Quark Magazine (2024)

06/08/2021

NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Captures Photos That Point to History of Water on Mars http://quarkmagazine.com/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter-captures-photos-that-point-to-history-of-water-on-mars/

Scientists are considering drilling into the area to learn more.

21/07/2021

Eviation Announces First All-Electric Passenger Plane http://quarkmagazine.com/eviation-announces-first-all-electric-passenger-plane/

With service expected for 2024.

20/07/2021

Japanese Researchers Create Record-Breaking 319Tbps Internet Speeds http://quarkmagazine.com/japanese-researchers-create-record-breaking-319tbps-internet-speeds/

Almost twice as fast as the previous record.

11/07/2021

Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic Complete Flight to Space http://quarkmagazine.com/richard-branson-and-virgin-galactic-complete-flight-to-space/

This year's space race has an apparent victor.

02/07/2021

Jeff Bezos Chooses 82-Year-Old Woman for Fourth Spot on Blue Origin Spaceflight http://quarkmagazine.com/jeff-bezos-chooses-82-year-old-woman-for-fourth-spot-on-blue-origin-spaceflight/

Wally Funk has been trying to get to space for six decades.

16/06/2021

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Will Reportedly Send “Space Art” to the Moon, and Sell It Through Dogecoin http://quarkmagazine.com/elon-musks-spacex-will-reportedly-send-space-art-to-the-moon-and-sell-it-through-dogecoin/

The latest project from the Tesla founder.

10/06/2021

Virgin Galactic Signs Another Deal To Send A Researcher Into Space http://quarkmagazine.com/virgin-galactic-signs-another-deal-to-send-a-researcher-into-space/

Fresh off the first flight to space from its new headquarters in New Mexico, Virgin Galactic has revealed plans to send a citizen scientist along for a future ride. Researcher and social-media personality Kellie Gerardi will be carried into space as part of a dedicated research flight facilitated by...

04/06/2021

SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Capsule to International Space Station With New Falcon 9 Rocket Booster http://quarkmagazine.com/spacex-launches-dragon-cargo-capsule-to-international-space-station-with-new-falcon-9-rocket-booster/

The company’s fifth capsule to the ISS over the past 12 months.

28/05/2021

Scientists Gave a Brain-Controlled Robot Arm the Sense of Touch http://quarkmagazine.com/scientists-gave-a-brain-controlled-robot-arm-the-sense-of-touch/

An incredible breakthrough in medical robotics.

27/05/2021

Google Launches Next-Generation AI Chip at I/O Developer Conference http://quarkmagazine.com/google-launches-next-generation-ai-chip-at-i-o-developer-conference/

CEO Sundar Pichai said it’s the “fastest system ever deployed at Google.”

26/05/2021

Intel’s 11th-Gen H-Series CPUs are 19% Faster Than Its Predecessors http://quarkmagazine.com/intels-11th-gen-h-series-cpus-are-19-faster-than-its-predecessors/

Built on the company’s own 10nm Willow Cove architecture.

26/05/2021

Microsoft Will Be Announcing the Next Generation of Windows “Very Soon” http://quarkmagazine.com/microsoft-will-be-announcing-the-next-generation-of-windows-very-soon/

A whole new UI is expected to come.

25/05/2021

Here’s How To Watch This Week’s ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’ http://quarkmagazine.com/heres-how-to-watch-this-weeks-super-flower-blood-moon/

The cosmic phenomenon will only peak for 14 minutes.

21/05/2021

Virgin Galactic to Test Fly VSS Unity This Weekend http://quarkmagazine.com/virgin-galactic-to-test-fly-vss-unity-this-weekend/

Following a detailed inspection of its mothership VMS Eve earlier this month.

18/05/2021

Google Cloud Inks Deal With Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet Service http://quarkmagazine.com/google-cloud-inks-deal-with-elon-musks-starlink-satellite-internet-service/

The partnership could last up to seven years.

