42,000 years ago, a breakdown in Earth’s magnetic field led to environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-field-reversal-42000-years-ago-neanderthal-extinction…
Tag: rosetta
Rediscovering RISC-V: Apple M1 Sparks Renewed Interest in Non-x86 Architecture
“With the runaway success of the new ARM-based M1 Macs, non-x86 architectures are getting their closeup,” explains a new article at ZDNet. “RISC-V is getting the most attention from system designers looking to horn-in on Apple’s recipe for high performance. Here’s why…” RISC-V is, like x86 and ARM, an instruction set architecture (ISA). Unlike x86 and ARM, it is a free…
Developer Successfully Virtualizes Windows for Arm on M1 Mac
Developer Alexander Graf has successfully virtualized the Arm version of Windows on an M1 Mac, proving that the M1 chip is capable of running Microsoft’s operating system. From a report: Currently, Macs with the M1 chip do not support Windows and there is no Boot Camp feature as there is on Intel Macs, but support for Windows is a feature that…
Is Apple Silicon Ready?
Programmer Abdullah Diaa has put together a website to help determine if your favorite apps work on Apple Silicon yet. An anonymous reader shares a report from The Next Web: … [P]lease say hello to Is Apple silicon ready? The idea behind the site is simple: it shows you if specific apps will work on laptops and desktops with Apple’s in-house…
4.5-billion-year-old ice on comet ‘fluffier than cappuccino froth’
After years of detective work, scientists working on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission have now been able to locate where the Philae lander made its second and penultimate contact with the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014, before finally coming to a halt 30 metres away. This landing was monitored from the German Aerospace Center Philae Control…
Rosetta’s ‘rubber ducky’ comet has ultraviolet auroras
Planets aren’t the only things in the solar system with auroras. Comets can have them too, data from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has revealed. Source: https://www.livescience.com/comet-67p-has-ultraviolet-auroras.html
The ‘rubber ducky’ comet is glowing
The rubber ducky comet is glowing, but you can’t see it. New analysis of data from the Rosetta probe shows an ultraviolet aurora all around the speeding object. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rubber-ducky-comet-aurora.html
Rosetta spacecraft detects unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet
Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have helped reveal auroral emissions in the far ultraviolet around a comet for the first time. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-rosetta-spacecraft-unexpected-ultraviolet-aurora.html…
Rainbow comet with a heart of sponge
A permeable heart with a hardened facade—the resting place of Rosetta’s lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is revealing more about the interior of the “rubber duck” shaped-body looping around the Sun. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-rainbow-comet-heart-sponge.html…
In 2020, Venus and Perseid meteors!
In 2020, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower nearly coincides with Venus’ greatest elongation, or greatest apparent distance from the sun in our sky. Both will fall around the mornings of August 11, 12 and 13. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/venus-and-perseid-meteors-in-2020…