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First Glimpse of Venus

According to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe has taken the first images ever taken of Venus’ surface from orbit in visible light. While we’ve imaged the surface with other types of instruments, visible light hasn’t been available from orbit due to the thick cloud cover swirling over the planet. The …

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Windows 8 Hour Update

We are thankfully past the days when you have to dial in with a modem and tie up your phone line to get online. Connectivity is essentially continuous for most devices, but what if it’s not? Microsoft says you might have issues keeping your PC updated if your system isn’t …

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This Week in Apps

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined …

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Webb Space Telescope

We know the James Webb Space Telescope works because NASA told us it did, but now you don’t have to take the agency’s word for it. NASA has released the telescope’s first images, although they’re still just from the calibration process. It’ll be a few months before Webb is ready …

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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is having difficulties with its solar panels. The spacecraft launched on Oct. 16th without incident, and successfully unfolded both its solar panels. But only one of its panels successfully latched into position. Telemetry via NASA’s Deep Space Network shows that Lucy as a whole is still safe. …

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That Lake At Mars

Sadly, after further analysis, it appears that the briny subsurface ‘lake’ researchers reported at Mars’ south pole is much more likely to be a huge mass of volcanic rock. In 2018, European Space Agency (ESA) researchers reported signs suggesting the presence of a mass of liquid water at the planet’s …

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Stealth Subsurface Ocean?

On Earth, water is the key to all life, but there doesn’t seem to be much of it on other planets… at least at first glance. As we explore more of our solar system, water has been appearing in some surprising places. We now know Mars is not entirely bone …

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Better Space Food For NASA

Human space exploration has been limited to low-Earth orbit for decades, but that period of stagnation is coming to an end. NASA aims to return humans to the moon in the coming decade, and the goal is to set up a long-term presence there to help with future missions to …

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HP Unveils CPU Cooling System

Every gamer with a powerful PC cares a lot about system temperatures, and it’s something we tend to monitor obsessively. It’s for good reason too: if a CPU or GPU gets too hot it will throttle its clock speeds down. This reduces performance and can impact component life, both of …

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Winning the Laptop Market

CES is always good for a peek at what companies are planning for the future, and the show in 2022 was no exception. Intel and AMD both updated their respective mobile roadmaps for 2022 last week. Apple hasn’t made any major announcements recently, but the company’s plan for ramping its …

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