Pokémon GO’s Minior event has two clocks: evening encounters and the real Orionids
The current event offers an evening encounter boost and a battle transformation. The real meteor shower peaks on a different timetable.
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Smile starts science with an X-ray challenge still to solve
The mission combines images of Earth’s magnetic environment with local particle measurements. ESA’s latest verified update leaves its stray-light problem unresolved.
Hubble's NGC 1827 image puts a foreground star in the spotlight
The edge-on galaxy shares the frame with foreground stars, background galaxies and traces of the telescope's optics. Understanding those layers changes what the image shows.
NASA sharpens Roman’s focus as the telescope prepares for survey science
Instrument checks and optical adjustments are turning a launched observatory into a calibrated measuring system.
Mars’s long morning cloud is testing a familiar assumption about ice
An October study reproduces the Arsia Mons cloud by allowing ice to form without dust nuclei. The images and the model provide different kinds of evidence.
Webb's first images turned an engineering achievement into evidence
The July 2022 images were more than a spectacle: they demonstrated an observatory ready to support new scientific measurements.