Over the decades, few film debates have endured as much as Demolition Man’s three seashells. The weird, seemingly throwaway detail in the 1993 film starring Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, and Wesley Snipes has long been a point of contention among fans and now we can at least put one aspect of that debate to bed: …
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Enlarge / A teaser image for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X SoCs. (credit: Qualcomm)
Qualcomm’s annual “Snapdragon Summit” is coming up later this month, and the company appears ready to share more about its long-planned next-generation Arm processor for PCs. The company hasn’t shared many specifics yet, but yesterday we finally got a name: “Snapdragon X,” which is coming in 2024, and it may finally do for Arm-powered Windows PCs what Apple Silicon chips did for Macs a few years ago (though it’s coming a bit later than Qualcomm had initially hoped).
Qualcomm has been making chips for PCs for years, most recently the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 (you might also know it as the Microsoft SQ3, which is what the chip is called in Surface devices). But those chips have never quite been fast enough to challenge Intel’s Core or AMD’s Ryzen CPUs in mainstream laptops. Any performance deficit is especially noticeable because many people will run at least a few apps designed for the x86 version of Windows, code which needs to be translated on the fly for Arm processors.
So why will Snapdragon X be any different? It’s because these will be the first chips borne of Qualcomm’s acquisition of Nuvia in 2021. Nuvia was founded and staffed by quite a few key personnel from Apple’s chipmaking operation, the team that had already upended a small corner of the x86 PC market by designing the Apple M1 and its offshoots. Apple had sued Nuvia co-founder and current Qualcomm engineering SVP Gerard Williams for poaching Apple employees, though the company dropped the suit without comment earlier this year.
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Source: Ars Technica – Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought back samples from the asteroid Bennu and, in a livestream earlier today, NASA scientists showed us what it found hanging out in the great vastness of the cosmos. Simply put, the agency brought back a fairly large sample collection of various-sized rocks, dust particles and intermediate-sized particles.
The big news here is that samples from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid contain not only carbon, which is to be expected, but also water. These are the building blocks of life on Earth and, likely, everywhere else, so this is a big deal.
“The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for generations to come,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
While space rocks and dust may seem boring to those expecting a bevy of friendly aliens, there’s still plenty of time to make more fantastic discoveries. These samples have only been on the planet since September 25 and initial studies just began. NASA says they’ll continue to study the particles and will create a registry of some kind so scientists from other organizations can borrow portions for a looksie. Some samples are also heading to museums.
The space agency says that the “secrets held within the rocks and dust from the asteroid will be studied for decades to come, offering insights into how our solar system was formed, how the precursor materials to life may have been seeded on Earth, and what precautions need to be taken to avoid asteroid collisions with our home planet.”
Additionally, scientists were pleasantly surprised by the presence of “bonus asteroid material” covering the outside of the collector head, canister lid and base. Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, says that the agency is ready with additional specialized tools to “study this precious gift from the cosmos.”
OSIRIS-REx actually grabbed the sample from Bennu all the way back in 2020. After that, the space vessel spent 18 months analyzing the asteroid from above before making its way back to orbit our favorite life-sustaining blue marble.
Bennu is an ancient relic of our solar system, as NASA says it was formed anywhere from 700 million to 2 billion years ago after breaking off a much larger asteroid that was originally formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Due to its older-than-Methuselah status, these Bennu fragments could actually give us a window into how life started on Earth, thanks to the carbon and water already discovered and any future findings.
This isn’t the end for the curious spacecraft OSIRIS-REx. It’s still out there, doing its best Jim Kirk impression. Next up? The craft’s heading to an asteroid named Apophis under a new mission name, OSIRIS-APEX.
