This Earth-Like View Is Actually on Mars
Rugged rock, naturally carved gullies and even a dusting of frost. This could almost be a satellite of a particularly remote part of Earth—but in fact you’re looking at the surface of Mars. Read More >>
Rugged rock, naturally carved gullies and even a dusting of frost. This could almost be a satellite of a particularly remote part of Earth—but in fact you’re looking at the surface of Mars. Read More >>
The documents show that as many as 35 high-profile targets in Japan were spied on since 2006.
It’s only a month since the the European Space Agency lofted its Sentinel-2A satellite started beaming back images from space—but it’s already producing some amazing images, like this one of Libya. The stunning images shows the deep, rusty red-and-orange sand dunes of the country. [ESA]
Lasers have been advancing science since the 1960s, but you may have noticed they always have a distinct colour. Now, a team of scientists has developed the world’s first white laser.
Unlike our own Northern Lights, this astronomical phenomenon can be found 18 light years away in the skies above the brown dwarf LSR J1835+3259.
German privacy watchdog says Facebook's rules defy privacy laws.
Take some time to watch this stunning video, which takes a look at the scientists and engineers that have enabled light to be used for human communication. See more >>
All your lasers are belong to us.
Take a Cheerio. Add a team of longhorn crazy ants and...suddenly you no longer have a Cheerio. So how do ants manage to ferry around items so efficiently, given that they’re notoriously disorganised? Read more >>
Don’t drop it! In this picture you can see a team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility moving the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror. Slipping isn’t an option. Read more >>
Information truly is beautiful.
It sounds ridiculous but there are proper applications for this innovative cyborg-style tech.
From Kindles to the Land of the Koala.
Take a tour of The Factory of the World with Hackaday's fascinating new mini-doc, which explores the Pearl River Delta region of China, one of the country's most prolific centres of electronics manufacture. Watch it now >>
This may look like a piece of abstract art, but you’re actually looking at the cutting-edge of optical technology. This microscopic set-up can pulse light on-and-off a bewildering 90 billion times per second. Read More >>
Resemblance to Bender from Futurama's arm not intentional.
