NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse

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A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 1srcth brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star was proved true by a team of astrophysicists led by a scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in the paper “Probable DirectContinue Reading

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Download Lesson Plan Here Subjects: Science, Language Arts, Digital Media Literacy, Social Studies, Study Skills, Critical Thinking, Logic Grade Levels: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate Lesson Length:  1-2 class periods Overview: This lesson explores science denial, which is the refusal to accept well-established scientific conclusions. In this fun and engagingContinue Reading

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Company says 2.5-hour disruption of high-speed internet service was due to ‘failure’ of internal software services., Company says 2.5-hour disruption of high-speed internet service was due to ‘failure’ of internal software services. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has suffered one of its biggest international outages, knocking tens of thousands of usersContinue Reading

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Here are the key events on day 1,247 of Russia’s war on Ukraine., Here are the key events on day 1,247 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire at the site of a Russian aerial attack in Kharkiv on Thursday [Sergey Bobok/AFP] Here is howContinue Reading

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We’ve seen a number of AI-infused developer tools made available on Linux of late, from the Warp terminal emulator to Kiro, an Amazon-backed ‘agentic’ IDE currently in preview. Google is taking a different tack. Rather than a standalone app, it’s offering Gemini CLI, a free, open-source tool for accessing itsContinue Reading