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Only four spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus’ surface. The world next door doesn’t make it easy, with searing heat and crushing pressure that quickly destroy any lander. In 1975 and 1982, four of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface. The Veneras, which mean “Venus” in Russian, scanned the surface back and forth to create panoramic images of their surroundings. They revealed yellow skies and cracked, desolate landscapes that were both alien a
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I remember thinking at school when will I ever in my “real life” use maths. Well much to my utter surprise I’ve come to the stark realisation that there is a link between mathematics and crochet. Yes its true… In fact, crochet patterns have an underlying mathematical structure — the pattern created by the regular presence or omission of stitches is the very essence of this art form. The similarities to Base2 math, with its series of 0s and 1s, are obvious. That is to say, a present stitch is lik
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is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. I’ve always been fascinated by Microsoft, and it’s led me on a somewhat surreal path to covering the company for most of my life. It all started in my teenage years, when my curiosity over the inner workings of Windows led to brief moments of fame and lots of moments of trouble with Microsoft’s lawyers. As a nerdy teenager in the early ’00s I would spend hours building PCs to
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Can't decide between getting a new laptop or a tablet? Why not both? The Microsoft Surface Pro is one of the best 2-in-1 devices out there, combining the sleek form of a tablet with the functional capabilities of a laptop. And right now, you can get a Microsoft Surface Pro 2024 with a 13-inch touchscreen display, Snapdragon X Plus (10 Core), 16GB RAM, 512GB storage and Copilot+ AI features for an all-time low price of just $883 on Amazon as part of its Spring Sale. The Surface Pro has always be
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Facepalm: Amazon has flagged the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 as a "frequently returned item," advising potential buyers to thoroughly research the product and check customer reviews before purchasing. This warning, shown somewhat prominently on the product page, indicates that the device is being returned at a higher rate than similar products. Amazon does not specify the reasons behind these return
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ZDNET's key takeaways Prices for the 2024 Microsoft Surface Laptop start at $882 It's a well-designed Copilot+ PC with a light, stylish form factor, and a marathon battery life. It might be lacking in port selection for some users, and an OLED option would have made it a little more premium. View now at Amazon View now at Microsoft more buying choices The Surface Laptop with 16GB, 32GB, and the Snapdragon X Plus chip are heavily marked down for Amazon's Spring Sale event for $300 and $500 off
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The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending its mission on the lunar surface, Blue Ghost watched a beautiful sunset, capturing the glow of the Sun’s light slowly fading over the Moon’s horizon. Firefly Aerospace released the final footage captured by its lunar lander, blessing us with incredible views of the Sun setting from the surface of the Moon. The Texas-based company ended its first mission to the Moon on Sunday, March 16, havin
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Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you’ve held on to an aging Windows laptop for too long, it’s now a great time to upgrade. With all the hype around AI PCs, computer makers are rushing to release new designs featuring efficient new chips from Intel and AMD. And thanks to Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative, which launch
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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Space can be an unforgiving place. Last week, a lunar lander skidded across the surface of the Moon and ended up in a cold, dark crater, ending its mission before it began. Now, details newly revealed by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines relay its Athena lander’s final moments and how the spacecraft briefly sputtered to life after powering down. Athena touched down on the lunar surface on Thursday, March 6, following a week-long journey to the Moon. The lander ended up on its s
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The Athena spacecraft was not exactly flying blind as it approached the lunar surface one week ago. The software on board did a credible job of recognizing nearby craters, even with elongated shadows over the terrain. However, the lander's altimeter had failed. So while Athena knew where it was relative to the surface of the Moon, the lander did not know how far it was above the surface. An important detail, that. As a result, the privately built spacecraft struck the lunar surface on a platea
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Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the possibility of microbial life persisting on the Red Planet. With an ancient past not dissimilar from Earth’s, and its relative proximity to our own world, Mars has been a compelling venue for astrobiology for decades. The team’s work indicates that liquid water—necessary for life as we know it—may persist
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On Sunday morning, a spacecraft built by Firefly Aerospace softly touched down on the surface of the Moon, making the Texas-based startup the second private company in history to pull off the feat. Even better, the lunar lander, dubbed Blue Ghost, didn't tip over as it came down, a fate that befell two other spacecraft that made it to the Moon's surface without crashing last year. And even-even better? We have some absolutely magnificent footage of the landing as it took place, which was beame
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The second lunar lander by Intuitive Machines has made its way to the Moon, but not without incident. The Athena vehicle may not be upright, which is what happened to the company’s Odysseus lander upon touchdown back in February. CEO Steve Altemus said during the post-landing news conference that he doesn’t believe that Athena is “in the correct attitude on the surface of the Moon yet again.” Altemus said that the company will know for sure in the coming days once the team gets “a picture from
