A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.
The star cluster in question is called Palomar 5. It’s a stellar stream that stretches out across 30,000…
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Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas
Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is undergoing a second countdown rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center,…
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Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?
Here ε is the emissivity of the object—how effective it is as a radiator (0 < ε < 1), σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, A is the surface area, and T is the temperature (in Kelvin). Since we have temperature to the fourth power, you can see…
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Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale
February 20, 2026
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Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale
Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a humpback whale
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Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way
A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.
The star cluster in question is called Palomar 5. It’s a stellar stream that stretches out across 30,000…
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UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India
Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of computing power via a new supercomputer system in India, the companies said on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
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Motorola Edge 70 Fusion With Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 Surfaces Ahead of India Launch
Motorola is gearing up to launch its first Edge series smartphone of 2026, the Motorola Edge 70 Fusion. The device has appeared on Flipkart, confirming its name and colour variants while signalling that its India debut is near. Leaked…
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Meet Dyson PencilWash Cleaning Machine: The Company’s Thinnest Wet and Dry Cleaner Ever
Dyson has introduced the PencilWash globally as its slimmest and lightest wet and dry floor cleaner to date, reinforcing the company’s engineering-led approach to redesigning everyday appliances. Rather than focusing solely on larger…
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Could aliens in another galaxy see dinosaurs on Earth?
In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of the cosmos.
Not all queries are quite so…
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Copilot is coming to your Windows taskbar and File Explorer
Microsoft is bringing Copilot to the Windows 11 taskbar and File Explorer. The update turns the plain old search box into something that actually understands how you ask questions. Type “When is my performance review due?” and the…
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