The barred spiral galaxy NGC 3887, seen here as viewed by the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, lies over 60 million light-years away from us in the southern constellation of Crater (the Cup). It was discovered on Dec. 31, 1785, by astronomer William Herschel. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-03-image-hubble-spies-galactic-traffic.html…
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Satellite spies gigantic ‘fuzzball’ clouds spreading near Australia coast
Satellite passing overhead can see an entirely different canvas of clouds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/actinoform-clouds-seen-from-space.html
Image: Hubble spies bar, baby stars
The galaxy depicted in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a barred spiral known as NGC 7541, in the constellation of Pisces (the Fishes). Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-image-hubble-spies-bar-baby.html…
Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent the Cuban missile crisis?
Ironbark is one of 2020’s anticipated movies. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the MI6 handler of a Russian spy who may have helped prevent nuclear war Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-300-ironbark-did-two-spies-really-prevent-the-cuban-missile-crisis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent all-out nuclear war?
Ironbark is one of 2020’s anticipated movies. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the MI6 handler of a Russian spy who may have helped prevent nuclear war Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-300-ironbark-did-two-spies-really-prevent-all-out-nuclear-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Companies Are Using AI-Generated People To Appear More Diverse
AI startups are selling images of computer-generated faces that look like the real thing, offering companies a chance to create imaginary models and “increase diversity” in their ads without needing human beings. From a report: One firm is offering to sell diverse photos for marketing brochures and has already signed up clients, including a dating app that intends to use the…
Ask Slashdot: Will We Ever Be Able To Make Our Own Computer Hardware At Home?
dryriver writes: The sheer extent of the data privacy catastrophe happening — everything software/hardware potentially spies on us, and we don’t get to see what is in the source code or circuit diagrams — got me thinking about an intriguing possibility. Will it ever be possible to design and manufacture your own CPU, GPU, ASIC or RAM chip right in your…
Caught in the act: MeerKAT telescope spies stellar flare
Scientists using the MeerKAT radio telescope have discovered a unique and previously-unseen flare of radio emission from a binary star in our galaxy. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-11-caught-meerkat-telescope-spies-stellar.html…
Researchers Tricked Google Home and Alexa Into Eavesdropping and Password Phishing
What if Google and Amazon employees weren’t the only ones who’d listened through your voice assistant? Ars Technica reports: The threat isn’t just theoretical. Whitehat hackers at Germany’s Security Research Labs developed eight apps — four Alexa “skills” and four Google Home “actions” — that all passed Amazon or Google security-vetting processes. The skills or actions posed as simple apps for…
Spacecraft spies river relic on Mars
These images from the Mars Express spacecraft show an ancient, dried-up river system, one of the longest valley networks on Mars. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-river-relic-images…