Planet Labs is not selling satellite images. It is selling a subscription to watch the entire planet change in real time.
Planet Labs is not selling satellite images. It is selling a subscription to watch the entire planet change in real time.

At 2:59 a.m. Eastern Time on 3 May, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 45 satellites, three of which belonged to Planet Labs. Pelicans 7, 8, and 9 are the latest additions to Planet’s next-generation constellati…

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets
The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile, has made its first observations. The telescope will work with ESO’s ESPRESSO instrument to study the sun in detail. Described a…

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The fossa is Madagascar’s ultimate misdirection. Here’s why this predator that looks familiar, acts unexpected and took decades for science to understand.

Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Follow-Up Show Has A 92% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Netflix’s best new show has a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, and it just so happens to be a follow-up to Adolescence from the same creator.

Tesla reaches 10 billion FSD miles — is there’s a magical milestone for autonomy
Tesla reaches 10 billion FSD miles — is there’s a magical milestone for autonomy

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) fleet has crossed the 10 billion mile mark, according to the automaker’s updated safety page. It’s the threshold that CEO Elon Musk himself set earlier this year as the data milestone needed for “safe unsupervised…

NYT Connections Answers Explained For Monday, May 4 (#1,058)

Not sure what today’s NYT Connections answers are all about? Find out just what the different words in today’s grid mean and how they fit together.

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room doctors

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.