In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast the instrument scientist Roland den Hartog talks about the challenges of deploying superconductor-based detectors on satellites to do X-ray astronomy. Based at the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) in Leiden, he also explains how astronomers use X-rays to observe the “hot and energetic universe”. This
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WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office in its annual assessment of Pentagon procurements provided an update on the Space Force’s satellite programs and found a few red flags.  The watchdog agency in the report released June 8 examined 101 of the Pentagon’s largest programs.  With regard to satellite procurements, it warned that the geostationary missile-warning
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Summer Game Fest, the tentpole video game showcase event helmed by industry veteran Geoff Keighley, streamed late Thursday night at the YouTube theatre in Los Angeles, raising the curtains on a massive lineup of upcoming titles. There were some that were expected at the event, and then there were some surprise reveals and appearances —
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News PinkPantheress Shares “Angel,” Her New Song for Barbie: Listen The British singer’s track follows recent soundtrack contributions from Dua Lipa and Karol G By Evan Minsker June 8, 2023 Facebook Twitter PinkPantheress, photo by David Dickenson Facebook Twitter PinkPantheress is the latest artist to share her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack. Listen to “Angel”
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Getting dressed is, in a sense, always a prelude to a performance. It’s your daily pregame routine, the moment when you pull on a pair of flared pants or a crochet dress, add a scarf or earrings, take off one thing, then brace yourself for leaving the house. Musicians know this better than anyone, which
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It’s not a spoiler to say that one woman whips out a switchblade, or that another’s boozy airplane ride leads to a warrant for her arrest. Though this is a spy novel, it’s not even a spoiler to say that one woman is stalking the other—and then their roles reverse.  While novelist Helen Schulman’s new
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Summer’s tentpole rumble continues this weekend with Paramount’s seventh Transformers movie, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which is heat-seeking $155 million at the worldwide box office for its opening frame, $100M of that offshore. The movie reps a concentrated reboot by the studio of the long-in-tooth robots-in-disguise franchise, which has suffered in latter installments from
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SAN FRANCISCO – Earth observation startup Albedo is expanding its staff and facilities in Colorado. In preparation for launching its first satellite into very low Earth orbit to collect high resolution optical and thermal imagery in 2025, Albedo is hiring. “We’ve gone from the low 20s at the beginning of the year to over 40
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Meta Platforms’ Instagram, Alphabet’s YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC complained to the European Commission and consumer authorities that the online platforms allegedly facilitate the misleading promotion of crypto assets. US regulators suing crypto platforms Coinbase and Binance, along with last year’s collapse of FTX, have sparked concerns
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