We Asked A Real-Life Astrophysicist: What Do Star Trek's Spaceships Get Right About Interstellar Travel?
We spoke to a genuine astrophysicist about the accuracy of Star Trek's approach to interstellar travel, the holodeck, and the transporter.
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“This Wasn't Really Something We Were Expecting To Be Able To Do”: Black Hole Collisions Can Now Be Used To “Autotune” Gravitational Wave Detectors
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
The biggest black holes grow by crashing into each other over and over again
Some of the biggest black holes ever picked up through gravitational waves may not have formed in a single stellar collapse at all. Instead, they seem to be the battered products of repeated smashups inside some of the most crowded stellar environments in the universe.
Scientists Uncover the Surprising Source of Strange Clouds Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
New observations and simulations by a research team led by MPE show that a massive binary star near the center of our Galaxy is creating a series of enigmatic gas clouds, compact clumps that help feed the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
The universe may have begun inside a black hole, not a big bang
For nearly a century, modern cosmology has treated the Big Bang as the opening moment of everything, the instant when space, ...
Statistical technique could uncover secrets of 'ringing' black holes
Researchers have developed a technique to analyze how black holes "ring" when they collide and merge: one of the universe's ...
This famous black hole is launching “dancing jets” powerful enough to rival 10,000 suns
Astronomers have, for the first time, directly measured the instantaneous power of jets blasting from a black hole system, ...
Photos from space show how the Greenland Ice Sheet is changing
Photos from space show how the ice sheet in Greenland has changed as melting glaciers contribute to sea-level rise.
Show HN: Display.dev, agent-native way to publish HTML or MD behind company auth
Last week's post from Thariq "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML" went viral in X. He made a good point about HTML being the more expressive and human friendly alternative to markdown files. I completely buy in where he's coming from, I've been asking Claude Code to create me HTML files to better understand what we're planning and building together.What Thariq didn't address was the part of sharing and collaborating on these HTML artifacts (he proposed uplo
Ask HN: Is Spam getting worse or is Gmail getting worse?
Over the past couple of months I've noticed that number of spam emails landing in my inbox has increased by quite a bit. I keep a very tidy inbox, so it's pretty easy for me to notice them and mark them as spam. But I'm curious: is Google just getting worse at detecting spam, or is the spam somehow evolving?For example, I just got this email:Sender: william_brown_318@rofopifj.dravixa.space Subject: the wagon is inThe body contains tons of literal HTML tags that weren't parsed
Space travel tickets are back, but prices keep rising
After nearly two years on pause, Virgin Galactic is selling tickets again. The catch is the price. A seat now costs $750,000. That number is not a typo. It is also a sharp increase from the company's ...
30 Products From Wayfair That Are Perfect For Anyone Who Rents But Wants To Improve Their Space
Even your landlord will be obsessed.
29 Decor Pieces You'll Probably Wish You'd Bought Years Ago
If you've been living in a space that's not *quite* what you wish it was... what are you waiting for?
If You’re Trying To Make The Most Out Of Your Small Space, Here Are 39 Things You'll Want
You may not see any space for your stuff when you look at your small place now, but after scrolling through this list, you'll def see nothing but potential.
41 Things From Walmart That'll Make Your Home Look Better In Under An Hour
Just some stuff to revitalize your space and have it spic and span in literally no time at all.
30 Home Decor Products That Will Have Guests Saying, “HELLO, Where Did You Get That?!”
Because nothing boosts your ego more than someone complimenting your space.
31 Things That'll Help Your Living Space Feel More ~Grown-Up~
In this house we take off our shoes and only use the phrase "adulting" ironically.
James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about 'little red dots'
A peculiar object dubbed an 'X-ray dot' could help solve the mystery of the 'little red dots' discovered by the James Webb ...
Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half
A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip ...
Dassault Aviation and OHB team up to propose to ESA the VORTEX-S multipurpose space plane
Dassault Aviation and OHB announce that they are teaming up to propose to the European Space Agency (ESA) a multipurpose spaceplane VORTEX-S, capable of round-transport to space stations and of ...