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Awakening an interstellar wanderer: Surprising nickel detection in Comet 3I/ATLAS

Rohan Rahatgaonkar is a Ph.D. student at the Instituto de Astrofísica-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. In a surprising discovery, our team has detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where…
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Fitbit’s revamped app, with Gemini-powered health coach, rolls out to Premium users

Fitbit’s new Gemini-powered health coach, announced back in August, is becoming available as a public preview to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on Android starting tomorrow. It expands to iOS later this year. As the AI race heats up, Google is counting on the Gemini AI assistant to help Fitbit stand out from the crowd. Called “Coach,” this feature is designed to be your…
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This stunning photo of Comet Lemmon was taken on Friday and there’s still time for you to see it before it disappears for 1,300 years!

Stargazers and astrophotographers were out in force last week to witness Comet Lemmon (C/2019 U6) scythe across the night sky. The incredible image (above) was captured on October 24 from Spain’s Berguedà region, with the comet nestled perfectly within a dip in the Pedraforca Mountain. If you haven’t managed to witness this hurtling ball of ice, dust, and gases, it’s already reached its…
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Tesla driver avoids plane crash caught on video, fans falsely credit self-driving

Tesla fans celebrated what they claim was a Tesla vehicle on Full Self-Driving (FSD) that avoided a literal plane crashing into the road. However, the driver confirmed that the Tesla vehicle was not in Full Self-Driving mode. Tesla fans often complain that some drivers using Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), have blamed the systems for…
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