New Scientific Discoveries, Part Vier

[Gfted1]

Venus Aerospace debuts potentially revolutionary rocket engine with landmark 1st flight (video) | Space

I dig the way it sounds as it rockets away.

[rjshae]

A Japanese Spacecraft Has Crash-Landed on the Moon—Again

These commercial missions seem to be having a lot of trouble trying to stick the landing. By comparison, the old US Surveyor landers did pretty well: they successfully landed 5 out of 7 using a fairly simple system by today's standards.

[rjshae]

The First Images from Vera Rubin are About to Drop

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On 23rd June 2025 at 15:00 UTC, the Rubin Observatory will unveil its first spectacular images in what they're calling the "First Look" event. This event will be live-streamed via YouTube, allowing people worldwide to witness this exciting moment together. It represents more than just another technological achievement; it symbolises our relentless pursuit to understand the universe, carrying forward Vera Rubin's legacy of discovery into an age where the observatory that carries her name will give us a whole new view of the universe.

Prepare to drink from the firehose...

[rjshae]

What we know so far about 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor

This is the third interstellar object discovered passing through the Solar System. Based on its hyperbolic orbit, this may be from a thick disk star system and hence it could be (2/3 chance) older than the Sun. They expect it to be a water-rich comet; it's already developed a coma from solar heating.

The new VCR observatory is expected to discover many more such objects. Maybe one day we'll be able to get a sample?

[Gorth]

Not so much a new scientific discovery as a particular new trend in use of existing technology, AI for movie generation at budgets that doesn't require Hollywood studio funding. I.e. "normal" people can do it too if interested enough to learn a bit about it. I myself dabbled a bit with AI pictures (Stable Diffusion and Flux). Looking into what is currently available in the genre of converting images into short video sequences.

 

These people have spent a bit more time on it and create some hilarious videos. Same channel have videos like The Most German man, The Most Reddit Man etc. in the world, etc.