Photographer Josh Dury captured rare Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) in a dramatic ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ image after a challenging chase across UK skies at dusk.
The King’s Mount: Helmut Fath’s BMW RS 54 Sidecar
Everybody loves an underdog story, and besides being one of the most influential motorcycles of its kind, this BMW-based sidecar racer is probably the most unlikely hero on three wheels. It was constructed and piloted by a German privateer named Helmut Fath, and spawned the next generation of sidecar racers […]
Meta’s new AI model can translate speech from more than 100 languages
Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a step toward real-time, simultaneous interpretation, where words are translated as soon as they come out of someone’s mouth. Typically, translation models for speech use a multistep approach. First they translate speech into […]
The US Commerce Department adds 25 China-based companies, including Alibaba-backed LLM developer Zhipu AI and chip designer Sophgo, to its restricted trade list (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
Karen Freifeld / Reuters: The US Commerce Department adds 25 China-based companies, including Alibaba-backed LLM developer Zhipu AI and chip designer Sophgo, to its restricted trade list — The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese entities to a U.S. restricted trade list on Wednesday, including Zhipu AI …
XGIMI MoGo 3 Pro review: a strong contender for the portable projector crown
The XGIMI MoGo 3 Pro projector produces a bright, color-rich image from a compact, easy-to-carry body. Its sound output isn’t amazing, but it still does enough to make it one of the better portable projectors you can buy.
Race Face Adds New 160mm Arm Lengths for Era & Turbine Cranksets
Race Face crank arms just got 5mm shorter The post Race Face Adds New 160mm Arm Lengths for Era & Turbine Cranksets appeared first on Bikerumor.
Video: The World Cup Teams Gearing Up for the Gates Belted Purse
More teams and riders than ever before will be using a belt drive in 2025.( Photos: 7, Comments: 42 )
American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander will deploy first and is designated as the primary payload and ispace’s Resilience lander will follow about 30 minutes after. Liftoff from pad 39A happened at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 UTC).
The early universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ are still a big mystery
On Tuesday, at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers revisited some recent mysteries. Dale Kocevski, from Colby College in Maine, spoke during a press conference about the Little Red Dots (LRDs) found in data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). These are the same as the […]
How It Started, How It’s Going: Johnson Space Center Edition
If you ask Johnson Space Center employees why they work for NASA, many will tell you it was always their dream. For others, landing a job at NASA was an unexpected stop on their career path. Here is a look at where five Johnson team members worked before NASA and […]