Einstein’s Genius on Redefining Space, Time, and Relativity ⌘ Read more
More Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space
“To be clear, the current economics of space-based data centers don’t make sense,” writes the Wall Street Journal.
“But they could in the future, perhaps as soon as a decade or so from now, according to an analysis by Phil Metzger, a research professor at the University of Central Florida and formerly of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. … ⌘ Read more
Chinese Astronauts Return From Their Space Station After Delay Blamed on Space Debris Damage
“Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday,” reports the Associated Press, “after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris.”
The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft i … ⌘ Read more
Woman Pleads Guilty to Lying About Astronaut Accessing Bank Account From International Space Station
It was the first allegation of a crime committed in space — back in 2019. But by 2020 it had led to
charges of lying to federal authorities.
And now a former Air Force intelligence officer “has pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent,” reports CNBC, “by falsely claiming th … ⌘ Read more
Scientists Confirmed What Is Inside Our Moon
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density similar to that of iron. To figure it out once and for all, [astronomer Arthur Briaud of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in France] and his colleagues collected data from space mission … ⌘ Read more
Fedora 44 Looking At Replacing FBCON With KMSCON As Default VT Console
Fedora 44 is looking at replacing the Linux kernel’s console “FBCON” with the user-space-based KMSCON implementation. Eventually the hope remains to deprecate the FBCON/FBDEV code within the Linux kernel… ⌘ Read more
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@lyse I hope you were prepared to cram those wishes in 3 seconds. I am always prepared for that eventuality. You don't have to mutter a word, nor clearly think much about it---that is, you don't need to think your wish(es) word-by-word. As long as you stay within the wish(es) main goal(s), you should be fine, and it/they shall be granted, of course.
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org then it was, most likely, space debris—which, sadly, make up for 98% of all space anomalies these days. And thought they have applied to the Grant Wishes Council, they are yet to be approved. Keep playing, though. 😅
Scientists Watch Supernova Shockwave Shoot Through a Dying Star For First Time
For the first time, astronomers captured the shockwave of a supernova bursting through the surface of a dying red supergiant star, revealing a surprisingly symmetrical, grape-shaped explosion. Space.com reports: Seeing this moment in detail has previously been elusive because it’s rare for a supernova to be spotted … ⌘ Read more
Sun Unleashes Strongest Solar Flare of 2025
New submitter UsRanger175 shares a report from Space.com: The sun erupted in spectacular fashion this morning (Nov. 11), unleashing a major X5.1-class solar flare, the strongest of 2025 so far and the most intense since October 2024. The eruption peaked at 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) from sunspot AR4274, which has been bursting with activity in recent days. The blast triggered strong (R3-level … ⌘ Read more
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon may rise to 30 per cent
In February, the James Webb Space Telescope will briefly be able to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which currently has a 4 per cent chance of hitting the moon in 2032. Depending on what it sees, the odds of collision could drastically increase ⌘ Read more
New deployable structures could help astronauts maintain muscle mass in space
From muscle atrophy to bone loss, astronauts face a number of health risks while in space. ⌘ Read more
What’s the Best Ways for Humans to Explore Space?
Should we leave space exploration to robots — or prioritize human spaceflight, making us a multiplanetary species?
