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Porsche 911 Spirit 70, 2025, Porsche AG

The new Porsche 911 special edition is gorgeous – but costs nearly $250k

Porsche has released a groovy, 70s-inspired version of its 911.
This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. 9.5 light-years tall and 7000 light-years distant from Earth, this dusty sculpture is refreshed with the use of new processing techniques. The new Hubble image is part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations.

Hubble returns to image the famously beautiful Eagle Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new image of one of its most famous targets, the Eagle Nebula.
911 GT3 with Weissach Package (Manual Transmission), Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025, Porsche AG

Watch from the passenger seat as the new Porsche 911 GT3 sets a record at the Nürburgring

The new Porsche 911 GT3 set a record for faster time around the ring in a road car with a manual transmission.
The Lyrid meteor shower

An expert’s advice on how to see the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend

An expert from the Royal Astronomical Society explains how to get the best view of the Lyrid meteor shower.
Illustration of a hycean world.

Could this exoplanet be ‘teeming with life’? Hints of life outside solar system

An intriguing finding indicates the possibility of life outside our solar system.
Gemini Live App on the Galaxy S25 Ultra broadcast to a TV showing the Gemini app with the camera feature open

Gemini’s most interesting feature is now free for all Android users

The killer Gemini screen sharing and camera feature will be available to all Android users, Google announced.
This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars.

This bizarre exoplanet orbits two stars in a way never seen before

Astronomers have made a bizarre discovery: a planet which orbits around two stars at a strange angle.
Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined disc resemble the rounded crown and broad brim of the Mexican hat from which the galaxy gets its name.

Hubble captures a galactic hat for its birthday

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a cosmic hat.
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No more price hikes: Comcast offers five-year Xfinity price guarantee

Comcast is offering a five-year price guarantee for customers who sign up to its Xfinity internet service.
HUAWEI Eyewear 2

Huawei’s stylish live translation smart glasses actually look good

A new version of Huawei's smart glasses are available in China.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as “fuzzy,” intricate clumps of dust. It’s also easier to see holes punched through the bright pink central region.

James Webb observes a dying star creating a cosmic hourglass

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the dramatic effects of a dying star.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55.

The final view from one of Hubble’s instruments is this gorgeous nebula

Hubble has captured the gorgeous aftermath of the death of a star.
This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky.

Astronomers enthralled as a hungry black hole wakes up and starts feeding

A giant supermassive black hole is beginning to feed - and this telescope is watching it.
Kia Concept EV2

Kia’s new concept invites you to have a picnic in your car

Kia is adding a new car to its electric vehicle range , the Concept EV2, and the company showed off its interior yesterday at Milan Design Week. It’s got some quirky details that make it unlike your average interior, in terms of both function and materials, coming together for a concept that’s all about picnicking. […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of what is thought to be the first ever recorded planetary engulfment event revealed a hot accretion disk surrounding the star, with an expanding cloud of cooler dust enveloping the scene. Webb also revealed that the star did not swell to swallow the planet, but the planet’s orbit actually slowly decayed over time.

James Webb observes what happens when a planet is swallowed by a star

A planet was devoured by its star. James Webb investigated.
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained on 7 February 2025 with the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

See what the asteroid that we thought might hit Earth looks like

Astronomers have created a 3D representation of asteroid 2024 YR4.
The Frame Pro

Samsung’s The Frame Pro ditches the cables to disguise your TV as art

Samsung has shown off the details of its new The Frame Pro TVs.
Amazon's Project Kuiper Satellite payload.

How to watch Amazon launch its first Project Kuiper satellites

Amazon will soon launch its first batch of Project Kuiper satellites. Here's how to watch.
Side profile of leaked Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold renders.

Surprising Google Pixel 10 price leak suggests some handsets devices could be cheaper

There are reports of the pricing for the upcoming Pixel 10 line from Google.
This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Hubble is turning 35: Here are its best images from the last year

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.
In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too. This event will occur in about 23 billion years, yet in only 4 seconds do both stars explode.

A pair of stars in our cosmic backyard are on a collision course

Astronomers have discovered a pair of stars on a collision course.
Reimagine tool in Magic Editor on mobile.

Magic Editor not working in your Google Photos? A fix is on the way

A bug that was preventing users from saving images in Google Photos has now been fixed.
YouTube shorts editor

You’ll soon be able to make TikTok-style edits with YouTube Shorts

New editing features are coming to YouTube Shorts soon.
The Google Messages app on the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Google Messages might finally fix this frequent annoyance

A fix for a regular annoyance in Google Messages could be on the way.
NASA’s SPHEREx, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The observatory’s six detectors each captured one of these uncalibrated images, to which visible-light colors have been added to represent infrared wavelengths. SPHEREx’s complete field of view spans the top three images; the same area of the sky is also captured in the bottom three images.

See the first images from NASA’s newest space observatory, SPHEREx

A new NASA mission has captured its first images of space.
An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the Sagittarius C region in context. The MeerKAT image spans 1,000 light-years, while the Webb image covers 44 light-years.

James Webb dives into the heart of the Milky Way to study star formation

James Webb is showing how stars form in one of the busiest regions of the galaxy.
The Anthropic logo on a red background.

Anthropic debuts a new version of its Claude AI chatbot for schools

A new version of the Claude chatbot aims to improve student learning.
2026 Polestar 2

Polestar 2 gets an audio upgrade from Bowers & Wilkins

There will soon be a new model of the popular Polestar 2 EV on its way, as the Swedish company has announced a 2026 update that will first be available in Europe before rolling out to other locations throughout this year. The 2026 Polestar 2 sees a new audio system and an upgraded infotainment system, […]
Android-16-Beta 3.2

Google fixes the vibrating Android 16 bug that was frustrating users

Android 16 arrived last month, and users have been enjoying new features including live updates from apps like food delivery or ride hailing, audio sharing so you can listen to music with friends over Bluetooth, and support for adjusting screen refresh rates to keep up with newer displays. However, there have been a few annoyances […]
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an Einstein ring. What at first appears to be a single, strangely shaped galaxy is actually two galaxies that are separated by a large distance. The closer foreground galaxy sits at the center of the image, while the more distant background galaxy appears to be wrapped around the closer galaxy, forming a ring.

James Webb captures a rare astronomical ring in the sky

A new image from James Webb shows a rare astronomical phenomenon called an Einstein ring.
A person using the Gboard keyboard.

Android’s latest keyboard update might annoy punctuation fans

A new option has been spotted in the beta version of Gboard to hide the comma and period keys.
samsung inward and outward foldable ultrathin that folds jpg

Samsung leak hints at the future of foldable phones

A Samsung patent for an exciting new style of foldable phone has leaked.
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.

Apple’s Final Cut apps are getting an AI boost

Image Playground is getting integrated into Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad, allowing easy generation of AI images.
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Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends

The Gaia Observatory mission is coming to an end after 12 years of studying our galaxy.