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Vortex (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport Et D'Exploration)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-09 04:58:55

As an architect and integrator of complex airborne systems, Dassault Aviation intends to take advantage of its space expertise to develop spaceplane solutions that disrupt current systems. VORTEX (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration) Designed to operate in space and return to Earth like an aircraft, these intrinsically dual-use vehicles have the potential to transform space operations—enabling new applications across commercial, scientific, and military missions. Space

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Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-14 02:00:22

Welcome to Edition 8.01 of the Rocket Report! Today's edition will be a little shorter than normal because, for one day only, we celebrate fake rockets—fireworks—rather than the real thing. For our American readers, we hope you have a splendid Fourth of July holiday weekend. For our non-American readers, you may be wondering what the heck is happening in our country right now. Alas, making sense of <waves hands> all this is beyond the scope of this humble little newsletter. As always, we welcom

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The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race

wired.com Fernanda González 2025-08-14 11:00:00

There are around 11,000 satellites orbiting Earth, and it is estimated that at least 50,000 more will be launched in the next decade. There are also exploration instruments, resupply vessels, and complexes like the International Space Station. But who regulates all this activity in space? In the absence of clear regulations, the European Union has proposed the Space Act, a set of measures that seeks to make the European space sector a cleaner, safer, and more competitive environment, both domest

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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-18 15:38:27

There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic trajectory that is moving toward the inner Solar System. Early on Wednesday, the European Space Agency confirmed that the object, tentatively known as A11pl3Z, did indeed have interstellar origins. "Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!" the agency's Operations account shared on Blue Sky. "ESA’s Planetary Defenders are observing the object, prov

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Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-19 15:51:52

The Trump administration plans to cancel a fleet of orbiting data relay satellites managed by the Space Development Agency and replace it with a secretive network that, so far, relies primarily on SpaceX's Starlink Internet constellation, according to budget documents. The move prompted questions from lawmakers during a Senate hearing on the Space Force's budget last week. While details of the Pentagon's plan remain secret, the White House proposal would commit $277 million in funding to kick o

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How a beer-making process is used to make cleaner disposable diapers

cnbc.com Diana Olick 2025-08-19 19:06:26

Disposable diapers are a massive environmental offender. Roughly 300,000 of them are sent to landfills or incinerated every minute, according to the World Economic Forum, and they take hundreds of years to decompose. It's a $60 billion business. One alternative approach has been compostable diapers, which can be made out of wood pulp or bamboo. But composting services aren't universally available and some of the products are less absorbent than normal nappies, critics say. A growing number of

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Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-08-19 23:04:00

Martin Harvey/Getty Images When Linus Torvalds posted his now-legendary 1991 announcement about a "hobby" operating system kernel, no one would have predicted that Linux would become the backbone of modern computing. In a speech at the Open-Source Summit, North America, Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of LWN and longtime kernel developer, recounted the Linux kernel's remarkable journey, highlighting its disruptive beginnings, its unique development model, and the challenges that have shaped i

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The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-08-20 23:33:23

Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images When Linus Torvalds posted his now-legendary 1991 announcement about a "hobby" operating system kernel, no one would have predicted that Linux would become the backbone of modern computing. In a speech at the Open-Source Summit, North America, Jonathan Corbet, executive editor of LWN and longtime kernel developer, recounted the Linux kernel's remarkable journey, highlighting its disruptive beginnings, its unique development model, and th

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Finally, a video security doorbell that has similar features as Ring but no monthly fees

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-23 17:20:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lorex 2K Wi-Fi video doorbell is available for $200. The doorbell comes in wired and wireless installations, communicates reliably, and includes a preinstalled 32GB microSD card for local storage so you can bypass subscription fees. Although it has a 2K resolution, the image is so wide angle that objects look distorted. $149.99 at Amazon Video doorbells are among the best ways to start your smart home journey. They are easy to use and often easy to install, and provi

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The Ring Doorbell Is 50% Off, Plus You Get a FREE Ring Indoor Cam for Early Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-24 19:29:59

Amazon’s Prime Day deals have arrived early, and this year the bargains aren’t just for Prime members: anyone can reap deep discounts on Amazon devices including the top-selling Ring family. The ring battery doorbell is a current top seller in its category and is on sale for $99. It’s a great value on its own, but Amazon went one better and put together a bundle that’s nearly irresistible: You can get both the ring battery doorbell and the ring indoor cam 2nd gen right now for just $69. That’s c

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Failed Orbital Mission Loses Human Remains, Space Pot

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-08-29 11:35:47

A spacecraft carrying the remains of more than 160 people crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, June 24, causing its contents to be lost at sea. The mission intended to return the remains to the families that provided them following a brief stint in space, but now, they will never be seen again. On Monday, June 23, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-14 rideshare mission from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, carrying 70 payloads to low-Earth orbit. The largest was Ny

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NASA Satellite That’s Been Dead for 57 Years Sends Mysterious Signal to Earth

