European Vega C rocket launches CO2-mapping satellite, 4 Earth-observation spacecraft to orbit

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A carbon dioxide-mapping satellite and four Earth-observation spacecraft launched successfully tonight (July 25) from South America. A Vega C rocket, operated by the French company Arianespace, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on schedule tonight at 10:03 p.m. EDT (11:03 p.m. local time in Kourou; 0203 GMT on July 26). The four-stageContinue Reading

2 stars in ‘serpent god of destruction’ system are hurling their blazing guts at each other, James Webb telescope reveals

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s snap of the Apep nebula in false color. (Image credit: Han et al./White et al./Dholakia; NASA/ESA) The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of two dying stars wreathed in a spiral of dust. The highly rare star system is located some 8,000 light-years from Earth, withinContinue Reading

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Recent incidents raise questions about ethics, safety, and guardrails for rapidly developing AI technology., (NewsNation) — AI chatbots are becoming a part of everyday life, but concern over the tech is mounting. A new study said AI’s answers to medical questions were incorrect 88% of the time. Now comes anecdotalContinue Reading

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Some of the numbers coming out of Moscow this quarter are setting off alarms in various corridors. There is some fundamental basis to this theory, but it’s also very ‘Western’ driven.  The Western theory is that we’re now seeing what happens when a military budget expands faster than the fiscal engine powering it…Continue Reading