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Apple won’t remove controversially named Mac app from the App Store

Many have complained about Apple's inconsistent application of its policies on its app stores, and now that accusation is rearing its head once again.
Mobile News
LG Display introduces world’s first 48-inch Bendable Cinematic Sound OLED display

LG will show off an enormous bendable OLED display at CES 2021

Move over foldable phone screens: LG Display will show off the world's first bendable OLED display at CES 2021 in a massive 48-inch size.
Audio / Video News
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter approaches the International Space Station where the Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to capture it for docking.

How to watch Cygnus spacecraft depart International Space Station on Wednesday

On Wednesday, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft will depart from the ISS, carrying various scientific experiments into orbit on an extended mission.
Space News
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi took samples of radish leaves grown aboard the International Space Station on November 20.

ISS Astronauts eat radishes grown in space for first time

At the end of 2020, astronauts on the ISS grew radishes in space for the first time. Now, they get to enjoy the fruits -- and veggies -- of their labor.
Space News
An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image.

How to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower tonight

This weekend marks the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, with between 60 and 200 meteors per hour whipping past at speeds of up to 25 mph.
Space News
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RIP Adobe Flash. Here’s how to uninstall it

Support for Adobe Flash officially ended on December 31, 2020, so that means it's time to uninstall Flash from your browser.
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In a demonstration of high-fidelity quantum teleportation at the Fermilab Quantum Network, fiber-optic cables connect off-the-shelf devices (shown above), as well as state-of-the-art R&D devices.

We’re one step closer to a communication network based on quantum teleportation

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois were able to send quantum bits, called qubits, over 27 miles of fiber optic cables with fidelity of over 90%.
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From the International Space Station’s orbit 269 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia, this nighttime photograph captures the aurora australis, or "southern lights." Russia's Soyuz MS-12 crew ship is in the foreground and Progress 72 resupply ship in the background.

NASA is kicking off two missions to help understand space weather

Space weather can be beautiful, like the northern lights, but it can also cause problems for electronics and people in orbit. Two new missions will investigate.
Space News
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Earth is at its closest to the sun today: It’s perihelion day

Today, the Earth will be at its closest to the sun, coming within 91.5 million miles of our star.
Space News
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2020 was full of giant leaps for mankind’s return to crewed space missions

In 2020, humanity laid the foundation for an exciting new era. Thanks to these breakthroughs and major milestones, manned space travel is set for a comeback.
Web Features
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A new use for satellites: Counting elephants from orbit

A surprising new technique may be able to help monitor elephant population numbers: Using satellites to count elephants from orbit.
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SwRI scientists studied the composition of a small shard of a meteoroid to determine that it likely originated from a previously unknown parent asteroid. This false-color micrograph of the meteoroid sample shows the unexpected amphibole crystals identified in orange.

There’s an asteroid the size of a small planet lurking in our solar system

Scientists studying a shard of meteorite have found evidence that it comes from a previously unknown asteroid that could be as large as the dwarf planet Ceres.
Space News
The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR)

Artificial sun sets new record, running at 100 million degrees C for 20 seconds

An artificial sun built in Korea has set a new record for the longest operation, maintaining a temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds.
Space News
A top-down view of the Surface Laptop Go.

Shortage of laptops and PC components won’t be cleared until 2022

This year saw a huge boom in computer sales, and hardware manufacturers are not expected to clear the backlog until 2022.
Computing News
The AstroRad radiation protection vest is shown on board the International Space Station after delivery in 2019.

NASA tests vest to protect astronauts from radiation on space missions

A protective vest being tested out on the International Space Station could help shield astronauts from dangerous space radiation.
Space News
Playstation 5 with disk drive

If you’re after a PS5, you might have a chance to get one from Target tomorrow

If you've been wanting a PlayStation 5 but haven't been able to get one this holiday season, then good news -- you may be bale to to buy one at Target tomorrow.
Gaming News
2020 was a big year for the moon heres recap

2020 was a big year for the moon. Here’s a recap

Following a lull in interest after the moon landing in 1969, 2020 was proof positive that moon mania has taken hold of the world once again
Web Features
A tray holding 39 sample tubes - each protected in a gold-colored sheath - is installed in NASA's Perseverance rover in this picture taken at the agency's Kennedy Space Center on May 21, 2020.