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Inside a small control room, during the middle of the day on Thursday local time in Texas, about a dozen white-knuckled engineers at a space startup named Intuitive Machines started to get worried. Their spacecraft, a lander named Athena, was beginning its final descent down to the lunar surface. A little more than a year had passed since the company's first attempt to land on the Moon with a similarly built vehicle, Odysseus. Due to problems with that spacecraft's laser rangefinder, it skidded
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We already knew that the aerospace company Firefly successfully maneuvered its Blue Ghost lander onto the surface of the Moon, but now we have some gorgeous video proof. The lander captured footage throughout the touchdown, complete with a cinematic finale. Check it out below. The POV footage shows the lander descending toward the Moon and the subsequent landing. It ends with a striking view of Blue Ghost emerging from a cloud of dust as its shadow stretches across the lunar surface. It’s prett
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Landing on the Moon is no easy feat; the lunar surface has become a graveyard for far too many missions that came to untimely ends. But Firefly’s Blue Ghost conquered the lunar surface a few days ago, and is now standing tall on the Moon. Landing on the Moon never looked so good, with Blue Ghost capturing incredible footage of its historic touchdown with a cinematic finale that’s fitting for its name. Firefly’s first mission to the Moon touched down on the lunar surface on Sunday at 3:34 a.m. E
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What just happened? Multiple governments and companies have struggled to land spacecraft safely on the Moon in recent years. As NASA's goal of sending humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century faces repeated delays, a Texas-based company has become the first private entity to complete a fully successful landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander successfully touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. ET (02:34 CST) on Sunday, becoming the first non-
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What just happened? Multiple governments and companies have struggled to land spacecraft safely on the Moon in recent years. As NASA's goal of sending humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century faces repeated delays, a Texas-based company has become the first private entity to complete a fully successful landing. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander successfully touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. ET (02:34 CST) on Sunday, becoming the first non-
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With its Blue Ghost lunar module, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has just achieved what no other private company, anywhere in the world, has ever accomplished: successfully landing on the surface of the moon. Having launched in January, the Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down at Mare Crisium, in the vicinity of a mountain called Mons Latreille, at 3:34 am Eastern Time on Sunday March 2. NASA reports that the Blue Ghost lander is in a stable, vertical position. “This incredible achievement demonst
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Burning droplets bounce back. Credit: Zulu et al., 2025 Burning droplets bounce back. Credit: Zulu et al., 2025 Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect. There is also an inverse Leidenfrost effect, first described in 1969, that involves a hot object such as a droplet levitating above a cold surface. Understanding the mechanisms behind these p
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Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has become the second private spacecraft in history to softly touch down on the Moon's surface. In fact, the company claimed in an announcement that it was the first to "successfully" do so, effectively arguing that Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander failed when it toppled over during its attempt last year (Odysseus failed to reestablish connection with the Earth a month after landing on the Moon). Rise and shine! Firefly’s #Blue
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NASA satellite imagery captured tropical cyclones crowding the waters of two oceans in the Southern Hemisphere in recent days. Three storms were simultaneously active in the Pacific Ocean—a rare event—but satellites also captured a trio of cyclones rolling across the Indian Ocean. The images reveal the intensity of the weather across a broad sweep of the Southern Hemisphere, and showcases the utility of agency satellites in tracking storm systems from low-Earth orbit. The images were taken by
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a lunar lander from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, kicking off the latest attempt to touch down on the Moon's surface. Houston-based startup Intuitive Machines' lander, dubbed Athena, is equipped with various scientific instruments, including a tiny "hopper" robot, three separate rovers — and a drill. The drill was designed to burrow roughly three feet below the Moon's surface and drop the retrieved soil into a pile nearby. A mass spectrometer will
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The 2024 model of the Microsoft Surface laptop has been discounted by $600 over at Amazon. When was the last time you upgraded your laptop? If you’re still working off of a piece of ten year old tech, it may be time to start looking for a replacement. The Microsoft Surface laptop is a super versatile option that can fulfill a lot of the needs of pretty much anyone, be it you’re a student, small business owner, or just someone who wants to go online with something other than their phone. Right n
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I saw Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World, and was all-in on Harrison Ford's Red Hulk (including the monster's chest hair). However, I'll save my thoughts on how good, or how tedious, the film was for later. But there was one moment that made me chuckle, and then made me think. Don't worry -- this doesn't spoil anything. At one point in the movie Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, pulls out his phone to show another character some information (see, no spoils). Captain America's phone o
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I saw Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World and was all-in on Harrison Ford's Red Hulk – including the monster's chest hair. I'll save my thoughts on how good the film was, or how tedious, for later. But there was one moment that made me chuckle and then made me think – and this doesn't spoil anything. Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, at one point pulls out his phone to show another character some information (see, no spoils). Captain America's choice of phone? A Microsoft Surface Duo.
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