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Summary A Rain of Icy Particles Is Affecting the Giant Planet’s Weather The planet Saturn is easily recognizable for its opulent ring system that can easily be seen through a small telescope. Astronomers have now found that the rings are not as placid as they look. The icy rings particles are raining down onto Saturn’s … Read more

An old Chinese idiom says “water can carry a boat or overturn it” (“水能载舟，亦能覆舟” ). This might be the best description for a thousand plus artificial intelligence experts, including Alon Musk, calling to stop the development of powerful AI systems. What are they afraid of? Artificial Intelligence aims to create machines and software that can … Read more

Summary Forecast for Blustery Winds, Smoggy Hazes The outer planets beyond Mars do not have solid surfaces to affect weather as on Earth. And, sunlight is much less able to drive atmospheric circulation. Nevertheless, these are ever-changing worlds. And Hubble – as interplanetary meteorologist – is keeping track, as it does every year. Jupiter’s weather … Read more

Summary Never-Before-Seen Spacecraft Collision Yields Unexpected Surprises In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to see if they could change an asteroid’s velocity by smacking it with a ballistic probe – kind of like hitting it with a hammer. This experiment was to test a potential technique to someday deflect an asteroid on a … Read more

Summary Mysterious Features Were First Seen Decades Ago by Voyager Spacecraft Since their discovery by NASA’s Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary “spoke” features across Saturn’s rings have fascinated scientists, yet eluded explanation. They have been observed in the years preceding and following the planet’s equinox, becoming more prominent as the date approaches. Saturn’s upcoming … Read more

Summary Astronomers Use a Trick of Nature to ‘Weigh’ a Dead Star A famous 1923 short poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” written by Robert Frost ends with: “So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.” Though Frost was talking about a day on Earth, this also applies to the next 5 billion years, … Read more

Summary A Deep Gravitational Sinkhole Swallows Unlucky Bypassing Star Black holes have such a voracious gravitational pull that they even swallow light. This makes them hungry monsters lurking in the eternal darkness. There’s no escape if you happen to stumble across one in the inky blackness of space. That’s no worry for astronauts who have … Read more

Artificial Intelligence has been a discussion for a decade, and following the release of GPT-3, the spotlight of AI-generated content once again captures the media headlines. There is no doubt that as technology evolves, it has changed how we communicate, interact, and consume information. AI-generated content, be it articles, audio, or videos, is becoming increasingly … Read more

Summary Orphaned Stars Were Lost into Intergalactic Space Long Ago In the 1960s sci-fi television show “Lost in Space” a small family of would-be planetary colonists get off course and lost in our galaxy. But truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to Hubble Space Telescope discoveries. Thanks to Hubble, astronomers now know about … Read more