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The algorithm has already been tested on images from the Subaru telescope and will now be used on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory once science results begin to flood in.

In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel (mentor to JD Vance),…

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity’s return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space.

Firefly Aerospace’s seventh Alpha rocket exploded on Monday (Sept. 29) during preflight testing. The vehicle was destroyed, and Firefly is assessing the damage to its test stand.

A recent study offers proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors identify muons—particles created when cosmic radiation collides with Earth’s atmosphere, which penetrate the ground before losing their energy and coming to a…

International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy — other NASA missions not so much.

Globalization does not affect all workers equally. The sector in which people work has a lot to do with it, but it is not the only factor. This is demonstrated by two studies led by Sergi Basco, professor at the…

‘Foundation’ actress Cherry Jones discusses her character’s tempestuous relationship with Brother Dusk.

Online meetings are exhausting—this phenomenon, dubbed “zoom fatigue,” was widely reported in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. “And this was certainly what happened during lockdown,” points out Junior Professor Hadar Nesher Shoshan of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). “But…

From twinkling constellations to stellar life cycles, this starry skywatching quiz will test your cosmic knowledge.