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Three New Brunswickers are enjoying an astronomical surprise: an asteroid has been named after them.It's called Mipach — using the first two letters from the names of Saint Johners Mike Powell, Paul Owen and Chris Curwin."I saw the email and the other two guys hadn't seen it yet. So I was frantically on the phone and messaging them back and forth, getting them to take a look. So it was just overwhelming," Curwin said.The asteroid is 6.37 kilometres in diameter and resides in the main belt, between the orbit of Mars and…

It's been a long time coming, but the Switch version of Outer Wilds now has an official release date of December 7, developers Annapurna Interactive and Mobius Digital announced during the on Tuesday. Pre-orders for the digital version are now open, with a physical edition expected in early 2024.Outer Wilds is already available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, PlayStation 4 and but there have clearly been some delays with the Nintendo Switch version, which was initially . For whatever reason, this seems to be a common…

Illustration of silica crystals coming out from the liquid metal of the Earth's outer core due to a water-induced chemical reaction. Credit: Dan Shim/ASU A few decades ago, seismologists imaging the deep planet identified a thin layer, just over a few hundred kilometers thick. The origin of this layer, known as the E prime layer, has been a mystery—until now. …

Nintendo has announced plans to hold one final video game showcase for 2023. The upcoming Nintendo Direct will focus exclusively on Indie Games coming to the Nintendo Switch. Running for approximately 20 minutes, the Indie World Showcase will be held on November 14 at 5pm GMT UK time. You can watch the entire event live by clicking play on the YouTube embed below.The news was announced by Nintendo: "A new Indie World showcase is airing on Tuesday, 14th November at 18:00 CET."Tune in for roughly 20 minutes of new…

NASA recently shared an image of Saturn on its Instagram handle. The image showed a large portion of the distant celestial body, its moon Mimas at a distance and the planet's ring. It said that the image was captured by its Cassini spacecraft from around 5,76,000 miles (9,27,000 km) away. But for some, this is not the best photograph sent by Cassini. July 19 marked the 10th anniversary of a rare image taken by the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The photo showed Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its…

(NewsNation) — Nearly a decade ago, a meteor traveling faster than 95% of nearby stars crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb says there’s a possibility it wasn’t a space rock at all. Loeb just returned from an excursion to the Pacific Ocean, the aim of which was to recover pieces of that meteor. He says those fragments could be the remains of a “technological gadget” from another solar system. The 50 tiny spherules, or molten droplets, are believed to be made up of…

Heading into Google I/O in May, we knew that the Pixel Fold was being announced. It had leaked numerous times, so we knew what to expect from this device from Google. And when I finally got hands on with the device after the keynote, I knew this would be the one to dethrone Samsung. In fact, I even said as much in the hands-on article. But now that I’ve been able to spend some time with it, making it my daily driver, do I still feel the same? Actually, I do. In fact, my opinion on the Pixel Fold is even stronger than…

The July 2023 Humble Choice Bundle is available for subscribers. The July 2023 line-up features an impressive selection of PC games (primarily available on Steam), including The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice Edition, which contains the core game and two expansions, plus various quality of life improvements, bug fixes and visual enhancements. The Outer Worlds is joined by the excellent Yakuza 4: Remastered, Temtem, and Roadwarden.Yakuza 4 Remastered is an enhanced port of the PlayStation 3 classic. In addition to a deep…

Saturn’s moon Enceladus with plume. Through cracks in the ice crust of Enceladus, icy cryovolcanic jets erupt into space. The ice grains are generated from the global ocean under the ice layer that is a few kilometers thick. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. GillResearchers from Freie Universität Berlin have discovered phosphorus in the subsurface ocean of <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Saturn</div><div…

Credit: Shutterstock In all the debate about Australia's housing crisis, the impact of transport has been largely overlooked. When we talk about transport, it's usually about time spent commuting and not the out-of-pocket costs. While housing is typically the biggest household cost, spending on transport is the second- or…