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Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

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A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and below the plane of the Milky Way, with Earth at the centre Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration A five-year survey of the sky that has captured more than 47 million galaxies and quasars is now complete, enabling researchers to put the finishing touches on the most detailed map of the universe ever made. The data could help solve the mystery of an apparent weakening of dark energy, which threatens to upend our standard model of the cosmos. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona has been scanning the sky since 2021. Researchers originally expected its survey to gather data on 34 million galaxies and quasars, but DESI surprised researchers with its efficiency. Because of the vast distances involved, some of these extremely faint galaxies have been observed from just 100 or 200 photons. David Schlegel at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California says our previous maps of the cosmos include a total …

How the world’s largest known group of chimps turned on each other : NPR

How the world’s largest known group of chimps turned on each other : NPR

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The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in the world. Over the last decade, it has split into two distinct groups that are hostile to each other. Aaron Sandel hide caption toggle caption Aaron Sandel In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, the late and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that horrified her. The group of chimps she and her colleagues were studying broke into two factions and turned on each other. It looked very much like a civil war. Chimpanzees that had intermingled peacefully and grown up together were systematically killing each other. It changed Goodall’s view of one of humanity’s closest relatives. “I used to think, ‘Well, they’re very [much] like people but nicer,’” she told the public radio program Fresh Air in 1993. “And then I realized that when opportunity arises, they have this nasty, brutal side to them just like we do.” Asked what precipitated the war, Goodall said it …

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business

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For all the hype about data centers in space, there just aren’t very many GPUs up there. As that starts to change, the near-term business of orbital compute is starting to take shape. The largest compute cluster currently in orbit was launched by Canada’s Kepler Communications in January, and boasts about 40 Nvidia Orin edge processors onboard 10 operational satellites, all linked together by laser communications links. The company now has 18 customers, and announced its newest on Monday — Sophia Space, a startup that will test the software for its unique orbital computer onboard Kepler’s constellation. Experts expect that we won’t see large-scale data centers like those envisioned by SpaceX or Blue Origin until the 2030s. The first step will be processing data that is collected in orbit to improve the capabilities of space-based sensors used by private companies and government agencies. Kepler doesn’t see itself as a data center company, but as infrastructure for applications in space, CEO Mina Mitry tells TechCrunch. It wants to be a layer that provides network services for …

Metal Shock: Gulf’s Largest Aluminum Producer Declares Force Majeure

Metal Shock: Gulf’s Largest Aluminum Producer Declares Force Majeure

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A little more than a week after Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), the Gulf’s largest aluminum producer, halted operations at its Al Taweelah smelter following Iranian missile and drone strikes, EGA has now declared force majeure on parts of its contract book, signaling that supply chain disruptions are spreading beyond energy markets and into industrial metals. Bloomberg obtained new documents showing that EGA invoked force majeure clauses to suspend at least some deliveries after Iranian drone and missile strikes damaged the Taweelah smelter and forced it to shut down operations. EGA is jointly owned by Mubadala Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and the Investment Corporation of Dubai, and it reported 2.83 million tons of cast metal sales in 2025, indicating on its website that it accounted for 4% of the world’s aluminum production. The broader Middle East accounts for about 9% of global aluminum supply. The EGA outage adds to mounting pressure on the global aluminum market, which was already strained by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz for six weeks, and still, as of this …

Europe’s Largest Apple Museum Opens in the Netherlands With 50 Years of Products on Display

Europe’s Largest Apple Museum Opens in the Netherlands With 50 Years of Products on Display

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Europe’s largest Apple museum to date opened in early April, coinciding with Apple’s 50th anniversary. The Apple Museum spans 2,000 square meters and is located at the Wall Utrecht in the Netherlands. The museum’s creator, Ed Bindels, claims that the space features one of the largest Apple collections in the world, and it has several rooms dedicated to Apple’s design. There is an eye-catching rainbow wall of iMac G3 machines, a recreation of the garage Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked in, an iPod display, and more. Everything from classic Macs to modern iPhones is included in the museum, and it showcases almost all of the devices that Apple has released from 1976 to 2026. Bindels says the museum tells a story, featuring different stages in Apple’s development timeline. “For example, there is a space that shows what happened after Steve Jobs left Apple and the company went through a difficult period. Visitors then walk through a ‘Think Different’ corridor into a circular room filled with colorful iMacs. This room symbolizes the beginning of a …

