Concerns raised after YouTuber discovers ‘secret X-ray camera’ that can see through objects on Android phone

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A new smartphone is dividing the internet after a tech enthusiast discovered that you can manipulate its camera to see through certain objects. Last week (July 12), Nothing released a new budget smartphone, the CMF Phone 1. The technology company aims to combine accessibility with a leading user experience while “adding fun to a dull … Read more

Astronomers suggest that up to 60% of objects close to Earth could be dark comets

Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to a study by the University of Michigan, up to 60% of objects near Earth could be dark comets. These are mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system and probably contain or once contained ice. These asteroids could have been one of the routes for delivering water … Read more

Review | A Comet Shines Through a Promising Debut in ‘Bright Objects’

Despite all the fuss about the total solar eclipse last April, the event didn’t inspire much conspiracy thinking. The same can’t be said for the comet that flies over Ruby Todd’s debut novel, “Bright Objects.” Todd’s comet, named St. John, is a fictionalized version of Comet Hale-Bopp, which visited our solar system in 1997 and … Read more

World’s first smart glasses with GPT-4o identify objects and answer questions

Solos just announced AirGo Vision, their newest smart glasses, featuring the most advanced technology available on the market. Today we physically search for information on our phones, tablets and computers. However, ChatGPT continues to push us to the desired destination: hands-free. We can command our devices by voice to look up something of increasing complexity, … Read more

Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe stun scientists

Researchers investigated three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, compiled from three NIRCam filter bands aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. They are remarkably compact at red wavelengths (giving them the name “little red dots”), with some evidence of spatial structure at blue wavelengths. Credit: Bingjie Wang/Penn State; JWST/NIRSpec. … Read more

The Gaia Space Telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars

A glowing orange and brown sphere next to a brighter orange sphere.

Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more

The Gaia Space Telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars

A glowing orange and brown sphere next to a brighter orange sphere.

Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more

NASA’s planet hunter satellite directly observes smaller objects in a black hole pair for the first time

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The black holes revolve around each other. Both black holes have jets associated with them: the larger one with a reddish color and the smaller one with a yellowish jet. Normally only the reddish jet is seen, but during the … Read more