In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out before sunrise and view brilliant Venus. The planet, which is only outshone by the Sun or the Moon, will lie low in the eastern sky. It will rise and hour or so before the Sun. Even as morning twilight […]
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Celebrating Earth as Only NASA Can
From the iconic image of Earthrise taken by Apollo 8 crew, to the famous Pale Blue Dot image of Earth snapped by Voyager I spacecraft, to state-of-the-art observations of our planet by new satellites such as PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), NASA has given us novel ways to see […]
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Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope
A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation.
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Speed Read: A handsome BMW R12 roadster from England and more
England’s Pier City Cycles leads the charge this week, with a custom BMW R12 in a timeless roadster style. We also profile a Moto Guzzi V7 scrambler from Unikat Motorworks, a Suzuki DR-Z400 built to take on the Sahara, and a Harley-Davidson Sportster S from a Lithuanian parts manufacturer. BMW […]
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Paul Graham likened Palantir’s ICE work to “infrastructure of the police state”; a Palantir exec said Paul’s view is like Google’s when it killed Project Maven (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Paul Graham likened Palantir’s ICE work to “infrastructure of the police state”; a Palantir exec said Paul’s view is like Google’s when it killed Project Maven — One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend …
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I put in some serious flight time with Hori’s HOTAS Flight Stick Control System and enjoyed the surplus of inputs, but I’m stuck on its pricing
Hori’s HOTAS flight stick is serviceable at a glance but ultimately comes up short with its eye-watering price tag.
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Extreme Racing Shox Technical Director & Suspension Innovator Franco Fratton Passes Away
Franco Fratton has sadly passed away after a remarkable career of pioneering new racing damper technologies.( Photos: 1, Comments: 5 )
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition
NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio departed the space station at 5:57 p.m. EDT aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft before making a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 […]
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SpaceX launches 10th batch of ‘proliferated architecture’ spy satellites for US government (video)
SpaceX launched the 10th batch of “proliferated architecture” spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 20).
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Road Tested: LED lights and turn signals from Purpose Built Moto
It’s easy to get stuck on the big ticket items when you’re personalizing your motorcycle, but it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. Most bikes ship from the factory with unsightly lights and turn signals, and swapping those out is a quick way to tighten up your bike’s […]