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Source: Engadget – Here’s what NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu
A new law in California gives consumers the power to do something meaningful about the companies buying and selling their data for the very first time. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Delete Act into law, introducing a number of provisions that beef up state privacy regulations. Among other stipulations, it…
Source: Gizmodo – California’s New Delete Act Is One of the World’s Most Powerful Privacy Laws
Earlier this year Splice launched a new mobile app called CoSo that used AI to build what it calls “Stacks” collections of samples that are supposed to work well together. Slowly but surely elements of that app have made their way to Splice proper under the banner of Create. But it was always just a complete roll of the dice. You picked a style and Splice spit out four loops. You can swap out individual samples if you don’t like them. But that’s about the extent of your ability to curate.
The latest update to Create allows you to start a Stack from any loop in the Splice library. (Well, almost. Currently Create only works with loops of eight bars or less, which generally works out to under 25 seconds.) As you’re browsing around the site or the desktop apps you’ll see a new option when you hover over a sample giving you the option to create a Stack. This opens up a side bar with a fresh Stack featuring the sample you were just eyeing.
Here you can swap out samples you don’t care for, add more layers or tweak the mix. You can also change the BPM if you want to hear what the loops would sound like slowed down. Perhaps more interesting though, is the ability to change the style informing the AI’s selections. This is great hearing what a sample might sound like in a less obvious context. Sure, that tasty Rhodes lick sounds great over mid tempo breakbeat, but how does it fair when placed against a 140bpm distorted kick drum and thick synth bass?
In general this new approach feels a lot more useful than the original CoSo and Create AI features. I tend to use Splice one of two ways. Either, specifically to find drum loops (I am not a drummer, don’t own a drum set and my drum programming skills need work), or to dig up something unexpected (percussive or melodic) as a jumping off point. And I’m usually looking for an undiscovered gem buried in the nether regions of the Splice library.
The new ability to start a Stack based on (almost) any loop in the Splice library adds an additional layer of abstraction to this process. It’s another thread to pull at in my effort to turn up something unique or ear catching. The use of AI in the creation of works of art, whether that be images or music, is definitely a controversial topic at the moment. But it seems like Splice has figured out a rather innocuous way to use AI to aid in the creative process, without actually stepping on the toes of the creator. After all, what makes an artist is not necessarily their technical skill or willingness to spend valuable hours digging for diamond in the rough, but their taste.
The new Create feature will be available even to free users, though it still hasn’t made its way to the mobile apps just yet.
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Source: Engadget – Splice Create uses AI to find samples that work with any loop that catches your ear
Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits. From a report: TikTok lures children into hours of social media use, misrepresents the app’s safety and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, Utah claims in the lawsuit. “We will not stand by while these companies fail to take adequate, meaningful action to protect our children. We will prevail in holding social media companies accountable by any means necessary,” Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Salt Lake City. Arkansas and Indiana have filed similar lawsuits while the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether state attempts to regulate social media platforms such as Facebook, X and TikTok violate the Constitution.
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Source: Slashdot – Utah Sues TikTok, Alleging It Lures Children Into Addictive and Destructive Social Media Habits
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Elon Musk’s X platform (formerly Twitter) faces penalties under a new European law if it doesn’t take action to stop the spread of Israel/Hamas disinformation, an EU official warned Musk yesterday.
“Following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel, we have indications that your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU,” European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton wrote in a letter to Musk. “Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation.”
The Digital Services Act applies to large online platforms and has requirements on content moderation and transparency. It provides for fines of up to 6 percent of a provider’s annual revenue.
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Source: Ars Technica – Musk argues with EU commissioner over Israel/Hamas disinformation on X
A misleadingly captioned Arma 3 video shared on X now sports a “context” note on its real origins. (credit: X / Arma 3)
Footage from the 2013 game Arma 3 is spreading virally across multiple social media sites, presented as real spectator video of ongoing military actions between Israelis and Palestinians. The misleading videos are part of a wave of war disinformation that has run rampant across social media and highlights just how realistic the heavily modded game can appear at a glance.
Examples of this trend are not hard to come by. A 22-second clip on X garnered over 10.4 million views as footage of “Israeli helicopters getting smashed.” But the clip was originally posted as a YouTube short on October 3, where it was correctly labeled as Arma footage. That didn’t stop that same clip from spreading widely among Indian and Turkish Facebook users.
