hubie writes:The stellar structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in a process that could be likened to doing a belly flop in a swimming pool:
While it may not be all that surprising to SN readers, some data on "self driving" cars has now hit the big time, WaPo reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/15/tesla-autopilot-crashes/
upstart writes:SpaceX launches three rockets in 36 hours:SpaceX launched three missions in just over 36 hours, including two from Florida's Space Coast with most recent a two-stage Falcon 9 early Sunday.The third rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:27 a.m. carrying a communications satellite for Louisiana-based Globalstar.Earlier, the company founded by billionaire Elon Musk launched 53 Starlink internet satellites at 12:09 p.m. Friday Eastern time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and then sent into space a radar satellite for the German military from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:19 a.m. Saturday Pacific.Sunday morning's launch was Space X's 26th this year and ninth for this particular Falcon 9 first stage.Ten minutes after liftoff, the first stage went back to Earth, landiing vertically on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read The Instructions" in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.Globalstar did give details about the launch of its spare satellite before liftoff, and SpaceX also didn't mention the payload.In the other flight from Florida, the Falcon 9's first stage landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
looorg writes:http://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/The Floppotron has been upgraded to version 3.0. It's a very amusing project that has been going on for many years now.