All about the tubes NASA’s Perseverance rover will use to collect Mars samples

How do you preserve a sample of an alien planet over millions of miles and a decade of time?
Space News
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See photos of the sample JAXA brought back from asteroid Ryugu

There's a strange silvery sliver among the sample of asteroid rocks.
Space News
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Martian dust is a big problem for astronauts. Here’s how NASA fights it

The biggest thing standing between humanity and colonizing the red planet is actually quite small. Martian dust creates tons of problems for astronauts.
Web Features
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There’s a weird signal coming from a nearby star, but it’s probably not aliens

A strange signal has been detected coming from a nearby star, Proxima Centauri, but experts are skeptical that it is evidence of intelligent life.
Space News
The moon.

Chinese mission scooped up nearly 4 pounds of moon rock

China's Chang'e 5 mission to the moon has succeeded in bringing back nearly four pounds of lunar rock, which has been handed over to scientists for study.
Space News
Artist's impression of Solar Orbiter making a flyby at Venus.

Solar Orbiter will be paying a Christmas visit to Venus

The European Space Agency (ESA)'s Solar Orbiter will be swinging by Venus this Christmas on its first gravity assist flyby.
Space News
In this illustration, NASA's Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars.

NASA wants to bring a sample of Mars back to Earth: Here’s the plan

NASA wants to collect a sample of the Martian rock and soil and to bring it back to Earth. Bringing rock from Mars to Earth is no easy matter, however.
Space News
Illustration of CHEOPS, ESA’s first exoplanet mission

All the weird and wonderful exoplanets CHEOPS investigated in its first year

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of CHEOPS, ESA's exoplanet investigation telescope. Here's what it discovered in its first year.
Space News
This image of Abell 2261 contains X-ray data from Chandra (pink) showing hot gas pervading the cluster as well as optical data from Hubble and the Subaru Telescope that show galaxies in the cluster and in the background.

Uh-oh: Black hole up to 100 billion times the mass of the sun has vanished

Scientists are puzzled by the apparent absence of a supermassive black hole estimated to weigh between 3 billion and 100 billion times the mass of the sun.
Space News
To help ensure success, technicians carefully inspect the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield before deployment testing begins, while it is occurring, and perform a full post-test analysis to ensure the observatory is operating as planned.

James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its tennis-court-sized sunshield

NASA's next-generation telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, unfolded its sunshield in a series of tensioning tests in preparation for launch next year.
Space News
DJI Mini 2 in the air

DJI added to U.S. trade blacklist. Will drone sales be grounded?

Chinese drone manufacturer DJI has been added to the Department of Commerce's Entity List, meaning U.S. companies are forbidden from doing business with it.
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How to watch SpaceX launch its NROL-108 Mission this morning

SpaceX will shortly be launching another mission this morning, launching a satellite for the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Space News
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Your next therapy dog could be a biomimetic robot

A new study shows that spending time with a robotic dog as a companion can bring many of the same benefits as spending time with a real dog.
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Virgin Galactic’s test flight of space tourism craft fails to reach space

Virgin Galactic's first crewed test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity craft from Spaceport America in New Mexico has failed to reach the boundary of space.
Space News
File illustration showing the Chang'e 5 lunar landing capsule docking with the main spacecraft for the return trip back to Earth.

Chinese spacecraft carrying moon rocks begins its journey back to Earth

A Chinese spacecraft containing a sample of rocks and dust from the moon is on its way back to Earth.
Space News
This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter

Juno spacecraft peers into the strange atmosphere of Jupiter

Data from NASA's Juno probe reveals more information about how atmospheric hot spots form on Jupiter and interact with the rest of the atmosphere.
Space News
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How to watch today’s SpaceX launch of a Sirius XM satellite

Today SpaceX will launch a Sirius XM satellite into orbit using one of its Falcon 9 rockets, and we have all the details on how you can watch this launch live.
Space News
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