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Hubble captures M88 on a perilous journey that could change it forever

Hubble captures M88 on a perilous journey that could change it forever This beautiful spiral galaxy is on a cosmic collision course that could permanently change how it creates stars. - Date: - June 1, 2026 - Source: - ESA/Hubble - Summary: - A stunning spiral galaxy called Messier 88 is racing through the crowded Virgo Cluster on a journey that will dramatically reshape its future.

Hubble captures M88 on journey to center of Virgo cluster

Hubble captures M88 on journey to center of Virgo cluster Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). M88 is an active galaxy, which means that its center harbors a supermassive black hole that is...

Handoff Debt: The Rediscovery Cost When Coding Agents Take Over Interrupted Tasks

Announce Type: new Abstract: Coding-agent benchmarks evaluate whether a single uninterrupted agent can resolve a repository issue. Real software work is messier: tasks are interrupted, reassigned, reviewed, and resumed from partial states left by another agent or engineer. We study this missing dimension through \emph{handoff debt}: the rediscovery cost imposed when a predecessor's work is opaque or incomplete.

Are Reasoning Vision-Language Models Robust to Semantic Visual Distractions?

Announce Type: new Abstract: Reasoning Vision-Language Models (VLMs) achieve strong performance on complex multimodal tasks, but reliable real-world application requires handling visual inputs that are messier than clean, curated benchmarks. Existing works mainly evaluate such reliability of VLMs through input corruptions, such as noise, blur and weather effects, which make visual evidence harder to perceive. This leaves a critical reliability failure mode underexplored: a model may perceive...

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ review

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ review From lunar detail to planets and bright deep-sky objects, we test what the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ can actually show beginners and kids. A nice little telescope for beginners and kids who are interested in the night sky and want something compact and portable. It’s a great starter scope, but not necessarily one you’ll stick with long-term as your passion for astronomy grows. - +

Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report

'I never thought he'd grow up to be the player he ...

THERE WAS A time not long ago, when Jalen Brunson questioned all the same things about himself that his critics did. His size, his athleticism, his talent. Becky Hammon hadn't even been asked about whether a stocky, 6-foot-2 point guard could really be the best player on a New York Knicks team with championship aspirations, let alone one that's two wins away from the franchise's first title since 1973 as the NBA Finals continue tonight from Madison Square Garden at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction on June 9: Here's where and when to look

Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction on June 9: Here's where and when to look Jupiter and Venus meet in the western sky on June 9 — here's how to see it. Get ready for a spectacular sight on June 9, as Jupiter and Venus make a close approach in the evening sky, while Mercury shines close to the western horizon in the glow of the setting sun. Stargazers in the U.S. will see the bright light of Venus glowing less than 20 degrees above the horizon at sunset — roughly the...

3 bright planets light up June's night sky — Here's where and when to look

3 bright planets light up June's night sky — Here's where and when to look This is the month of the "Great Celestial Summit Meeting" between a crescent moon, three bright planets and two bright stars. The stars (Pollux and Castor) and planets (Venus, Jupiter and Mercury) will be arrayed across the west-northwest sky during the first half of the month, with the moon moving in to join them during the evenings of June 16 and June 17. The most amazing sight will be provided by Venus and Jupiter...

From Schitt's Creek to Desi Bling: Is cringe-binge actually about self-care?

Anatomically, as human beings, we have existed for around 300,000 years. But if we are talking civilization, it began around 5000 to 6000 years ago. Since then, we have all been trying to balance our most primal urges with our societal-expected ones.