Astronauts in space catch mysterious red lights glowing in Earth’s atmosphere

A stunning photo taken this spring by NASA SpaceX Crew-8 mission commander Matthew Dominick captured the quick flash of a weather phenomenon known as a

A NASA astronaut has captured photographs from a window aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of eerie, glowing red lights hanging in Earth’s atmosphere. The stunning image, taken on June 3 by NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission commander Matthew Dominick, captured the quick flash of a weather phenomenon known as “red sprite” lightning. Red sprites are … Read more

SpaceX video previews possible Starship booster ‘catch’ on next flight

Enlarge / In early June, the rocket for SpaceX’s fourth full Starship test flight is ready to launch from Starbase, the company’s private launch site in South Texas. SpaceX In a short video released on Thursday, possibly in honor of the American holiday July 4 featuring the red glow of the largest rocket ever, SpaceX … Read more

Scientists use two new quantum methods to catch dark matter suspects

A purple orbit against a dark background with a boxout showing a white room containing two crouching people attending to a complex gold machine

The hunt for dark matter is about to get a lot cooler. Scientists are developing supercold quantum technology to hunt for the universe’s most elusive and mysterious matter, which currently poses one of science’s greatest mysteries. Despite the fact that dark matter outnumbers the amount of ordinary matter in our universe by about six times, … Read more

SpaceX Slaps & Whacks Rocket Booster part for Starship Flight 5 Tower Catch test

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. WCCF TECH INC has a disclosure and ethics policy. As it prepares for the fifth Starship test flight, SpaceX is testing the launch tower at its facilities in Boca Chica for the crucial tower catch scheduled for the next … Read more

An Inspector’s Point of View: It’s Hard to Catch Phone Thieves, and Here’s Why

Stealing mobile phones is seen by criminals as easy prey for high rewards. Phones these days can be worth more than £1,000 each. I cycle to work and wherever you go there are people standing on the side of the road, waiting to cross, with their heads buried in their phones. I could steal five … Read more

Britain weather: Heatwave could hit next week, but there’s a big catch for hayfever sufferers thanks to ‘pollen bomb’

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High pollen levels are striking in parts of Britain, bringing new misery for hay fever sufferers. Forecasts suggest there could be a heat wave next week. The Met Office has warned that pollen counts will be very high in England over the next five days, spreading to Wales and Northern Ireland from Saturday. By Monday, … Read more

‘Stop shoving phones in our faces’: Chipotle staff are tired of TikTokers trying to catch them ‘cutting corners’

WWhen Atulya Dora-Laskey works the line making tacos, burritos and salad bowls at a Chipotle in Lansing, Michigan, she knows there’s a chance a customer will pull out a camera to film her putting together their lunch. When it does happen, “it is an immediate source of anxiety for my colleagues and for me,” she … Read more

Picture-in-picture mode is finally coming to Google TV, but there’s a catch

TL; DR Google TV is finally adding support for Picture-in-Picture mode, which places app content in a small window over the screen, in Android 14 for TV. Picture-in-picture mode has been supported on phones since Android 8.0 was released almost seven years ago. However, Picture-in-Picture on Google TV is not enabled for media content. Most … Read more