Key Facts Space & Astronomy Webb Spots Earliest Known Black Hole Astronomers pushed cosmic limits by identifying the most distant black hole ever confirmed – in a tiny galaxy dubbed CAPERS-LRD-z9, only ~500 million years after the Big Bang sciencedaily.com. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected telltale spectroscopic signatures of fast-moving gas in this…
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Key Facts Satellite Launch Highlights Starlink Launch Surge: SpaceX punctuated the end of August with a sunrise Falcon 9 launch on Aug. 31, carrying 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com. Liftoff occurred at 7:49 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40, and about 8½ minutes later the veteran booster (B1077, now with 23 flights) nailed…
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Solar Storm Sparks Rare “Aurora Extravaganza” Visible Far Beyond the Arctic What Are the Northern Lights? The Science Behind the Glow The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are a dazzling atmospheric phenomenon caused by disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field – typically from eruptions on the Sun. When the Sun flings off charged particles in a solar…
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Key Facts Introduction Satellite internet has entered a new era in 2025. Once a niche last-resort service with slow speeds and tiny data caps, it’s now a fast-growing sector powering everything from rural homes to airplanes in flight. The charge has been led by SpaceX’s Starlink, the low-Earth orbit constellation that proved satellite broadband can…
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Key Facts and Findings AI’s Growing Role in IT: Hype vs. Reality For years we’ve heard bold predictions that artificial intelligence would soon replace swaths of IT specialists – from software developers to system admins. The hype surged with each AI breakthrough, but the reality in 2025 is that human IT professionals are still very much…
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Key Facts Meet DIGIT: A Humanoid Built for Work DIGIT is Agility Robotics’ flagship humanoid robot, purpose-built to tackle physical work in human environments. Standing about 1.7 m (5’9”) tall and weighing ~64 kg (140 lbs) reemanrobot.com, DIGIT has a human-like bipedal form factor. It walks upright on two legs, giving it the ability to…
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Optimus Gen 3 stands about 173 cm tall, weighs 57 kg, can lift roughly 20 kg, can walk at about 5 mph, and is powered by a 2.3 kWh onboard battery. Each Optimus Gen 3 hand has 22 degrees of freedom, with five fingers and four joints per finger plus two wrist joints, enabling human-like…
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MRMC RPS‑LT: Roaming Pedestal + Robotic Arm for Unparalleled Shots Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) – a company known for Hollywood-grade motion control rigs like the Bolt high-speed cinebot – has aimed its expertise at live broadcast with the RPS series. The latest RPS-LT variant grafts MRMC’s compact StudioBot LT robotic arm onto a mobile…
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How Figure 02 Stacks Up Against Other Humanoids The humanoid robot space is suddenly getting crowded, with big tech and startups alike racing to build human-like machines. Figure 02 enters a field that includes Tesla’s much-publicized Optimus, Sanctuary AI’s dexterous Phoenix, Agility Robotics’ logistics-focused Digit, and Unitree’s new H1. Here’s how they compare: Outlook: Humanoids…
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What Is LeafyPod? A Smart Planter Overview LeafyPod is a new AI-driven, self-watering planter designed to make indoor plant care virtually foolproof. In simple terms, it’s a plant pot that waters your plant and monitors its needs automatically, using sensors and a smartphone app. The device was unveiled at CES 2025 as a high-tech solution…
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