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Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)

August 6, 2026
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual explosion that may bridge the gap between ordinary supernovas and more extreme, gamma-ray-burst-producing stellar explosions The event began in March 2026, when China’s Einstein Probe spacecraft detected a brief X-ray flash from a galaxy about 500 million light-years away. Follow-up…
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Mars dust is toxic. How will future astronauts deal with it?

August 6, 2026
Planting boots on Mars is hard enough. But getting “breathing room” on the Red Planet without inhaling toxic dust is yet another issue. Given NASA’s plans to eventually put astronauts on the Red Planet, the agency assembled a Martian Dust Limit Working Group earlier…
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Leaked: Google Pixel Watch 5 Specifications, Pixel 11’s Thinner Camera Bar, Pixel Glow To be Called HiLight

August 6, 2026
A new set of leaks have emerged online, leaving little to the imagination about what’s to come from Google at its August 12 event. The new leaks reveal the detailed Google Pixel Watch 5 specifications, a new look at the Pixel 11’s thinner camera bar, along with the capabilities of the rear LED on the Pixel 11 Pro models which could be dubbed “HiLight.” Google Pixel Watch 5 Specifications…
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AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

August 6, 2026
The new deep learning techniques behind LLMs have also given us weather simulations that can run on laptops instead of supercomputers, changing meteorology. But the bigger task for AI may be making it easier for people and organizations to put those forecasts to work. WindBorne Systems, a startup that collects data with the world’s longest-flying weather balloons and feeds it into a powerful…
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Enchanting photo of three curious monkeys gatecrashing an online class was commended at the 2025 Living with Wildlife Photography Competition – and now it’s your turn to enter

August 6, 2026
I absolutely love this scene captured by Indian photographer Manas Khasnabish, who was a finalist at the inaugural edition of the Living With Wildlife Photography Competition last year. Entitled Monkeys in the Window, the scene depicts a young boy taking an online class at home via his cellphone during the COVID-19 pandemic, while a group of curious primates also attend from the window ledge just…
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