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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

If you’ve been interested in Intel’s new Alder Lake platform but have been waiting for the company to launch its mainstream parts, we have good news. The chip giant took the lid off its mainstream Alder Lake family at CES this year, from the Core i9-12900 all the way down …

Spotify is today introducing a new ad format aimed at podcasters which it’s calling “Call-to-Action Cards” — or CTA cards, for short. The feature, which is powered by Spotify’s streaming ad insertion technology, will display a visual ad in the Spotify app when the audio ad begins to play. The …

China made history in 2018 when it landed the Chang’e 4 mission on the lunar surface. The lander deployed a plucky little rover known as Yutu-2, which is still trundling around the far side of the moon—a first for humanity. Late last year, the rover spotted something unusual in the …