Collaborate Disseminate
Well over 100 new minor planets have been discovered in our solar system, in the darkness out beyond the orbit of Neptune. The discoveries were made by sifting through several years’ worth of data gathered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), and applying … Continue reading Almost 140 new minor planets spotted in the outer solar system
If you think your data rates suck, take pity on New Horizons. The space probe, which gave us lovely pictures of the hapless one-time planet Pluto after its 2015 flyby, continued to plunge and explore other, smaller objects in the Kuiper belt. In January of 2019, New Horizons zipped …read more
What does Pluto — not the dog, but the non-Planet — have in common with the Vikram lunar lander launched by India? Both were found by making very tiny comparisons to photographs. You’d think landing something on the moon would be old hat by now, but it turns out only …read more
Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 Found by Citizen Scientist; Reminds Us of Pluto Discovery
“We didn’t even have enough money to build a second dome to protect our second telescope! Yet we still managed to make a discovery that is impossible for the big projects.” Continue reading Astronomers Discover Rare Kilometer-Sized Object in Outer Solar System
Sharp spikes called penitentes may be waiting to impale any spacecraft that lands in the moon’s low latitudes. Continue reading Scientists Think Europa’s Equator Might Be Covered in 45-Foot-Tall Ice Spears
New Horizons is the first spacecraft in nearly three decades to observe what appears to be evidence of a hydrogen wall at the edge of the heliosphere. Continue reading We May Have Identified What Lies at the Outermost Edge of Our Solar System
We really like when a vendor finds a great book on a topic — probably one they care about — and makes it available for free. Analog Devices does this regularly and one you should probably have a look at is Software Defined Radio for Engineers. The book goes for $100 or so on Amazon, and while a digital copy has pluses and minuses, it is hard to beat the $0 price.
The book by [Travis F. Collins], [Robin Getz], [Di Pu], and [Alexander M. Wyglinski] covers a range of topics in 11 chapters. There’s also a website with more …read more
Continue reading Free E-Book: Software Defined Radio for Engineers
Former 500 Startups accelerator company Pluto AI is announcing $2.1 million in fundraising today from Fall Line Capital, Refactor Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Comet Labs and additional angels. Pluto is taking advantage of the sensorification of modern water treatment plants to extrapolate insights that can save operators precious time, money and water. The Pluto analytics… Read More Continue reading Pluto AI raises $2.1 million to bring intelligence to water treatment
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: bid to upgrade Pluto; Nest cameras vulnerable to attack; Google rolls out location sharing
NASA has now put together 100 color photos to show what it would be like to land on the dwarf planet. Continue reading This Is the Closest You’ll Get to Pluto For Now