Harvard professor Robin Wordsworth, who’s researched the evolution and habitability of terrestrial-type planets, shares his thoughts:
In space, as on Earth, industrial structures degrade with time, and a truly sustainable life support system must have the capa … ⌘ Read more
Bezos’s Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather
Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions. ⌘ Read more
Blue Origin Livestreams Attempt to Launch Unique “EscaPADE’ Mission to Mars
Blue Origin is livestreaming the launch of its New Glenn rocketreports CNN, “where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago.” By observing two Mars locations simultaneously, this mission can measure how Mars responds to space weather in real time — and how the Marti … ⌘ Read more
Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers ⌘ Read more
SquashFS Tools 4.7.3 Brings Optimizations For As Much As “1500 Times” Speed Improvement
For those dealing with SquashFS compressed, read-only file-systems, a new version of the user-space tools were released this week… ⌘ Read more
Loneliest Man in Space: Apollo 11’s Untold Story ⌘ Read more
China Delays Shenzhou-20 Crew Return After Suspected Space Debris Impact
China has delayed the return of its Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft after it was suspected to have been struck by space debris while docked at the Tiangong space station. “The Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft is suspected of being struck by a small piece of space debris, and impact analysis and risk assessment are underway,” the Chi … ⌘ Read more
SpaceX, ULA line up double launch night that would tie Space Coast record
While SpaceX has managed the lion’s share of launches this year, it’s set to be a team effort with United Launch Alliance as the two companies have lined up a pair of launches that would tie the annual record for orbital missions from the Space Coast. ⌘ Read more
Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them ⌘ Read more
Suspected debris strike delays Chinese spaceship’s return
A suspected strike by “tiny space debris” has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, Beijing’s space agency said on Wednesday. ⌘ Read more
Trump again taps Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to head NASA, again tapping the close associate of Elon Musk to lead the US space agency. ⌘ Read more
New Zealand plans space mission, satellite fleet: Minister
New Zealand is planning a national space mission which could see a small fleet of state-owned satellites launched into the skies over the Pacific nation, a minister told AFP on Wednesday. ⌘ Read more
China’s Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country’s own speed record
China announced Saturday that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with China’s space station with its latest three rotation crew at the country’s own record speed after a successful launch. ⌘ Read more
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Jonathan Watts, Global Environment Writer - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Human societies are becoming less democratic and more neo-medieval. A tiny group of men and women, just as in the 14th century, overwhelmingly owns or controls the assets of humanity, and shapes the way their societies treat Earth. This greed and ignorance trend is why the 2040 catastrop … ⌘ Read more
Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade
Article URL: https://emily.space/posts/251023-uv
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45751400
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@lyse it hasn't happened yet. It is this coming Saturday.
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@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net Let’s see on which day we’ll finally settle.
I reckon the white-space: nowrap is a bit evil on the gatherly notes, though.
No space, no time, no particles: A radical vision of quantum reality
If we admit that quantum numbers are the true essence of reality – not particles, space or time – then a surprising and beautiful new vision of reality opens up to us ⌘ Read more
Young stars ejecting plasma could offer clues into the sun’s past
The sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), into space. They often occur together with sudden brightenings called flares, and sometimes extend far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, generating space weather phenomena including auroras or geomagnetic storms, and even damaging power grids on occasion. ⌘ Read more
Dark matter could color our view of the universe
Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos satisfy these two criteria, but neutrinos move through space at nearly the speed of light, making them a form of hot dark matter. The observations we have suggest that dark matter is cold. ⌘ Read more
Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to International Space Station
Japan’s space agency successfully launched Sunday its most powerful flagship H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed unmanned cargo spacecraft for its first mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. ⌘ Read more
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Defense giants Airbus, Thales and Leonardo announce space merger to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink ⌘ Read more
Distant galaxy A1689-zD1 found to have unusually low dust-to-gas ratio
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has carried out comprehensive multiwavelength observations of a distant massive galaxy known as A1689-zD1. ⌘ Read more
Space Shuttle Reliability Explained! ⌘ Read more
Follow-up observations by Webb confirm GRB 250702B is most energetic cosmic explosion ever recorded
Considering the immense size of the universe, it’s no surprise that space still holds plenty of secrets for us. Recently, astronomers believe they stumbled upon a kind of cosmic blast never seen before, and it’s challenging what we thought we knew about how stars die. ⌘ Read more
Time crystals could power future quantum computers
A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics, proposed quantum systems––like groups of particles––could construct themselves in the same way, but in time instead of space. He dubbed such systems time crystals, defining them by their lowest possible energy state, which perpetually repeats movements without external energy input. Time crystals were experimentall … ⌘ Read more
In bizarre move, Framework embraces deeply extremist views
Framework, the maker of repairable laptops, is embroiled in a controversy, as the company and its CEO are openly supporting people with, well, questionable views. If you know a little bit about PR in social media space, you might note that, right out of the gate, a project by a vocal white nationalist known for splitting communities by their mere presence, is not a great highlight choice for an overtly non-left-righ … ⌘ Read more