Another X video with millions of views shows Arma 3 footage of a shoulder-mounted rocket launched at a helicopter, labeled as “Hamas fighters shooting down Israel war helicopter in Gaza.” X-user Shayan Sardarizadeh has debunked that footage as well as other examples of game footage that have been taken down as of press time.
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Source: Ars Technica – Users mistake video game clips for real Israeli war footage on social media
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A world-first trial of a gene therapy to cure a form of deafness has begun, potentially heralding a revolution in the treatment of hearing loss.
Up to 18 children from the UK, Spain, and the US are being recruited to the study, which aims to transform treatment of auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by the disruption of nerve impulses traveling from the inner ear to the brain.
Participants will be monitored for five years to gauge whether their hearing improves, with initial results expected to be published next February.
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Source: Ars Technica – First-ever gene therapy trial to cure form of deafness begins
You could be entitled to a small chunk of a $16 million class action settlement against anime streaming service Crunchyroll. The Sony-owned company settled a data privacy lawsuit this week that will result in about $30 settlements for individuals impacted, according to firm behind the class action.
The complaint, filed in September 2022, claims that Sony shared individual Crunchyroll viewing information with third-party sites without user’s permission. That means Google or Facebook might have seen your anime watch history without your knowledge. It’s a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, which makes it illegal to video streaming services to disclose personally identifiable information without the individual’s consent. Crunchyroll denies wrongdoing.
Anyone in the US who used Crunchyroll services between September 8, 2020 and September 20, 2023 could be eligible for the settlement. Claim forms can be submitted online, and must be turned in by December 12 to receive payment. Or, if you don’t agree with the settlement, you can object by November 27 and attend the hearing on December 19. If you do nothing, you forfeit your right to any settlement amount.
The settlement coincided with Crunchyroll news that it would be launching a 24-hour news channel.
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Source: Engadget – Crunchyroll will pay you for violating your data privacy rights
YouTube has removed one video and stopped monetizing YouTube influencer Cynthia G’s channel after finding that the account repeatedly violated YouTube policies by posting videos over the past two years that accumulated tens of thousands of views by calling for Black abortions.
The decision came after an Ars reader asked Ars to investigate why these videos do not violate YouTube’s community guidelines.
The video that YouTube removed was titled “If Aborting Black Males Isn’t The Solution, What Is?” It was posted in November 2021 and, as of last week, still qualified for ad monetization. In the video, Cynthia G said that “a lot of people” considered the “solution” to be “something horrible that is genocidal” and provided a racist justification, saying that the only way to counter Black male violence is to “eliminate” Black men.
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Source: Ars Technica – YouTube restricts, but doesn’t ban, racist channel calling for Black abortions
Hell freezes over and pigs fly south to their winter feeding grounds. Microsoft has published guidance on how to download and install Linux. From a report: The Seattle-area proprietary OS vendor has published a helpful guide entitled “How to download and install Linux,” inspiring reactions from incredulity to amusement. In the humble opinion of The Reg FOSS Desk, it really isn’t bad at all. Microsoft suggests four alternative installation methods: using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, using a local VM, using a cloud VM, or on bare metal. It almost feels cruel to criticize it, but it seems that this really amounts to two methods. WSL version 2 is a VM. It’s right there in the screenshots, where it says:
Installing: Virtual Machine Platform
Virtual Machine Platform has been installed.
So the choices boil down to either on the metal, or in a VM. That leaves only the question of what kind of VM: the built-in one, an add-on VM, or a cloud VM. Perhaps the subtext of the article is something more subtle. Could it be a tacit admission that you might need a free-of-charge OS for your PC? The Windows 10 upgrade program that began back in 2015 was meant to end a year later. In fact, it didn’t. We described a documented workaround in 2016, but the free upgrades continued to work, even in 2020. Which? magazine reported it was still working in July 2023.
