Collaborate Disseminate
“Astronomers are preparing to capture a movie of a supermassive black hole in action for the first time,” reports the Guardian:
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will track the colossal black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy throughout Mar… Continue reading EHT Astronomers Will Film Swirling of a Supermassive Black Hole for the First Time
Porsche made an announcement Friday. In Europe they sold more electrified Porsches last year than pure combustion-engined models, reports Electrek:
in Europe, a majority (57.9%) of Porsche’s deliveries were plug-ins, with 1/3 of its European sales bei… Continue reading Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe Last Year than Pure Gas-Powered Models
U.S. college graduates “have historically found jobs more quickly than people with only a high school degree,” writes Bloomberg.
“But that advantage is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland… Continue reading Young US College Graduates Suddenly Aren’t Finding Jobs Faster Than Non-College Graduates
Looking for a unique vacation spot? Have at least $10 million USD burning a hole in your pocket? If so, then you’re just the sort of customer the rather suspiciously …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 18, 2026
Last week a University of Arizona astronomy professor “watched anxiously…as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.”
In 2018 NASA had approached Daniel Apai to help build the telescope, w… Continue reading SpaceX Launches New NASA Telescope to Help JWST Study Exoplanets
When [Electron Impressions] used a powerful ultrasonic array to project a narrow beam of sound toward a target, he described it as potentially useful in getting someone’s attention from across …read more Continue reading Accurately Aiming Audio with an Ultrasonic Array
The European Commission “has opened a public call for evidence on European open digital ecosystems,” writes Help Net Security, part of preparations for an upcoming Communication “that will examine the role of open source in EU’s digital infrastructure…. Continue reading Hundreds Answer Europe’s ‘Public Call for Evidence’ on an Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy
The senior editor at the blog Windows Central decries two serious Windows issues “that were not spotted by Microsoft during testing, and are so severe that the company has now issued an emergency fix to address the problems.”
Microsoft’s first update… Continue reading Microsoft Forced to Issue Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Update
Professional mountain bike racing is a rather bizarre sport. At the highest level, times between podiums will be less than a second, and countless hours of training and engineering go …read more Continue reading Making a mountain bike data acquisition system
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:
Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study [published in … Continue reading Astronomers Finally Explain How Molecules From Earth’s Atmosphere Keep Winding Up On the Moon