It’s been a long road for InSight’s Mole. InSight landed on Mars almost two years ago, in November 2018. While the lander’s other instruments are working fine and returning scientific data, the Mole has been struggling to hammer its way into the surface of the planet.
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China’s rare birds may move north as the climate changes, new data suggest
China’s growing army of amateur birdwatchers is a dedicated bunch—and that dedication could eventually pay off in better protection for their feathered friends. A new study uses more than 2 decades of bird sightings by China’s citizen scientists to map the ranges of nearly 1400 species, from the endangered red-crowned […]
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Distant seas might predict Colorado River droughts
In 2011, heavy snows in the Rocky Mountains filled the Colorado River, lifting reservoirs—and spirits—in the drought-stricken U.S. Southwest. The following year, however, water levels dropped to nearly their lowest in a century, imperiling a supply vital to millions of people and dozens of ecosystems. Now, scientists say they may […]
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2021 Bentley Flying Spur V8 is less powerful but still a stunner
Bentley’s flagship luxury sedan gets a new V8 engine option to slot below the existing W12.
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Karma Automotive teases new all-electric GSe6 with pricing and preorders
The company hopes to take a bite out of Tesla and Lucid sales.
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Andy picks his favorites from the AutoHunter online auction docket
The cars just keep coming up for bidding at AutoHunter and this week I found a few that I would like to have in my own garage. Like the cars available on the AutoHinter docket, they vary from muscle cars to European stars to modern classics.
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Tested: 2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye Adds More Power to the Mix
Dodge tries to normalize 800 horsepower one Charger at a time.
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ESO telescopes record last moments of star devoured by a black hole
Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other organisations around the world, astronomers have spotted a rare blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. The phenomenon, known as a tidal disruption event, is the closest such flare recorded to date at […]