Feb 11, 2023
James Webb Telescope question costs Google $100 billion — here’s why
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: robotics/AI, space
A promo ad for Google’s unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot made an embarrassing mistake.
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Feb 11, 2023
Mathematicians Complete Quest to Build ‘Spherical Cubes’
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: computing, mathematics, space
Space “cubically” with shapes that act like spheres? A proof at the intersection of geometry and theoretical computer science says yes.
Feb 11, 2023
Scientists claim Earth’s inner core has reversed its direction of spin
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: space
The Earth’s core may have stopped spinning, or may even now be spinning backwards, according to a new study.
The core of our planet is made up of an outer layer of liquid metal, and an inner core of solid metal that is about 70 per cent the size of the Moon.
It is generally believed that the core rotates counter-clockwise when viewed from the North Pole, like the rest of planet Earth.
Feb 11, 2023
Space claw! Sun shoots powerful flare that knocks out shortwave radio (video)
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: space
The sun is growing more active in its regular 11-year-cycle and has a huge sunspot serving as a hotbed of flares and other activity.
Feb 11, 2023
2001 A Space Odyssey: Epilogue with Frank Poole
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: media & arts, robotics/AI, space
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sorry, IGNORING A C Clarks PLOTS FOR 2010 AND 3001!!!!!!!!!!! Some 203 years and 2 months after astronaut Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood, this short approved by the self same actor) is murdered by the Discovery’s A.I. HAL 9,000, his body encounters a Monolith. Using practical models and digital versions of the analogue VFX tricks used in the original, with respect to Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Trumbull and Wally Veevers.
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Feb 11, 2023
Whoa, Scientists Found the Universe’s Invisible Galaxy
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: space
Feb 11, 2023
Do Astronomers Know How Many Galaxies There Are in the Universe? New Research Suggests It May Be Infinite
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: space
How many galaxies are there in the universe, and is it possible to compute them? As per BBC Sky and Night, the number of galaxies in the universe will be equal to the Universe’s size multiplied by the average number density of galaxies. In practice, estimating these two figures properly is tough.
The universe’s overall size is unknown. Recent studies suggest that the number of galaxies may be limitless, meaning that there are an endless number of galaxies.
Feb 10, 2023
A new potentially habitable planet is discovered by scientists, but half of it is in perpetual darkness
Posted by Paul Battista in category: space
Just 31 light-years away TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: A team of international astronomers announced the discovery of an exoplanet that is both eerily similar and close to Earth on a galactic scale.
Feb 10, 2023
Ominous Green Lasers Shot Over Hawaii Didn’t Come From NASA Satellite After All
Posted by Daniel Sunday in category: space
Above the islands of Hawaii o n January 28, a green laser was seen piercing the night sky, silently tracing a path towards the horizon like a stutter in the Matrix’s code.
The scene was caught on camera from a telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak.
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Feb 10, 2023
Astronomers Detect a Strange New ‘Molecular Bubble’ Structure in Space
Posted by Daniel Sunday in categories: materials, space
A newly discovered structure located deep in the heart of a thick cloud of gas and dust more than 450 light-years away is the signature of a pair of baby stars in the throes of formation.
A team of astronomers have identified a previously unseen bubble at the center of a stellar nursery called Barnard 18 in the Taurus molecular cloud complex, likely carved from the surrounding gas as two emerging stars therein formed and grew.
It’s only the second time astronomers have identified such a bubble with the ejection of material or ‘outflow’ associated with a growing star. The newly discovered structure could help scientists learn more about how stars affect their environment as they grow.
