Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway

A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This enormous cluster of galaxies contains more than a thousand members and is the nearest large galaxy cluster […]

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially files for a Hong Kong IPO, paving the way for a spin-off; a recent fundraising reportedly valued it at ~$3B (Sneha Kumar/Reuters)

Sneha Kumar / Reuters: Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially files for a Hong Kong IPO, paving the way for a spin-off; a recent fundraising reportedly valued it at ~$3B  —  Chinese internet search giant Baidu (9888.HK) said on Friday its AI chip unit Kunlunxin has confidentially filed a listing […]

Jan. 1, 2019: New Horizons flies by Arrokoth

At 12:33 A.M. EST on Jan. 1, 2019 New Horizons made its closest approach to 2014 MU69, now named Arrokoth (though at the time, it had been nicknamed Ultima Thule). It was the most pristine distant world ever explored — albeit remotely — by humans. The craft zipped by the […]