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Now that we’ve hit the last day of Amazon’s Prime Day in October, we’re still seeing discounts on all models of Kindles — including our favorite budget ereader, the standard Kindle. Amazon’s ereaders let you carry a whole library of books at once and make great gifts for book lovers for the holidays. During July’s Prime Day sale, many Kindles dropped to the lowest prices we’d seen, and while “Prime Big Deals Days” isn’t hitting quite the same lows, most are within $5 or $10 of their all-time best prices. Amazon is also promoting a free trial on Kindle Unlimited for new members, which gives you access to a selection of around four million ebook titles. Here are the best Amazon Prime Day deals on Kindles we could find.
If you’re on a budget (or looking for a relatively affordable gift) the standard Kindle is an excellent entry point to buying or borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. Usually $100, the October Prime sale has dropped it to $75, which is $10 more than it went for during July’s Prime Day. We named this one the best budget option in our guide to ereaders. The latest model saw healthy improvements over the previous generation. You now get a crisper 300 ppi screen and the capacity is up to 16GB, which will come in handy if you want to keep audiobooks on your device.
The Kindle Paperwhite gives you a few extra perks over the standard version, such as a bigger 6.8-inch screen, a warm front light and a waterproof build. Right now the 8GB model is down to $95 which is $5 more than it went for last Prime Day, but still $45 off the $140 MSRP. That’s the price on the ad-supported version (which displays ads for Kindle books and services on your lock screen). If you want no ads on your device, you’ll pay around $20 more.
When Engadget’s Nathan Ingraham reviewed the Signature edition Kindle Paperwhite, he called it “the best ereader. Period.” For the sale it’s down to $140 instead of its standard $190. It went for $125 last Prime Day. You get the warm light, larger screen and waterproof build of the regular Paperwhite, but the capacity jumps to 32GB, it’s ad-free by default and the front lights automatically adjust according to the lighting around you.
The Kindle Scribe is Amazon’s newest ereader. It introduces the ability to read and write on your Kindle and comes with a large 10.2-inch screen and a stylus for just that purpose. The model with 16GB of storage and the Basic Pen typically goes for $340 but October Prime drops it to $265, or about $10 more than last Prime Day. We think the Scribe is the best E Ink tablet that’s also an ereader and awarded it an 85 in our review.
A number of Essentials Bundles that combine Kindles with covers and charging accessories are on sale for October Prime. You can get a Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition with a fabric cover and wireless charging dock for $194, which is $64 less than buying the three separately at the MSRP.
With the Kindle Kids edition, you get the standard Kindle with a colorful protective case, a two-year warranty, and a year of Amazon Kids+, which grants access to thousands of kid-appropriate titles and hundreds of audiobooks. The Kids edition also syncs up with a handy parent dashboard that lets you set time limits, add books and track your kid’s reading progress. It usually goes for $120, but now it’s $80 instead. That’s $5 more than last Prime Day, but the lowest price we’ve seen outside of that sale.
For a kids version with a few more features, you can grab the Kindle Paperwhite Kids for $110, which typically goes for $160. In addition to the case, two-year warranty and free year of Amazon Kids+, the reader itself features a larger 6.8-inch screen, a waterproof build and a warm front light, which tends to be easier on the eyes when reading at night.
To ensure that you never run out of things to read on your new Kindle, Amazon is also offering Prime members a month of Kindle Unlimited for free. It’s usually $12 per month and will auto-renew once the trial is over (so set a reminder if you don’t want that to happen). A subscription lets you read as many ebooks as you want from a selection of four million ebooks. Bigger new releases and some of the more popular bestsellers aren’t included. It also includes a few thousand audiobooks, which all models of Kindle support via Bluetooth and headphones.
Kindle Oasis has a seven-inch screen, a waterproof build and is the only Amazon ereader with page turn buttons. Typically $250 for the 8GB model, it’s $200 right now. You can get the 32GB model for $220 instead of $280. It came out in mid-2019 so it’s not the newest reader on the scene, but the auto-rotating screen and handy buttons may make it more comfortable as you read.
