The ring sits in the galaxy NGC 6505, which is about 590 million light-years from Earth. It is formed by the fortuitous distortion of light by gravitational fields as that light travels across the universe. The teams description of the ring ispublishedinAstronomy and Astrophysics. The Einstein ring Euclid saw.Image: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, T. Li This one is particularly special, because its so close to Earth and the alignment makes it very beautiful....

One OEM has a novel solution to the scalper problem. Rather than dropping more stock on digital storefronts, its selling its cards through a direct-to-consumer raffle. Those who join the U.S. © Photo: Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo Participants have around two hours to put their names in the hat. These drops occur on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT or 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. One of Zotacs community moderators clarified on Discord that It is completely RNG-based....

But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario. DOGE Serviceon the first day of President Donald Trumps second term. TheMusk teamspurported goals are to maximize efficiency and toeliminate waste and redundancy. Elon Musk, right, has moved to take the reins of the U.S. government.© Brandon Bell/Getty Images That might sound like a bold move toward Silicon Valley-style innovation in governance. However, the deeper motivations driving Musks involvement are unlikely to be purely altruistic....

The ridged plastic helps you get a firm grip. Its heavy, but the 8-inch screen makes up for it with its bright display with relatively small bezels. It has clicky, adaptive triggers and quality sticks. © Photo: Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo But thats not the end of the story. If comfort was all you were looking for, you still need to deal with Windows. Lenovo Legion Go S It’s a great-feeling handheld that won’t match up on performance....

Occasionally it finds ways to remind us of that fact. The nationwide blackout came as temperatures in the country reached 90 Fahrenheit. Engineers worked quickly to restore power to critical facilities like hospitals, but many households remained without electricity overnight. A monkey in Sri Lanka is said to have caused a nationwide electrical blackout in Sri Lanka.Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod/Natural History Museum, London It seems that an imbalance in power caused cascading problems across the grid....

Now, I dont have information to say whether the two companies are or arent collaborating. The iOS 18.3 updatesupportsStarlinks new satellite connectivityofferings with T-Mobile. For now, this includes the iPhone 14 and up. © Florence Ion The first complaints started on Applessupport pages. Folks claimed they would ditch their iPhones if it meant acquiescing to Elons whims. I want nothing to do with Elon Musk [sic], wrote a user named noelonmuskplease....

The odds of an asteroid crashing into Earth in 2032 keep changing, and not in a good way. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1-in-45 chance of impacting our planet in seven years. This figure is as of Monday morning, February 10, and has been fluctuating regularly. An illustration of an asteroid.NASA/JPL-Caltech Theasteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024when it was 515,116 miles (829,000 kilometers) from Earth. Normally, the odds decrease over time until its close to zero....

The cruise ship outbreak season this year is getting off to a fast, vomit-soaked start. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailed the outbreaks via its Vessel Sanitation Program. As is often the case, the outbreak has been traced back to norovirus. The cruise ship Radiance of the Seas departing from Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia, in 2015.© Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons But 2025 is already looking to be an especially bad year for cruise vacations, gastrointestinal-wise....

Donald Trump announced over the weekend that the U.S. would stop minting pennies. And it might be the first good thing the fascist president has done since taking office. For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. © Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images This is so wasteful! Trump wrote onTruth Social. I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies....

Robert Eggers teases the darkness of his new period werewolf movie. Apple TV+sThe Studiotakes on the entertainment industry with a twist. Plus, whats coming onGhosts. © Disney Its a medieval werewolf movie. And its also the darkest thing Ive ever written. Ghosts Spoiler TVhas synopses for episodes twelve and thirteen ofGhosts fourth season.Click throughfor more images. © NEON Its the End of the World As We Know It and What Were We Talking About?...

If youve gotany fondnessfor theBakugantoys, you may be pleased to hear theyre coming to the movies. PerDeadline, creator Spin Master Entertainment has tappedAtlasBrad Peyton to direct, write, and produce the film. Months afterPlanetended in 2023, a second series (simply titledBakugan) premiered on Netflix. © Spin Master Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Will the Japanese setting be enough to win over skeptical fans still sore at Velma ?...

Okay, so Tubi garnered quite a lot of attention these days. With the upcoming Super Bowl LIX livestream, people are looking for ways not to miss it. Thankfully, Tubi broadcasts the event from start to end in Full HD and English commentary. © Gizmodo.com However, if youre outside the US, youll find the streaming service inaccessible. Itll either be a strange issue notification or you wont be able to watch anything....

Their theoretical study was published Monday inThe Astronomical Journal. One of the most satisfying aspects of this work was getting to use SETI as a cosmic mirror. What does Earth look like to the rest of the galaxy? How might a twin Earth with human-like life and technology detect our planet?© Zayna Sheikh And how would our current impacts on our planet be perceived? Sheikh said in a SETI Institutestatement....