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For the last few thousand years, a star known as Polaris has hovered above Earth’s North Pole, which is why it’s commonly called the North Star. Explorers have long used this astronomical marker to find their way home, but today astronomers are using the North Star a little differently. A …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft was dispatched on a mission in 2011 to study the planet Jupiter. It has beamed back some truly stunning images and valuable data on the solar system’s largest planet. While in the neighborhood, Juno also took a closer look at some of the larger Jovian moons. The …

Microsoft has unveiled the latest iteration of its Surface Pro tablet computer, and it has an unexpected surprise inside. While the Surface Pro 9 has the usual spec-bumped Intel processor, a sharp PixelSense display, and Thunderbolt 4 ports, there’s also an option to swap the Intel part for a new …

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 …

Microsoft is jumping on the Right to Repair bandwagon via a new partnership with the popular product teardown and DIY repair website iFixit. Microsoft has begun making its custom tool designs for Surface repairs available for purchase from iFixit, which will sell them to certified repair technicians. While end users …

Massive floods from overflowing crater lakes were responsible for eroding at least 24% of the volume of incised valleys on early Mars, according to new research led by University of Texas at Austin planetary scientists. Valley networks and paleolake outlet canyons on Mars: (a) distribution of analyzed valley networks (black) …

Titan, Saturn’s icy moon, is an ideal planetary body to study prebiotic chemistry, origins of life, and the potential habitability of an extraterrestrial environment. It has a nitrogen-based atmosphere, complex organic chemistry fueled by radiation from the Sun and Saturn’s magnetosphere, hydrocarbon lakes, organic dunes on the equator, and seasonal …

Microsoft has tried time and time again to make a successful smartphone, and thus far, it has failed. The Microsoft Surface Duo Android phone was the company’s most recent attempt, and now the sequel has allegedly leaked in all its glory. It looks similar to the current Duo, with the …

  The NASA Perseverance rover touched down on Mars last month, kicking off what we all hope will be many years studying the red planet. Perseverance isn’t the only robot in that part of the solar system. The ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is one of several missions looking down …

  A few weeks ago, Apple launched the ARM-based M1. The new chip has set performance-per-watt efficiency records and proven that it is capable of punching well above its weight class. Now, there are credible rumors that Microsoft is planning to build its own ARM cores for both servers and …