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-08-31 19:05:27

A little over a year ago, scientists in Australia picked up a brief burst of electromagnetic radiation. The pulse was so strong that it eclipsed all other signals coming from the sky, but its origins were unknown. After digging through the data, the team discovered that the source wasn’t a distant celestial object but rather a zombie satellite left to orbit Earth with no purpose. NASA’s Relay-2 launched on January 21, 1964, two years after its predecessor, Relay-1, was sent to orbit. The pair w

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This New Smart Lock From Yale Pairs With Video Doorbells in Ways I Haven't Seen Before

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-01 06:00:00

Google Nest and Yale partnered before on the Nest x Yale smart lock, so I wasn't surprised to see the spring announcement of a new lock from Yale designed to work even more closely with Nest products, especially the Nest Doorbell, a personal favorite of mine. Called the Yale Smart Lock with Matter, it's now available for $190. The Matter standard gives the new lock compatibility with platforms like Apple Home and Alexa, but the real value lies in its connections to the Nest Doorbell. Not only d

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Google Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2025-09-01 18:30:00

Google wants to launch a battalion of satellites into orbit around the Earth to monitor fires on the ground in real time, then collect all that photographic data and use AI to better identify fires in their critical early stages. Fire Sat is a partnership between Google, the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance, and the satellite builder Muon Space. The collaborative effort was announced in 2024 with the goal of launching satellites specifically designed to spot wildfires. The first satellite of the p

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Better than Ring? This video security doorbell has similar features and no monthly fees

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-01 21:15:11

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lorex 2K Wi-Fi video doorbell is available for $180. The doorbell comes in wired and wireless installations, communicates reliably, and includes a preinstalled 32GB microSD card for local storage so you can bypass subscription fees. Although it has a 2K resolution, the image is so wide angle that objects look distorted. $199.99 at Amazon Video doorbells are among the best ways to start your smart home journey. They are easy to use and often easy to install, and provi

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Crunch time—we’ll soon find out if Amazon’s launch providers are up to the job

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-02 23:13:27

For the second time in two months, United Launch Alliance sent a batch of 27 broadband Internet satellites into orbit for Amazon on Monday morning. Just like the last flight on April 28, an Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and delivered Amazon's satellites into an on-target orbit roughly 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth. This was the second launch of a full load of operational satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a network envisioned to become a competitor to Spa

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This Ring Doorbell Drops to 50% Off, Now $10 Below Its Black Friday Price for a Limited Time

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2025-09-05 07:10:47

Grant yourself peace of mind in your own home. The Ring Doorbell is comprehensive home security solution. With its enhanced video quality, precise motion detection, and seamless integration with Alexa, the Ring Doorbell offers unmatched convenience and security. Upgrade your home security today and allow yourself top-tier home monitoring with the Ring Doorbell, which happens to be part of a limited time deal at Amazon. That’s right, for a the time being, you can save an even 50% on the battery-p

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I Spent Weeks Using Orb: It's Unlike Any Internet Speed Test I've Ever Used Before

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-08 12:00:00

Internet speed tests aren't just for people who obsess over their internet connection. If you're having an inevitable home internet slowdown, my first recommendation is always to start with a speed test. In fact, I’ve tested and used dozens of internet speed tests -- the market is pretty saturated with them. Ideally, the best internet speed test is one that diagnoses your bandwidth blues as easily as possible -- no ads, no extra features you can’t make sense of and no slowing down your Wi-Fi. S

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This Battery-Powered Doorbell Now Costs Peanuts, Amazon Is Clearing Out Google’s Stock

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-09-14 22:25:47

When it comes to home security and convenience, the battery-powered Google Nest Doorbell is a top choice for many and for good reason. This device offers the flexibility of battery power which makes it perfect for those who want a smart doorbell without the hassle of wiring—something especially appealing if you’re not comfortable working with electrical systems. With this model, installation is as simple as mounting the device to your door frame and you’re set. No drilling holes, no complicated

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A Closer Look At Uranus’s Moons Reveals a Surprising Dark Side

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-15 11:00:19

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have tectonic features or a patchwork of ridges and cliffs. Using the Hubble space telescope, scientists took a closer look at the surface of Uranus’s four largest moons and discovered something rather unexpected. For the study, a team of astronomers went searching for signs of interactions between Uranus’s magnetic field and its four largest moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Obero

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How to build the best keyboard in the world

theverge.com Nathan Edwards 2025-09-15 05:00:00

The term “endgame,” among keyboard enthusiasts, is sort of a running gag. Endgame is when you finally dial in your perfect layout, case, features, switches, and keycaps, so you can stop noodling around with parts and get on with whatever it is you actually use the keyboard for — work, presumably. Then a few months later you see something shiny and start over. In the search for endgame, most of us have to compromise somewhere — usually time or money. Sometimes the thing you’re looking for just d

