Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line(space.com)

115 points by rootforce 2 years ago | 45 comments

Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe(space.com)

27 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 39 comments

New exoplanet found orbiting twin suns(space.com)

129 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 80 comments

The Solar Magnetic Field from Solar Minimum to Pole Flip(svs.gsfc.nasa.gov)

5 points by keepamovin 2 years ago | 3 comments

Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for first time ever(space.com)

62 points by JoachimS 3 years ago | 51 comments

SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'(space.com)

159 points by gostsamo 3 years ago | 73 comments

Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery(arstechnica.com)

116 points by gumby 27 days ago | 48 comments

Ars Technica article on scientists finding that a 19th-century Nature account of a geomagnetic storm delaying a train got the year wrong due to a typo.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely(old.reddit.com)

520 points by rajeevk 3 years ago | 549 comments

An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.

NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission(cnn.com)

385 points by voxleone 1 year ago | 1020 comments

CNN article reporting that NASA's acting chief Sean Duffy suggested SpaceX could lose its moon lander contract, saying NASA won't wait for one company.

Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable(404media.co)

6 points by saikatsg 22 days ago | 1 comments

A 404 Media article on a study finding the solar system is dynamically unstable over long timescales and will eventually be destroyed.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not fly again(nasa.gov)

461 points by foobarbecue 2 years ago | 182 comments

NASA news release announcing the end of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter mission after three years, due to rotor blade damage that prevents further flight.