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OTD in space – May 30: European Space Agency established
On May 30, 1975, the European Space Agency officially opened for business. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The European Space Agency was created as a merger of the European Launcher ...
Ask HN: Is anyone else feeling bad about Reddit's mechanisms
Hello, I recently encountered a slew of events that didn't quite sit right with me and I needed to get this off my chest. Note that this is NOT an appeal to get un-infracted. I just feel really unhappy and I need to talk about it in relation to the question in the title.For context, Reddit encourages use of alts/alternative accounts, which is baked into its own app UX (same device alt switching).#### Incident 1
Slightly under a year ago, r/Glowups had a rule where all accounts who
Thinking: Alternate Distribution for Filmmakers
This idea did not in anyway start with the intention of distribution. In my 20s there were a group of 12 of us, who shared a whatsapp group and every thursday, we had a standing appointment to decide and watch the interesting movie for the week.Over the years as life happens and folks got married, moved, priorities shifted, that ritual that almost lasted a decade fell apart.During the pandemic, given that most of us had a VR headset, we reconnected and started watching movies together - we'
Iran, Epstein, Space Travel: 5 Takeaways From JD Vance’s Interview With Joe Rogan
In his first on-air conversation with the popular podcaster since 2024, the vice president cautiously defended the Iran war ...
What happens the moment two black holes collide
Black holes are the gravitational monsters of the Universe. They are so powerful that nothing, even light, can escape their ...
Super-loud gravitational waves offer a new way to study black hole event horizons
Artist's impression of the region of space around a black hole's event horizon. (Courtesy: Carl Know/OzGrav/Swinburne ...
Physicists made a black hole out of light to test Stephen Hawking's elusive radiation theory
Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of light ...
Listening to ‘ringing’ black holes unlocks future gravitational-wave astronomy
Gravitational waves produced by black holes colliding provide new way of testing scientific theories and uncovering new phenomena.
Astronomers may have detected a first-of-its-kind superkilonova
After detecting a strange combination of signals in the summer of 2025, astronomers believe they may have captured the first evidence of a unique phenomenon previously theorized, but never observed: a ...
If You’re Old Enough To Have Actually Experienced The Y2K Era, These 31 “Boring” Summer Products Will Probably Excite You
You’re gonna wanna post about these all over MySpace.
If You Secretly Wish You Had 0 Roommates, These 21 Items Will Make Co-Living Much Easier (And Even Enjoyable)
Until the perfect chore chart exists (and trust me, I've looked), these products can help keep the peace in your shared living space.
Just 35 Home Improvement Products You Won't Have To Spend A Pretty Penny On
Double the amount of closet space for less than twenty bucks? Count me in.
Abracadabra: 28 Magical Products To Help Make Eyesores Disappear And Small Spaces Feel Bigger
These make transforming your space as easy as waving a wand. 🪄✨
Swaddle Yourself In One Of These Cozy Baby Blankets For Adults
They're also an easy way to add a pop of subtle and texture color to a space.
Prediction: These 32 Things Will Make Your Outdoor Space Your Favorite Part Of Your Home
Outcome: You may never be inside again.
A quasar breaks the record for most distant supermassive black hole
The Euclid space telescope discovery could help researchers understand how black holes grew so massive so quickly in the early universe.
Microgravity and radiation in space can have dangerous effects on an astronaut's liver, study finds
“What we found was that just 24 hours after radiation exposure, there are many genetic changes in the liver that are ...
Gravitational waves reveal hidden populations within black hole mergers
Since gravitational waves were first detected in 2015, instruments including LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA have picked up a steady ...
Second-Hand Black Holes May Be Hiding Across the Universe. Researchers Now Have a Way to Spot Them
A new analysis of gravitational-wave detections suggests that roughly 14% of merging binary black holes belong to a second ...
NASA discovers missing black hole in Omega Centauri star cluster
Data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope have located the first missing black hole in the ...