Hubble spots a mysterious 10-sided ‘decagon’ growing around Saturn’s south pole

New Hubble observations have revealed a dramatic, 10-sided jet surrounding Saturn’s south pole, and it appears to be evolving before our eyes. The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped a high-resolution view of the striking “atmospheric wave,” which appears to have begun forming in 2023, archival Hubble images show. Scientists are curious about how this “decagon”Continue Reading

2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here’s what BepiColombo can do

This image was taken by the BepiColombo mission on Jan. 8, 2025 as the spacecraft sped by Mercury for its sixth and final gravity assist at the planet.  (Image credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM) Mercury, the tiniest and least-explored planet in the inner solar system, is hiding mysteries far larger than itself — and finally, scientists will soon beContinue Reading

ubuntu-26.10-snapshot-3-is-now-available-for-testing

The third, and potentially final, monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 is available for download. There were no monthly snapshots of the ‘Stonking Stingray’ in August or July – no reason has been given – and the Ubuntu 26.10 beta release is scheduled for release on 24 September. Thus, this couldContinue Reading

chatgpt,-claude,-and-grok-all-went-down-at-once;-enterprises-need-a-backup-plan

Enterprises are facing a disturbing new question in the age of AI: What happens when agentic assistants go dark? This became a very real scenario on Thursday, as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and SpaceXAI’s Grok near-simultaneously, and somewhat mysteriously, experienced significant, prolonged outages. Beginning in the morning, Eastern time, severalContinue Reading