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Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

One of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest explosions in the Universe,” says Joseph Farah, an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa Barbara. For years, astrophysicists tried…

Launch HN: Captain (YC W26) – Automated RAG for Files

Hi HN, we’re Lewis and Edgar, building Captain to simplify unstructured data search (). Captain automates the building and maintenance of file-based RAG pipelines. It indexes cloud storage like S3 and GCS, plus SaaS sources like Google Drive. There’s a…

The R2 is nearly here — can Rivian stick the landing?

On Thursday, Rivian revealed its most important vehicle to date: the R2, a midsize SUV that eventually will start at under $50,000. As a distinctive EV with an attractive sticker price, the R2 is designed to take Rivian to the…