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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/we-found-the-best-kindle-prime-day-deals-with-discounts-across-all-models-151353414.html?src=rssZwift started out as the massively multiplayer online cycling and running app, providing virtual worlds to explore while working out. In 2022 the company joined the hardware market with its own smart bike trainer called the Zwift Hub. Today the company has launched the next generation called the Zwift Hub One ($599). It boasts virtual shifting, the Click handlebar-mounted shift controller and broader compatibility with a variety of bikes. The older model will continue to be available under the name Zwift Hub Classic ($599). Existing users can even upgrade their Hub (Classic) with the Zwift Cog/Click bundle without having to purchase an entirely new trainer.
Support for the Zwift Hub One and Zwift Cog will be part of the 1.50 version of Zwift which should be rolling out between October 11th and 13th this week. You’ll be able to add the Click shifter control under the Paired Devices section of the app. The Zwift Play drop-style handlebar controller should also be able to work concurrently with the Click depending on how many devices you have connected to the app. Its buttons can even be customized to control shifting as well.
Virtual shifting is something that’s usually seen on more expensive standalone trainers like the Wahoo Kickr Bike. With the Zwift Hub One or an upgraded Hub with the Zwift Cog, you can expand your shifting range across 24 gears (at launch). The chain from your bike gets threaded through a single cog instead of a full cassette, which simplifies the setup, can reduce wear and tear and leaves compatibility open to a variety of types and sizes of bike.
The shifting is electronic and controls resistance in the flywheel, so we hope the experience is as good or better than real-world situations, especially under heavy loads. It should be a bit quieter too, since much of the noise comes from your actual drivetrain and not the trainer itself.
With the Zwift Cog using just a single spot to thread the chain through, you no longer have to worry about cassette compatibility when swapping bikes. It can accommodate a variety of widths with the help of spacers, but the other selling point is the “real gear ratio calibration” which is calculated at the first few seconds of each ride. This lets the system compensate for, say, the smaller chainring of a mountain bike, and with 24 gears available it can expand your options beyond the hardware you have. One caveat though, is that if your bike has multiple front chainrings, you’ll want to keep that static throughout your ride, otherwise you’ll throw off the initial calibration.
For those who enjoy riding single gear bikes outdoors, you can pop that bike onto a Zwift Hub One and experience riding hills in Watopia with a full array of gears, assuming you don’t need to tweak the chain length or anything. The Zwift Click controller can be affixed to any type of handlebar (unlike the Zwift Play) and this will allow you to cycle through the virtual gears.
The Zwift Hub One is available today at the company’s website for $599, alongside the Zwift Hub Classic, also priced at $599. Both include a one-year subscription to the Zwift app. At launch, the upgrade bundle including both the Zwift Cog and Zwift Click will be priced at $60 for a limited time. After that it will go up to the normal retail price of $80.
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Source: Engadget – The Zwift Hub One trainer offers virtual shifting and broader bike compatibility
For the past few years, Marvel has been applying its approach to films to television shows, and it’s only now that they’ve realized that it’s not really working. The breaking point came, according to the Hollywood Reporter, when Kevin Feige, the Marvel Studio president and the constant producer of, well, everything…
Source: Gizmodo – Report: Marvel Finally Realized Why Its TV Shows Aren’t Working
Klarna, a Swedish-based shopping app, added a photo feature on Wednesday that uses artificial intelligence-powered software to help consumers find products that appeal to them. The software allows users to point their phone at a piece of clothing or electronics product, and it will populate similar items within the…
Source: Gizmodo – Klarna Adds AI-Driven Photo Feature to Drive You Further Into Debt
For months, Alphabet’s Google and Discord have run an invitation-only chat for heavy users of Bard, Google’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. Google product managers, designers and engineers are using the forum to openly debate the AI tool’s effectiveness and utility, with some questioning whether the enormous resources going into development are worth it. From a report: “My rule of thumb is not to trust LLM output unless I can independently verify it,” Dominik Rabiej, a senior product manager for Bard, wrote in the Discord chat in July, referring to large language models — the AI systems trained on massive amounts of text that form the building blocks of chatbots like Bard and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. “Would love to get it to a point that you can, but it isn’t there yet.”
