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Starlink delays orders by years for unlucky customers who played with the site’s digital map

November 4, 2021

It was an exciting moment when Starlink rolled out preorders for its satellite internet service in February since it can potentially provide faster speed and better service to those in rural areas or with spotty internet access. But a single feature on the Starlink site is causing preorders to be delayed by years and there appears to be no fix in sight, an issue first spotted by Ars…

Small but Mighty NASA Weather Instruments Prepare for Launch

November 4, 2021

. Small but Mighty NASA Weather Instruments Prepare for Launch Working together, two instruments could open the door for a more efficient, cost-effective way to gather key information for weather forecasting. …

Getting NASA Data to the Ground With Lasers

October 28, 2021

. Getting NASA Data to the Ground With Lasers Two optical ground stations, including one managed by JPL, will support NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission when it launches this fall. NASA launches satellites…

How to Find Hidden Oceans on Distant Worlds? Use Chemistry

October 28, 2021

. How to Find Hidden Oceans on Distant Worlds? Use Chemistry A new study shows how the chemicals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere can, in some cases, reveal whether or not the temperature on its surface is too hot for liquid water. In our solar system, planets are either small and rocky (like Earth) or large and gaseous (like Neptune). But around other…

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a damn good superhero video game

October 27, 2021

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy surprised the hell outta me. I expected standard, blockbuster action-RPG fare painted with an ’80s nostalgic gloss that would never elicit an emotion more meaningful than, “cool, they got the rights to Blondie!” And while the…

Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Lab With Mixed Reality

October 27, 2021

. Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Lab With Mixed Reality NASA is looking into whether mixed reality technology could help with repairs and upgrades on the cutting-edge Cold Atom Lab aboard the space station. NASA’s…

You Can Help Train NASA’s Rovers to Better Explore Mars

October 26, 2021

. You Can Help Train NASA’s Rovers to Better Explore Mars Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover. Artificial intelligence, or AI, has enormous potential to change the way NASA’s spacecraft study the universe. But because all machine…

‘Roving With Perseverance’: NASA Mars Rover and Helicopter Models on Tour

October 26, 2021

. ‘Roving With Perseverance’: NASA Mars Rover and Helicopter Models on Tour Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.S. with lifelike models of NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity…

NASA to Host Briefing to Reveal New Findings From Jupiter’s Atmosphere

October 26, 2021

. NASA to Host Briefing to Reveal New Findings From Jupiter’s Atmosphere The mission’s science team will reveal new findings that provide a more comprehensive understanding of the gas giant’s roiling atmosphere. NASA will…

A ‘Monster’ Star-Forming Region Spied by NASA’s Spitzer

October 26, 2021

. A ‘Monster’ Star-Forming Region Spied by NASA’s Spitzer Just like clouds on Earth, clouds of gas and dust in space can sometimes resemble familiar objects, or even popular movie creatures. Loading Image Comparison… NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope imaged this cloud of gas and dust. The colors represent different wavelengths of infrared light and can…