Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
|
submitted by /u/avboden [comments] |
|
submitted by /u/avboden [comments] |
We’re a far cry from the days where it was easy to falsely generalize horror films as disposable low-brow entertainment. Today, the genre has firmly established itself as both a reliable money-maker and a playground for intellectuals. Not a year has gone past in the last decade without a major horror release making waves critically…
If you like to keep up with famous investors, you probably know Cathie Wood, the founder, CEO, and chief investment officer of Ark Invest, known for investing in companies with disruptive and innovative technologies. Many investors pay attention when she makes big buys or sales, and she recently raised a lot of eyebrows when she…
A major Atlantic Ocean current is slowing, and the consequences could reach far beyond the Atlantic. New research from the University of California, Riverside suggests the change could strengthen powerful storms along the California coast while reducing snowfall over Greenland. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast system of ocean currents that…
A glittering school of silverside fish may remind you of a disco ball, a dazzling display made up of many tiny mirrors. But emerging research suggests the skin of these fish is capable of far more than just reflecting light. Masakazu Iwasaka is an interdisciplinary engineer at Hiroshima University in Japan who has been researching…
Smart telescopes like the Seestar S30 Pro have changed astrophotography and, arguably, urban astronomy. The Seestar S30 Pro takes that concept further than most. Small enough to fit inside a camera backpack, it combines a refractor telescope, motorized mount, dual cameras and image-processing software into a compact unit controlled entirely from a smartphone. Within minutes…
Every second, the brain is flooded with sights, sounds, smells, and signals from inside the body. Yet only a fraction of this information reaches our conscious awareness, thanks to neural systems that filter out what is familiar or unimportant. This filtering happens constantly in everyday life. After a while, we may stop noticing the hum…