One of the least intriguing objects in the solar system is without a doubt Dimorphos. This rock, or moonlet, is approximately 160 metres (525 feet) across and orbits the dwarf asteroid Didymos, which is only 780 metres in size (2,560 ft). The Didymos-Dimorphos system, which is situated 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth, … Read more
This week, Tesla announced a recall affecting 1,100,000 vehicles, especially the Model 3 from 2017 to 2022, the Model Y from 2020 to 2021, the Model S from 2021 to 2022, and the Model X from 2021 to 2022. The power windows on these Tesla models may not effectively detect obstructions when shutting, which could … Read more
Early on Friday, Hurricane Fiona pounded Bermuda with strong gusts and torrential rain as her eye passed less than 200 miles away in the Atlantic Ocean on its path to Eastern Canada. At 5 a.m. Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center reported that Fiona, the strongest storm of the Atlantic hurricane season thus far, was … Read more
Scientists have found lonsdaleite, a mineral that is more powerful than a diamond. The long-theorized mineral was just recently discovered in Africa as a result of meteorites that had fallen there. Scientists are unaware of how much of it is present on Earth, while it is thought to exist there in some form. For many … Read more
ENGLAND — Metal from an old pickup vehicle that has been rusted away in the sun. Any functional components, including the windows, tires, and interior, are long gone. It is situated next to a collection of abandoned homes and structures that were formerly part of Aceredo, a small hamlet in northwest Spain that was inundated … Read more
Yesterday morning, a Tesla Megapack battery at a California substation caught fire, leading to a shelter-in-place order and many road closures in Moss Landing, Monterey Bay. According to the Monterey County Weekly, a Tesla Megapack caught fire at the Elkhorn Battery Storage facility, an 182.5 MW Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) facility that Tesla co-manages … Read more
On Wednesday, Hurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it moved northward over Puerto Rico, where it wreaked devastating flooding, and slammed the Dominican Republic and Turks & Caicos with torrential rain. As it got farther away from the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, the storm—the first significant hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean … Read more
Politicians and legal experts agree that Donald Trump’s legal difficulties have gotten out of hand and might derail his chances of winning the next election.Trump and three of his adult children were charged on Wednesday with engaging in a “staggering” fraud scheme in which they systematically overstated the worth of his properties in order to … Read more
A representative for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan confirmed that they had sold one of their San Francisco properties for $31 million in an off-market transaction. According to Zillow, the transaction represents the most expensive sale in San Francisco so far this year. The 7,386 square foot property, which is on the border of the … Read more
According to a recent study, an old dwarf planet that collided with a massive asteroid 4.5 billion years ago produced a collection of 18 unusual meteorites that include diamonds. Lonsdaleite, a rare hexagonal super-hard kind of priceless gemstone, is present in the specimens. The finding could contain the secret to developing mining drills that are … Read more
