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Hubble just turned 30. These are the best photos it’s captured since launch

April 24 marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. To celebrate, we've selected 10 of the most beautiful images it has captured.
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The founders of Instagram reunite to create a coronavirus tracker website

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have now reunited to launch a website for tracking the spread of coronavirus, officially called COVID-19.
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Bill Gates has become a top target for coronavirus conspiracy theories

Philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has become the leading target of far-right conspiracy theories regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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They shot the world’s first black hole photo. Now they’re shooting a video

Last year, the Event Horizon Telescope project captured an image of a black hole. Now, the researchers want to take the next step: capturing a video.
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Bill Gates says coronavirus has left the world ‘in uncharted territory’

Bill Gates has said many countries have responded poorly to coronavirus, and that they should have been more proactive in preparing for a disease epidemic.
The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020. The helicopter will be deployed about two-and-a-half months after Perseverance lands.

Mars Helicopter attached to Perseverance Rover ahead of launch

NASA's Mars Helicopter has been attached to the belly of the Perseverance Rover where it will stay before the launch of the rover to Mars in a few months' time.
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Watch these Apple TV+ originals for free while you’re staying at home

Apple TV+, Apple's streaming service, is making a selection of its original programs available to watch for free due to the global outbreak of coronavirus.
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Tesla shows how it’s using EV parts to build ventilators

Tesla has released a video showing how its is working to create a ventilator from car parts to aid in the treatment of patients with coronavirus.
BepiColombo cartoon characters 'hug' Earth ahead of the spacecraft's flyby, scheduled on 10 April.

Joint Mission to Mercury makes a ‘goodbye flyby’ of Earth

The BepiColombo mission to Mercury will get a gravity assist from Earth as it passes by the planet this week.
A new NASA mission called SunRISE will study what drives solar particle storms - giant surges of solar particles that erupt off of the Sun - as depicted in this illustration. Understanding how such storms affect interplanetary space can help protect spacecraft and astronauts.

NASA wants to launch a set of six mini spacecraft to observe the sun

NASA will be launching a set of six miniature spacecraft to study the sun, in the hopes of understanding more about how space weather and solar storms develop.
An illustration showing Artemis astronauts on the moon.

NASA lays out plans for building a long-term moon base

NASA has released a report detailing how it intends to set up a base on the moon, which can then be used as a staging area for exploration of Mars.
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Google Maps data shows whether people in your area are staying at home

Google has published an early look at its reports showing the effect of the pandemic of coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, on people's mobility.
The spiral galaxy NGC 4651, captured in by the Hubble Space Telescope in an image released on March 30, 2020.

The peaceful-looking Umbrella Galaxy has a violent, cannibalistic past

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another image of one of the strange and wondrous sights of our universe -- this one showing the Umbrella Galaxy.
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The World Health Organization wants you to stay at home and play video games

The World Health Organization has teamed up with the gaming industry to launch a campaign which encourages people playing video games online.
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Alexa can now help assess whether you might have coronavirus

Amazon Alexa can now offer advice to users who are worried that they may have contracted coronavirus, officially called COVID-19.
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Problem in parachute test forced SpaceX to drop its mock spacecraft

NASA is confident the planned launch of the Crew Dragon will still go ahead
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Supercomputer consortium to fight coronavirus with processing power

The fight against coronavirus is getting support from 16 supercomputers thanks to a consortium of agencies and companies including Amazon, Google, and NASA.
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Microsoft launches a coronavirus tracker as part of Bing

Microsoft has launched its own tracker for people to follow the spread of coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, as part of its Bing search engine.
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Apple’s Powerbeats 4 spotted on Walmart shelf before official release

Apple's popular Powerbeats 3 headphones are due for an update. Now, it seems that the successors, Powerbeats 4, have already been seen out in the wild.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing titled, “Moon to Mars: NASA’s Plans for Deep Space Exploration,” on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington.

NASA urging employees to work remotely after second confirmed coronavirus case

NASA is requesting its employees work from home after a case of the coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, was confirmed at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Apple bans nonofficial coronavirus apps from its App Store

Apple is forbidding the release of entertainment or gaming apps related to the global outbreak of coronavirus from its App Store.
This comic-book-style illustration by Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters shows a close-up view of the evening border of the exoplanet WASP-76b. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets.

This hellish planet is so hot that iron rains from the sky

Astronomers have discovered a planet with surface temperatures over 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporize metals, so on this planet, it rains iron.
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5G is safe, international panel of experts confirms

A panel of international experts has announced that 5G in the U.S. and Europe does not pose a health risk, after updating its radiation exposure guidelines.
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SpaceX will use a different kind of stainless steel for its Starship rockets

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced the company will be making changes to its Starship rocket prototypes, changing the material used in their construction.
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Facebook sued by Australian privacy regulator over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook is facing yet more legal issues as the Australian Information Commissioner is bringing a Federal Court lawsuit against the social media giant.
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Curiosity conquers a 30-degree slope on Mars for the first time, enjoys the view

Mars's pluckiest rover, Curiosity, has made it up a steep, sandy slope to an area previously thought to be practically inaccessible and is enjoying the view.
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Virgin Media breach disclosed details about adult content and gambling habits

British telecom provider Virgin Media has suffered a data breach that allowed unauthorized access to highly personal information about hundreds of customers.
In an artist's depiction, the Voyager 1 craft continues to cruise through interstellar space.

Voyager 2 spacecraft is going solo for the next 11 months

NASA is performing upgrades to its deep space communication system, which will leave the Voyager 2 probe without commands from Earth for 11 months.

Boeing acknowledges 49 ‘gaps in testing’ in NASA Starliner test flight failure

Following Boeing's failed orbital flight test of its Starliner capsule, NASA has announced a list of 61 'corrective actions' to address the issues.
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New Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones could have 40-hour battery life

Sony's WH-1000XM3 headphones are a bestseller, but they're due for an update. Now, we have clues about what to expect from the next version of the headphones.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook addresses how the company has been affected by coronavirus

In an interview posted on Fox Business, Apple CEO Tim Cook has addressed the outbreak of coronavirus and how it has affected Apple's business for the year.
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Mars could once have hosted oceans and life, study of meteorite crater shows

A new study looking at ancient meteorite sites here on Earth could give clues to how life could have developed on Mars.
Mars Mission In this artist's concept of NASA's InSight lander on Mars, layers of the planet's subsurface can be seen below and dust devils can be seen in the background.

Mars is covered in dust devils and has strange magnetic pulses, InSight reveals

NASA's InSight lander has been on Mars since 2018 and has collected a wealth of information on what is going on at and beneath the planet's surface.
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Geneva Motor Show canceled due to coronavirus outbreak

The Geneva Motor Show, one of the biggest events in the automotive industry calendar, has been canceled due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus.
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European customers can save 10 euros on Disney+ if they pre-order now

Disney+ will be expanding to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain on March 31, 2020, and Disney is offering €10/£10 off a yearly subscription.
MIT researchers used a machine-learning algorithm to identify a drug called halicin that kills many strains of bacteria. Halicin (top row) prevented the development of antibiotic resistance in E. coli, while ciprofloxacin (bottom row) did not.

Researchers use artificial intelligence to develop powerful new antibiotic

Researchers at MIT have used artificial intelligence to develop a new antibiotic compound which can kill even some antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
This artist's concept shows NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over the red planet.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking a two-week vacation

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking a two-week hiatus from its scientific mission so that maintenance can be performed on its flash memory.
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Canadian authorities launch investigation into Clearview facial -recognition app

Several privacy authorities in Canada have announced they have launched an investigation into the use of the controversial Clearview facial recognition app.