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Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons

https://www.reuters.com/science/webb-telescope-finds-signs-ancient-disaster-neptunes-moons-2026-08-03/
16•Teever•1h ago

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NegativeLatency•44m ago
Original paper if you want to skip the news sumamry: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb1437
ck2•31m ago
I am so stupid-excited for Nancy Grace Roman launch just a few weeks, surprised no posts yet

it's not a competition but JWST almost pales to the state-of-the-art tech (because JWST was held up for so many years budget-wise)

28mbps downlink vs 500mbps from a MILLION MILES AWAY, 1.5TB per day download

imagine what new they will discover with it

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/

* https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/

onetwentythree•9m ago
Yes, but remember they are very different telescopes for different types of astronomy. Roman is a survey telescope with a wide field of view, designed to discover new objects, etc. JWST has a large aperture and narrow FOV to get the closest look possible at specific targets identified in advance. They will compliment each other well.

Building a connectionless chat app using BLE advertisements

https://vetch.pages.dev/blog/pblec/
1•vetchzero•24s ago•0 comments

Yume Nikki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki
1•helterskelter•1m ago•0 comments

SoftBank's AI funding plans to face reckoning at earnings

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/softbanks-ai-funding-plans-face-061407936.html
2•mapping365•2m ago•0 comments

Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields

https://mentalium.me/en/research/mental-health-startup-graveyard-dataset/
1•trubetskov•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: VerusCite, a tool to check for hallucinations in academic articles

https://veruscite-data.com/
1•apwheele•2m ago•0 comments

How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

https://www.404media.co/do-not-mention-alpr-usage-how-cops-are-trying-to-hide-the-existence-of-fl...
2•cdrnsf•2m ago•0 comments

Cultural Capital and the Productivity of Ideas: Evidence from Historical Texts [pdf]

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/repecfiles/econdp/2602.pdf
1•CGMthrowaway•3m ago•0 comments

Not Beyond the Shoe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam
1•helterskelter•4m ago•0 comments

Road Trains Roam the Backroads of Australia

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/road-trains-roam-the-backroads-of-australia/
1•beardyw•4m ago•0 comments

Your open tabs are unfinished decisions, not bookmarks

https://gettably.tech/articles/open-tabs-are-unfinished-decisions/
1•codesk90•5m ago•0 comments

NJ files antitrust lawsuit against Amazon over delivery contractor control

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/nj-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit-delivery-contractors.html
1•pseudolus•8m ago•0 comments

The A.I. Giants Weren't Prepared for This

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jasmine-sun.html
3•root-parent•10m ago•0 comments

Data center approvals in Texas halted until audits completed, says governor

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/texas-data-center-project-audit-greg-abbott/
1•rossdavidh•10m ago•2 comments

Another Amiga comparison Timer B vs. Copper

https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=24389
1•Bluestein•11m ago•0 comments

The Great Giana Sisters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters
1•ustad•12m ago•0 comments

How to Get More Customers Without Paying for Ads – Playistry

https://playistry.com/blog/how-to-get-more-customers-without-paying-for-ads
2•playistry•13m ago•0 comments

Maybe software stops being the default

https://sgnt.ai/p/the-software-i-stopped-writing/
2•petesergeant•14m ago•2 comments

History of Artificial Intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intelligence
2•ms7892•15m ago•0 comments

Datacenter use over computer use with Akernel

https://github.com/inclusionAI/AKernel
1•henrytan•15m ago•0 comments

Tino Cuellar Joins Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer

https://www.anthropic.com/news/tino-cuellar
1•surprisetalk•16m ago•0 comments

SpaceX's staggered lock-up release prolongs the pain

https://www.ft.com/content/6a8c1d6c-63c7-4d3d-8882-eb5c67b2f9e1
3•root-parent•17m ago•1 comments

Statera AI – Predicting workforce challenges before they happen

https://statera-ai.com
1•johnthuko•18m ago•0 comments

Marmots got money troubles: Cuts to UCLA research lead scientists to OnlyFans

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-03/ucla-scientists-onlyfans-marmot-research
2•bookofjoe•18m ago•1 comments

Cloudflare Wallet

https://cloudflare.pay/
3•rany_•19m ago•1 comments

Aladinoulli: Predicting Your Health Arc

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/predicting-your-health-arc
1•simonebrunozzi•19m ago•0 comments

GPIO Announcer

https://excamera.substack.com/p/gpio-announcer
2•jamesbowman•21m ago•0 comments

The Loch Ness Monster Was Real

https://kylesaunders.substack.com/p/the-loch-ness-monster-was-real
2•barry-cotter•22m ago•0 comments

A Data-Driven Explanation: Why Do AI Agents Still Fail

https://jeremytian.substack.com/p/a-data-driven-explanation-why-do
3•jeremytian•23m ago•0 comments

The Warp Agent CLI

https://www.warp.dev/blog/introducing-the-warp-agent-cli-coding-agent
2•emschwartz•24m ago•0 comments

Minutes Ended Story About Epstein's Shady Bank Transactions

https://newrepublic.com/post/213927/60-minutes-killed-story-epstein-shady-banking
5•randycupertino•24m ago•1 comments