Texas Pacific Land Crashes After Largest Shareholder Dies

Texas Pacific Land Crashes After Largest Shareholder Dies

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Land-and-royalty company Texas Pacific Land Corp. crashed the most since early Covid after the head of its largest shareholder unexpectedly died.  Bloomberg reports that Murray Stahl, CEO of Horizon Kinetics and a TPL board member, died on Thursday, sending shares spiraling lower by 17% in late-afternoon trading. This marked the largest intraday decline in the stock since early 2020. Stahl was described as a longtime believer in TPL, one of the largest private landowners in Texas, with most of its acreage concentrated in the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas. TPL generates revenue by owning land, collecting oil and gas royalties from activity on that land, and selling or managing water-related services tied to drilling and production. “His firm, Horizon Kinetics, along with its predecessors, had been TPL’s largest shareholder for many decades. Murray believed in the Company when it was still a thinly-traded, little-known trust that simply owned some land in west Texas,” TPL CEO Ty Glover wrote in a press release.  Bloomberg data show that Horizon Kinetics is TPL’s largest shareholder, owning 10.3 …

Largest UK solar farm approved to power 180,000 homes

Largest UK solar farm approved to power 180,000 homes

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The UK Government has signed off plans for what will become the largest UK solar farm, marking a significant step in the country’s transition toward cheaper and more secure energy. The approved development, known as Springwell Solar Farm, will be built in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, combining large-scale solar generation with battery storage and grid infrastructure. With a planned capacity of 800 megawatts, the project is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 180,000 homes annually – roughly half of Lincolnshire’s households. That makes it the most powerful solar installation ever approved in Britain. The approval follows a string of UK investments in solar power, including the recent greenlight for the nationwide rollout of plug-in solar panels. A milestone in the UK’s clean energy rollout The decision also represents a broader acceleration in renewable energy deployment. Springwell becomes the 25th nationally significant clean energy project approved since July 2024, contributing to a pipeline capable of supplying electricity equivalent to more than 12.5 million homes. Officials have framed the approval as part of a wider …

The UK’s largest solar farm just got the green light

The UK’s largest solar farm just got the green light

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Image: Springwell Solar Farm The UK just approved what will become its largest solar farm yet – and it’s a clear signal of where its energy strategy is headed. The British government has signed off on the 800-megawatt (MW) Springwell Solar Farm in North Kesteven, in England’s East Midlands. To put Springwell’s size in perspective, the US’s largest operational solar farm is the 875 MW Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project in California. Once Springwell comes online in 2029, it’s expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 180,000 homes a year – roughly half the homes in Lincolnshire. It’s being developed by EDF Power Solutions Limited and Luminous Energy, and is expected to have a 40-year lifespan. The approval comes as the UK leans harder into domestic renewables amid global instability. Ongoing conflicts such as the wars in Ukraine and Iran have reinforced how volatile fossil fuel markets are, and how much countries like the UK depend on energy they don’t control. Advertisement – scroll for more content Solar, by contrast, is now …

Cafeyn finalises Readly merger to become ‘largest buyer of publishing content in Europe’

Cafeyn finalises Readly merger to become ‘largest buyer of publishing content in Europe’

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The Readly app displayed on a tablet. Picture: Readly French all-you-can-read platform Cafeyn has finalised its acquisition of Readly’s non-Nordic businesses, meaning it is now running the platform in the UK. The deal saw Cafeyn buy Readly’s operations in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Australia from Bonnier. It has taken the group to combined revenues of nearly €100m (around £87m). Some 350,000 Readly users have been added to the Cafeyn group, taking it to a total of more than 2.5 million users who can access 5,200 publications from 1,100 publishers. Users in this non-Nordic group will continue to see Readly branding. Press Gazette previously reported that the merger will see increased investment for publishers and an enhanced mobile app. Chief executive Laurent Kayser told Press Gazette said that the merger means more money to publishers through increased scale. “We will be the largest group in Europe buying content from publishers,” he said, adding that as more publishers join the platform “the more [revenue] we distribute to publishers”. This revenue is “pure margin”, he said. “The …

Israel hits Iran’s largest petrochemical complex after Trump threat

Israel hits Iran’s largest petrochemical complex after Trump threat

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In recent days, Israel has targeted key industrial sectors as part of the ongoing military campaign against Iran. On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli strikes had destroyed around 70 per cent of Iran’s steel production capacity, significantly undermining Tehran’s ability to manufacture weapons. Steel is a strategically important material used in industrial and military production, including for missiles, drones and ships. Katz said he and Netanyahu had ordered the military “to continue striking with full force Iran’s national infrastructure”. Iran has also targeted industrial sites in Israel, including a refinery in the northern city of Haifa. A DEAL? While the violence continued to spiral, reports surfaced of a potential push to halt the fighting. Citing US, Israeli and regional sources, US news website Axios said a deal mediated by Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey for a 45-day ceasefire to allow for negotiations on a more permanent peace was under discussion. The White House said Trump has yet to approve any draft deal to end fighting, following media reports on the ceasefire proposal. A …