17/05/2021

SpaceX Plans To Set a Path for Startship’s First Orbital Test Flight http://quarkmagazine.com/spacex-plans-to-set-a-path-for-startships-first-orbital-test-flight/

Expecting to launch from South Texas and splash down in Hawaii.

16/05/2021

China Becomes Second Nation to Successfully Land a Rover on Mars http://quarkmagazine.com/china-becomes-second-nation-to-successfully-land-a-rover-on-mars/

Joining NASA’s Perseverance rover.

12/05/2021

Tesla’s Next-Gen Powerwall+ Has Almost Double the Output of Its Predecessor http://quarkmagazine.com/teslas-next-gen-powerwall-has-almost-double-the-output-of-its-predecessor/

Elon Musk says free software updates push capabilities even further.

11/05/2021

Lightest-Known Form Of Uranium Created http://quarkmagazine.com/lightest-known-form-of-uranium-created/

It could reveal more about weird alpha particles.

11/05/2021

Samsung Sees Tough Period Ahead Due to Global Chip Shortage http://quarkmagazine.com/samsung-sees-tough-period-ahead-due-to-global-chip-shortage/

Despite a 46% surge in profits last quarter.

11/05/2021

Ex-Pentagon Official Confirms Government Cover-Up of UFOs http://quarkmagazine.com/ex-pentagon-official-confirms-government-cover-up-of-ufos/

“Some individuals have a problem with this topic because it interferes with their philosophical or maybe theological belief system.”

10/05/2021

SpaceX To Be Paid In Dogecoin For Lunar Payload http://quarkmagazine.com/spacex-to-be-paid-in-dogecoin-for-lunar-payload/

SpaceX will carry a commercial payload to the moon on its Falcon 9 rocket and be paid entirely in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Geometric Energy Corporation announced through PRNewswire that it will collaborate with SpaceX on the DOGE-1 Mission, which will launch a 40kg miniature satellite called a c...

09/05/2021

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Auctions One Ticket for First Ever Space Tourism Flight http://quarkmagazine.com/bezos-blue-origin/

The New Shepard commercial voyage is scheduled for takeoff on July 20.

09/05/2021

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Captured Its First Audio Clip on Mars http://quarkmagazine.com/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-has-captured-its-first-audio-clip-on-mars/

Another historic first for the space agency.

08/05/2021

SpaceX Successfully Lands Its Massive Starship For The First Time http://quarkmagazine.com/spacex-successfully-lands-its-massive-starship-for-the-first-time/

Following a series of impressive yet explosive attempts to bring down its giant spaceship built for interplanetary travel, SpaceX has today successfully landed its Starship prototype without exploding for the first time. The achievement is a major one for the company as its efforts to reach the Mars...

06/05/2021

Chinese Space Waste Is Barreling Towards Earth And Experts Don’t Yet Know Where It Will Land http://quarkmagazine.com/chinese-space-waste-is-barreling-towards-earth-and-experts-dont-yet-know-where-it-will-land/

Currently orbiting the planet unpredictably and traveling at over 17,000 miles per hour.

05/05/2021

Neuralink Co-Founder Has Left Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Company http://quarkmagazine.com/neuralink-co-founder-has-left-elon-musks-brain-implant-company/

Max Hodak quietly left Neuralink “a few weeks ago.”

04/05/2021

The Internet Is Celebrating Star Wars Day http://quarkmagazine.com/the-internet-is-celebrating-star-wars-day/

The Disney era of Star Wars may have generated a lot of backlash and division, more than at any other point in the franchise’s entire history, but it remains one of the most popular, bankable and beloved brands in all of modern culture, and it’s going to stay that way for a long time to come. So...

04/05/2021

NASA Shares Image Of Dazzling ‘Necklace Nebula’ That Looks Like Cosmic Diamonds http://quarkmagazine.com/nasa-shares-image-of-dazzling-necklace-nebula-that-looks-like-cosmic-diamonds/

The Hubble Space Telescope captured new images of the Necklace Nebula, a dazzling cluster of stellar bodies which the European Space Agency (ESA) describes as “a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions.” Born out of the interaction between two doomed stars, the intergalactic sight-to-see is locat...

