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Gemini North Captures a Color Image of a Comet Breaking into Pieces
Sep 6, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
We now have a new color image of the comet C/2025 K1. NSF NOIRLab released the image on September 2, 2026. Although recently released, the…
ESO’s MOONS Sees First Light: Revealing Hidden Stars and Galaxies
Sep 5, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
The Very Large Telescope has gained a new way to study the stars. At ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, the Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph,…
This Spiral Galaxy Image was Selected and Named by Students
Sep 5, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
A pair of spiral galaxies is drifting toward a future merger more than 200 million light-years from Earth. The galaxies are known as NGC 7253A…
This Strange Image Shows How Our Moon Looks in Gamma Rays
Sep 4, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
We are used to seeing the Moon as a bright disk against a dark sky. With a telescope, its familiar face becomes more detailed. Craters,…
Hubble Reveals a Giant Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Sep 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
It seems like Hubble is not taking even a single day off! After we just came across its brilliant image of Saturn’s south pole, the…
Hubble Captures a Giant “Decagon” Around Saturn’s South Pole
Sep 3, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Saturn has surprised astronomers with a strange shape around its poles. This time, it is not the famous hexagon that has fascinated scientists for decades….
Meta Disables Cameras On Thousands Of Tampered Smart Glasses
Sep 2, 2026
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Meta says it has disabled the camera on thousands of pairs of smart glasses after detecting that users had tampered with the recording light. As…
GoPro Merges With Starman Optical, Ending Its Search For A Buyer
Sep 2, 2026
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
GoPro’s months-long hunt for a lifeline has an answer. The company has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Starman Optical, a privately held optical-photonics…
DJI Osmo Action 6 Gets Strapped to a Rocket: Records Footage from Space
Sep 1, 2026
Soumyadeep Mukherjee
DJI Osmo Action 6 has now filmed something few consumer cameras ever will: a complete rocket flight from liftoff to landing. The cameras were mounted…
Markiplier Just Became GoPro’s Biggest Shareholder
Sep 1, 2026
Alysa Gavilan
YouTuber Markiplier has become GoPro’s biggest shareholder after acquiring an 8.5% stake. His investment comes as GoPro bets on a new generation of cameras.