizes. According to this sketchy rumor, the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max will feature larger batteries than their iPhone 15 counterparts. The iPhone 16 Plus, however, wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsApr 9th, 2024

Apple home robots, Spatial Personas on Vision Pro, iOS 17.5 beta

Benjamin and Chance discuss the bizarre idea that Apple is interested in making a humanoid robot to help with household chores, as its “next big thing”. Also, Apple launches the first ever sports ‘film’ shot in Immersive Video, and releases S.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova

Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star. Enlarge / A composite image of SNR 1181. (credit: NASA, ESA, JPL et. al.) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 28th, 2024

Research unlocks supernova stardust secrets

Curtin University-led research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than our sun......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 28th, 2024

Breaking down the DOJ’s claim that Apple killed the Amazon Fire Phone (and others)

One of the many bizarre claims throughout the Department of Justice’s 88-page lawsuit against Apple is that Apple somehow killed the Amazon Fire Phone. Also, Apple is apparently to blame for HTC, LG, and Microsoft exiting the smartphone business......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMar 22nd, 2024

Unveiling the formation of the first galaxies

Utilizing high-resolution three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulations and a detailed supernova physics model run on supercomputers, a research team led by Dr. Ke-Jung Chen from the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (A.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

Security Bite: Here’s what malware your Mac can remove

Ever wonder what malware can your Mac detect and remove without any third-party software? Recently, security researchers have correlated some bizarre macOS YARA rules used by the built-in XProtect suite with their public names. Here’s what malware.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMar 18th, 2024

See the stunning Vela supernova remnant in exquisite detail in expansive image

An enormous new image of the ghostly Vela supernova remnant shows off the fascinating and elaborate structure of this striking cosmic object......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMar 13th, 2024

Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago in huge gigapixel image

This colorful web of wispy gas filaments is the Vela Supernova Remnant, an expanding nebula of cosmic debris left over from a massive star that exploded about 11,000 years ago. Located around 800 light-years away in the constellation Vela (the Sails).....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMar 12th, 2024

Tim Cook makes surprise appearance during Porsche event to talk Vision Pro

As our friends over at Electrek reported, Porsche today unveiled its new all-electric Taycan Turbo GT powerhouse. In a somewhat bizarre twist, Apple CEO Tim Cook made a guest appearance in Porsche’s launch video alongside Apple Vision Pro. mor.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMar 11th, 2024

New York Times OpenAI lawsuit takes a bizarre turn

In a rather baffling turn of events, OpenAI has submitted a request to dismiss aspects of the lawsuit by the New York Times. In its filing, OpenAI contends that the newspaper engaged in “hacking” ChatGPT, and other AI systems. According t.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMar 7th, 2024

Study shows that the ATLAS detector can measure the flux of high-energy supernova neutrinos

High-energy neutrinos are extremely rare particles that have so far proved very difficult to detect. Fluxes of these rare particles were first detected by the IceCube Collaboration back in 2013......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 5th, 2024

Daily Telescope: Finally, we’ve found the core of a famous supernova

In the astronomy community, SN 1987A has somewhat legendary status. Enlarge / Webb has observed the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of Supernova 1987A. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, et. al.).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 26th, 2024

Paleontologists discover a 240-million-year-old "Chinese dragon"

An international team of scientists from China, the U.S. and Europe has studied new fossils of the marine reptile Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. This research has made it possible to fully describe the bizarre, very impressive animal for the first tim.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2024

This famous supernova remnant is hiding a secret

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered into the famous SN 1987A supernova remnant and found something special inside......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2024

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis of inulin biosynthesis in rubber dandelion

Researchers have leveraged the power of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system to enhance natural rubber production in rubber dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz). The CRISPR system's efficiency and precision offer a promising avenue to address challenges.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 22nd, 2024