03/05/2021

NASA Simulates Exercise in Preparation for Potential Asteroid Impact in the Future http://quarkmagazine.com/nasa-simulates-exercise-in-preparation-for-potential-asteroid-impact-in-the-future/

Better safe than sorry.

02/05/2021

NASA and SpaceX’s $2.9 Billion USD Contract Suspended Following Protests From Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin http://quarkmagazine.com/nasa-and-spacexs-2-9-billion-usd-contract-suspended-following-protests-from-jeff-bezos-blue-origin/

Dynetics — the other company which lost out — also filed complaints.

28/04/2021

This Compact AI-Powered Anti-Drone Rig Downs Multiple UAVs At Once http://quarkmagazine.com/this-compact-ai-powered-anti-drone-rig-downs-multiple-uavs-at-once/

Military forces have long been utilizing anti-drone and UAV devices for counter-recon and counter-intelligence-gathering purposes, employing both small arms-style guns aimed and “fired” by humans, as well as automated smart systems capable of downing a slew of enemy drones simultaneously all on ...

27/04/2021

Cisco CEO Expects Global Chip Shortage to Continue Through Rest of 2021 https://hypebeast.com/2021/4/cisco-ceo-global-microchip-shortage-expectations

Things might start looking better after another six months.

27/04/2021

NASA and SpaceX Launch Second Long-Term Crew Dragon Mission To ISS http://quarkmagazine.com/nasa-and-spacex-launch-second-long-term-crew-dragon-mission-to-iss/

NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the second long-term Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from American soil. The capsule, named Endeavor, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX’s Crew Drago...

27/04/2021

DJI Deploys A Heavily Updated Air 2S Drone With 5.4K Video & A 20MP Still Camera http://quarkmagazine.com/dji-deploys-a-heavily-updated-air-2s-drone-with-5-4k-video-a-20mp-still-camera/

Just six weeks after unveiling its race-grade 87mph “FPV” drone, Da-Jiang Innovations has now revealed its next quadcopter cam with the new and improved Air 2S drone model. Ditching the “Mavic” portion of its moniker, the new Air 2S now features a cutting-edge camera with a bigger, 1” sens...

27/04/2021

Astronomers Have Detected The Closest Black Hole to Earth http://quarkmagazine.com/astronomers-have-detected-the-closest-black-hole-to-earth/

Astronomers think they have discovered a tiny black hole, with a mass so small it places it in an exclusive category. Best of all, it’s excitingly close by. Roughly 1,500 light-years from our own planet, in a Milky Way constellation known as Monoceros, this is the closest black hole candidate to o...

26/04/2021

A Chinese Gaming Company Used Drones To Form a Scannable QR Code in the Sky http://quarkmagazine.com/a-chinese-gaming-company-used-drones-to-form-a-scannable-qr-code-in-the-sky/

Critics referred to the advertisement as a cyberpunk dystopia.

22/04/2021

New Type of Battery Can Charge 10x Faster Than Lithium-Ion Models http://quarkmagazine.com/new-type-of-battery-can-charge-10x-faster-than-lithium-ion-models/

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are basically everywhere, powering everything from smartphones to notebooks, earbuds to gaming devices, and so much more. But while the convenience of this ubiquitous (and Nobel Prize-winning) battery chemistry has radically changed the way we use and charge portab...

21/04/2021

Facebook Expects More Data Breaches to Come “Regularly” http://quarkmagazine.com/facebook-expects-more-data-breaches-to-come-regularly/

They hope to “normalize the fact that this activity happens…”

21/04/2021

This Real Estate Company Wants To Help You Buy a Digital House in a Virtual World http://quarkmagazine.com/this-real-estate-company-wants-to-help-you-buy-a-digital-house-in-a-virtual-world/

Republic says it’s “not just for the nerds anymore.”

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