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Norbauer Seneca review: a $3,600 luxury keyboard for the keyboard obsessed

theverge.com Nathan Edwards 2025-09-15 05:00:00

Some people can tell great wine from okay wine. They go on wine tastings, take wine tours. They tend to spend more money on wine than most. I am not one of those people. I can tell wine from vinegar if you show me the bottle. I am just a little bit obsessed with keyboards, though. I have spent the past couple of months typing on the Seneca, a fully custom capacitive keyboard that starts at $3,600 and might be the best computer keyboard ever built. I’ve also made a bunch of other people type on

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Astronomers Just Took the First-Ever Picture of the Bottom of the Sun

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-14 22:45:09

Astronomers have gotten an unprecedented view of the bottom of the Sun. On Wednesday, the European Space Agency shared images that show, in all its tumultuous glory, our star's secretive south pole. Captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, the stunning achievement has paved the way towards solving some of the Sun's most abiding mysteries, and could even provide us the insight needed to predict some of the star's volatile behavior that can disrupt our modern infrastructure on Earth. "Today we

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Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun's poles

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-12 11:00:50

Science & Exploration Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles 11/06/2025 31324 views 95 likes Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar cycle and the workings of space weather. Solar Orbiter zooms into the Sun’s south pole Any image you have

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Solar Orbiter sends back first live observations from the Sun's south pole

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-16 11:32:00

Starry Poles: Launched from Cape Canaveral five years ago, the Solar Orbiter has steadily delivered stunning insights about our star. Its latest achievement – a first-ever glimpse of the Sun's polar region – marks another leap forward, and researchers believe the most important discoveries are still to come. The Solar Orbiter (SolO) recently captured the first direct observations of the Sun's south pole – a region long shrouded in mystery. These unprecedented glimpses are crucial to understandi

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See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-17 19:06:09

Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits there with a 7.25-degree tilt. That means humans have never had a good angle to view the sun's north and south poles until now. The ESA has released images of the sun's north and south poles, giving everyone their first glimpse at the top and bottom of our nearest star. The imagery was taken by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, which began its trek to view the sun's polar regions in 2020. To do this, the Orbite

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Chasing rainbows

theverge.com Andy Baio 2025-09-18 03:08:37

Living with colorblindness feels like you’re constantly being pranked by the world in subtle, irritating ways. The other day, I was booking a flight on Kayak, trying to figure out which dates are the cheapest by looking at their low fare calendar. See any issues? Oh, sorry — that’s what it looks like to me. You probably see it more like this. I opened up Chrome Dev Tools, changed the cheap fare colors to something I could actually see, and eventually booked my flight. A few weeks later, I’m o

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Solar Orbiter captures images of the sun's pole for the first time

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 11:30:47

The Solar Orbiter has been observing the sun since 2021, but it recently went on a side trip to Venus which significantly tilted its orbit and gave it a good view of the sun's polar region. That is how it was able to capture images that will historically be known as humankind's first-ever views of the sun's pole. All our galaxy's planets and the other spacecraft we've deployed orbit the sun around an imaginary ecliptic plane along the star's equator. But thanks to the Solar Orbiter's Venus flyby

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Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-19 18:20:52

For more than 60 years, various spacecraft and telescopes have journeyed through space to stare at the Sun, capturing haunting images of the giant ball of hot gas at the heart of our solar system. Our view of the star is limited, however, by Earth’s orbital plane, which allows us to observe the Sun’s equator head-on while its polar regions remain in a frustrating blind spot. Solar Orbiter is now the first to image the poles from outside the ecliptic plane, offering a rare look at its chaotic mag

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Latest Tech News

Vortex (Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport Et D'Exploration)

Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now

The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race

Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object

Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

How a beer-making process is used to make cleaner disposable diapers

Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting

The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code

Finally, a video security doorbell that has similar features as Ring but no monthly fees

The Ring Doorbell Is 50% Off, Plus You Get a FREE Ring Indoor Cam for Early Prime Day

Failed Orbital Mission Loses Human Remains, Space Pot

NASA Satellite That’s Been Dead for 57 Years Sends Mysterious Signal to Earth

This New Smart Lock From Yale Pairs With Video Doorbells in Ways I Haven't Seen Before

Google Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space

Better than Ring? This video security doorbell has similar features and no monthly fees

Crunch time—we’ll soon find out if Amazon’s launch providers are up to the job

This Ring Doorbell Drops to 50% Off, Now $10 Below Its Black Friday Price for a Limited Time

I Spent Weeks Using Orb: It's Unlike Any Internet Speed Test I've Ever Used Before

This Battery-Powered Doorbell Now Costs Peanuts, Amazon Is Clearing Out Google’s Stock

A Closer Look At Uranus’s Moons Reveals a Surprising Dark Side

How to build the best keyboard in the world

Norbauer Seneca review: a $3,600 luxury keyboard for the keyboard obsessed

Astronomers Just Took the First-Ever Picture of the Bottom of the Sun

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun's poles

Solar Orbiter sends back first live observations from the Sun's south pole

See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below

Chasing rainbows

Solar Orbiter captures images of the sun's pole for the first time

Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess

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