“The biggest challenge I’m still thinking of: what are LLMs truly useful for, in terms of helpfulness?” said Googler Cathy Pearl, a user experience lead for Bard, in August. “Like really making a difference. TBD!” […] Two participants on Google’s Bard community on chat platform Discord shared details of discussions in the server with Bloomberg from July to October. Dozens of messages reviewed by Bloomberg provide a unique window into how Bard is being used and critiqued by those who know it best, and show that even the company leaders tasked with developing the chatbot feel conflicted about the tool’s potential. Expounding on his answer about “not trusting” responses generated by large language models, Rabiej suggested limiting people’s use of Bard to “creative / brainstorming applications.” Using Bard for coding was a good option too, Rabiej said, “since you inevitably verify if the code works!”
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Source: Slashdot – Even Google Insiders Are Questioning Bard AI Chatbot’s Usefulness
The huge October Prime Day sale isn’t done yet. There are deals aplenty to check out before the sale ends Wednesday night/Thursday morning, including a discount on August’s fourth-gen smart lock.
The black version of the device has dropped to $158 for Prime members, which is $72 off the regular price. The silver version is available for $160. This is not quite the lowest price we’ve seen for this model — it has dropped to $139 in the past — but this is still a solid discount.
This is one of our favorite smart locks. We gave it a score of 80 in our review. It’s easy to install and the smart lock won’t take up too much space, so it shouldn’t look too clunky on your door — it’s slimmer than prior iterations. You won’t need a separate bridge device to use the Wi-Fi feature either, as it can directly connect to your network. On that note, August’s fourth-gen smart lock is only compatible with 2.4GHz networks, so you may need to adjust your router settings to account for that.
The smart lock should work with most existing deadbolts, so you’ll be able to use the same physical keys if need be. That’s handy for when your Wi-Fi is on the fritz. Otherwise, you’ll be able to lock and unlock your door remotely, including with the likes of Alexa and Google Assistant. You’ll also have the ability to provide guests (such as kind friends who are checking on pets and plants while you’re away) with timed-entry keys, which will allow them to enter without having to wait for you to unlock the door manually.
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Source: Engadget – August’s fourth-gen smart lock is 31 percent off for October Prime Day
From Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to Airbnbs in an expensive city, junk fees are everywhere and ruining our attempts to have fun. The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would force businesses like ticket marketplaces and hotels to clearly list all the fees they’ll wind up charging customers.
Source: Gizmodo – FTC Proposes New Rule to Shed Light on Concert Ticket Junk Fees
NASA is ready to share its findings of a sample taken from the 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu with the masses during a livestream at 11 AM ET today, October 11, on its YouTube channel. The reveal comes less than three weeks after the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft parachuted a capsule of Bennu’s fragments into a Utah-based Department of Defense training site. NASA then transferred the sample to its Johnson Space Center in Houston for a complete analysis.
OSIRIS-REx set off on its $1.2 billion mission in September 2016, reaching the 1,650-foot wide asteroid two years later. In 2020, the spacecraft burrowed into Bennu much deeper than expected, collecting the largest asteroid surface sample to date. The goal was to bring at least 2.1 ounces back, and initial estimates put the collection at around 8.8 ounces. NASA should reveal the exact specifications and the quality of the substance during its livestream, as well as other interesting tidbits uncovered.
As for OSIRIS-REx, it already has a new name and mission. The now-dubbed OSIRIS-APEX is on its way to asteroid Apophis to examine the impact of a close encounter with Earth in 2029. NASA expects the asteroid to come within 20,000 miles of the Earth’s surface — 90 percent closer than the moon.
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Source: Engadget – Watch NASA reveal its Bennu asteroid samples at 11AM ET
