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On flight day 20 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera looked back at the Moon as the spacecraft began its journey home. NASA/JSCThe Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe includes 12,341 craters, 81 basins, and 17 different rock types. The post China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped appeared first

Dr. Ian Phillips with the wavelength management device. Aston UniversityUsing an optical processor to operate in the E- and S-band ranges, UK researchers hit a transfer rate of 301 terabits per second. The post Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband appeared first on Popular Science…

Vernor Vinge is one of the first thinkers to popularize a technological Singularity. Lisa Brewster / Wikipedia CommonsVinge’s visions of the future enthralled and influenced generations of writers and tech industry leaders. He was 79. The post Vernor Vinge, influential sci-fi author who warned of AI ‘Singularity,’ has died appeared first on Popular Science…