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Earlier this year, astronomers discovered the largest comet ever, which is nearly 100 miles wide. Now, further study reveals this behemoth is heading toward the sun — but don’t worry, it won’t be posing any kind of threat to us on Earth as it won’t come any closer than the orbit of Saturn. The comet, named Bernardinelli-Bernstein after its discoverers, is estimated to be around 95 miles in diameter and was identified using data from the Dark Energy Survey. Since its discovery, researchers have been poring over data to learn more about it and will soon publish a paper about…
There’s an unusual launch happening this week, as a Russian film team will be heading to the International Space Station (ISS). A Russian Soyuz rocket will carry actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko as well as cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to the station on Thursday, October 5, and the launch will be livestreamed by NASA. We’ve got all the details on how to watch the event below. What to expect from the launch The Russian team will be heading to the space station in order to film scenes for a movie, in the first example of the expanded commercialization of…
The next Xbox Series X restock date and time are confirmed at GameStop this week, and if you follow our Xbox Series X restock Twitter tracker Matt Swider – follow and turn on notifications for alerts – you’ll know when Microsoft Xbox consoles are in stock at all retailers in the US. Thursday, October 7, we’ll see GameStop Xbox Series X restock the console with the new game Far Cary 6 bundled. Our Twitter tracker alerts are needed for two reasons, even if GameStop posted the official restock time: 11am EDT / 10am CDT / 9am MDT / 8am PDT. First,…
Samsung has started removing ads from its first-party apps. The company held a ‘town hall meeting’ back in August at which time we quoted Samsung’s mobile chief TM Roh who said, “We decided to delete ads from basic apps such as Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Themes.” Samsung eventually released an official statement confirming the removal of the ads.The new versions of these apps sans advertisements were first spotted by Samsung customers in South Korea who posted the news in the company’s Community Forum (via 9to5Google). And TizenHelp found a comment from a Samsung executive that announced that the ads…
From the Vault: As the streaming space keeps growing, massive studio catalogs are becoming more and more available. These include lost and forgotten gems, so-bad-it’s-good duds, and just plain weird pieces of film history. And you probably won’t find them by waiting for streamers to put them in front of you. In From the Vault, Android Authority aims to rescue these titles from the algorithm graveyard and help you get more out of your streaming subscriptions. Bill Duke’s 1992 crime drama Deep Cover is streaming on HBO Max, and it’s an absolute masterpiece of neo-noir cinema worth checking out on…
On Tuesday, CoinDesk Research will drop its Quarterly Review for Q3, featuring 60 slides jam-packed with insights, analysis and data. For me, one of the takeaways is that like it or not, we live in a multi-chain world.You’re reading Crypto Long & Short, our weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and analysis for the professional investor. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Sunday.For example, the report notes that in September bitcoin dominance – that is, the original cryptocurrency’s share of total crypto market capitalization – was 42%. That’s the lowest it’s been at that point in the…
The Apple Watch Series 7 which was announced alongside the new iPhones and iPads in September has yet to begin shipping. Up until now, we had only seen the official marketing photos shared by Apple but today, MacRumors seemingly got hold of some real-life images. These Apple Watch Series 7 images were uploaded to a Facebook group for Apple Watch aficionados but were later taken down. The person who posted the pictures apparently works for a carrier who was testing the new model. These Apple Watch Series 7 images were allegedly posted on a Facebook group by a carrier employee Apple has only revealed that…
A faulty Compound Finance contract intended to disburse liquidity mining rewards over time has been topped off with $66 million – and counting – in tokens on Sunday morning.Over a quarter of those funds may have been exploited due to the same bug that drained $80 million in tokens throughout the latter half of last week, per one DeFi developer.Read more: DeFi Money Market Compound Overpays Millions in COMP Rewards in Possible Exploit; Founder Says $80M at RiskAt approximately 9:30 AM EDT, one ETH address claimed 37,504 of the tokens worth $12 million, and another claimed 14,995 worth $4.9 million.…
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 5728, captured in both the infrared and visible light wavelengths. This is a particularly energetic type of galaxy, called a Seyfert galaxy, with a very bright galactic nucleus. “In this image, NCG 5728 appears to be an elegant, luminous, barred spiral galaxy,” the Hubble scientists write. “What this image does not show, however, is that NGC 5728 is also a monumentally energetic type of galaxy, known as a Seyfert galaxy. This extremely energetic class of galaxies is powered by their active cores, which are known as active galactic nuclei…
Astronomers have identified a cosmic oddity: What may be the first planet ever discovered that orbits three stars. The GW Ori system is a triple star system, with three stars bound to each other by gravity, and recent observations of the dust ring around the stars suggest that there is a large planet orbiting all three of them in what is called a circumtriple orbit. In the image below, you can see the dust rings around the triple star system which gave astronomers a clue that there may be a planet orbiting there. There is a noticeable gap in the…