
terradaily.com
2025 was third hottest year on record: EU, US expertshttps://www.terradaily.com/reports/2025_was_third_hottest_year_on_record_EU_US_experts_999.htmlBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and EU climate monitors said Wednesday. The last 11 years have now been the warmest ever recorded, with 2024 topping the podium and 2023 in second place, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service and Berkeley Earth, a California-baseJan 22, 2026 2:29 AM

spacedaily.com
Sentinel 2A trials reveal unexpected night sensing capabilityhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Sentinel_2A_trials_reveal_unexpected_night_sensing_capability_999.htmlParis, France (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 After more than 10 years in orbit, the first Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite, Sentinel 2A, is still finding new ways to contribute to Earth observation as engineers push the mission beyond its original remit. With Sentinel 2B and Sentinel 2C now leading the core task of delivering high resolution, camera like images of Earths surface, Sentinel 2A is being used as a test platform to exploreJan 22, 2026 2:29 AM

nasa.gov
NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Spacecraft Make Their Way to Launch Padhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-artemis-ii-rocket-and-spacecraft-make-their-way-to-launch-pad/This Jan. 17, 2026, image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carries the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B in preparation for the Artemis II mission. […]Jan 21, 2026 5:38 PM
mynextbook.ai
Show HN: I built an AI book recommender in 2 dayshttps://mynextbook.aiHi HN! I built this in ~2 days over the New Year's break, and it was the most fun I've had coding in a while...*Why I built it:* I was tired of generic listicles and recoms from Google Search, ChatGPT/Gemini, and Goodreads. I wanted something where I could say "a cozy mystery for a rainy weekend" or "something like Kafka but less depressing" and get actual niche results.*How it works:* - Describe what you're looking for in plain text (or voice) [https://mynextbook.ai/onboarding-books] - A RAG system, built using Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite + Exa search, finds personalized recommendations - Metadata is fetched from multiple sources - ~5-10 seconds from input to recs (5-10X faster with cache)*Stack:* - Next.js 14 / TypeScript on Vercel - Neon (Postgres) + Prisma - Gemini + Exa Search API - Built with Cursor + Claude Code, & AntiGravity (happy to discuss which was better for what)*Try it without signing up:* no sign-up required to explore*Bonus:* It also recommends movies and TV shows based on Jan 21, 2026 3:17 PM

europeanspaceflight.com
Orbex’s Subsidiary in Denmark to File for Bankruptcyhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/orbexs-subsidiary-in-denmark-to-file-for-bankruptcy/Orbex’s Danish subsidiary, Orbital Express Launch ApS, is set to file for bankruptcy, with its facilities officially closing on 20 January and approximately 90 employees losing their jobs. UK-based Orbital Express Launch (Orbex) established its business in Denmark in October 2016. According to the company, its Copenhagen-based business carried out work in propulsion, testing, software, […] The post Orbex’s Subsidiary in Denmark to File for Bankruptcy appeared first on European Spaceflight.Jan 21, 2026 3:13 PM

spacedaily.com
Century-old solar records refine future cycle forecastshttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Century_old_solar_records_refine_future_cycle_forecasts_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 An international team of astronomers has developed a new way to extract solar polar magnetic information from more than a century of historical observations, improving prospects for predicting future solar cycle activity. The work combines data from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in India with modern measurements to reconstruct the behavior of the Sun's polar magnetic field over more than 100Jan 21, 2026 1:11 PM

spacedaily.com
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzlehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Primordial_magnetism_offers_fresh_angle_on_the_Hubble_constant_puzzle_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in measurements of how fast the universe is expanding today. The Hubble tension arises because two precise approaches to determining the Hubble constant give significantly different results, despite drJan 21, 2026 1:11 PM

spacedaily.com
Cosmic dust chemistry forges peptide building blocks in deep spacehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Cosmic_dust_chemistry_forges_peptide_building_blocks_in_deep_space_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 New experiments show that key molecular building blocks for life can form spontaneously on icy dust grains in deep space long before planets emerge from collapsing gas clouds. In a laboratory at Aarhus University and at the HUN-REN Atomki facility in Hungary, researchers Sergio Ioppolo and Alfred Thomas Hopkinson reproduced the extreme conditions in giant interstellar dust clouds, where teJan 21, 2026 1:11 PM

spacedaily.com
Study links Europa's quiet seafloor to hidden potential for lifehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Study_links_Europas_quiet_seafloor_to_hidden_potential_for_life_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, but none has captured scientific attention quite like Europa, which likely hides a global salty ocean beneath an icy crust that may contain twice as much water as all of Earth's oceans combined. A new modeling study led by Washington University in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) suggests that, despite this ocean,Jan 21, 2026 1:11 PM

spacedaily.com
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracyhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Quantum_collapse_models_point_to_subtle_limits_in_timekeeping_accuracy_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Quantum mechanics describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a superposition of states, being in multiple places and configurations at once, encoded in a mathematical object called a wavefunction. But this picture clashes with everyday experience, where objects appear in definite locations and configurations, never in superpositions. To account for this, standard quantum theJan 21, 2026 1:11 PM

esa.int
Legs made for a Mars landinghttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Legs_made_for_a_Mars_landingTo land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various speeds and heights on simulated martian surfaces.Jan 21, 2026 7:50 AM
bing.com
Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domainhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb55fa6754b11a9ec75826149aec2&url=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Ftech-policy%2F2026%2F01%2Fannas-archive-said-spotify-scrape-didnt-cause-domain-suspension-it-was-wrong%2F&c=15434254792376682423&mkt=en-usWhen shadow library Anna’s Archive lost its .org domain in early January, the controversial site’s operator said the suspension didn’t appear to have anything to do with its recent mass scraping of ...Jan 21, 2026 3:34 AM

arstechnica.com
Webb has given us with a stunning new view of a well-known planetary nebulahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/webb-has-given-us-with-a-stunning-new-view-of-a-well-known-planetary-nebula/The colors show the star’s final breath transforming into the raw ingredients for new worlds.Jan 20, 2026 11:33 PM
agenticoding.ai
Show HN: Agentic coding – a practical guide to building with coding agentshttps://agenticoding.ai/Agentic coding is getting a lot of attention, but most explanations stay abstract or stop at demos.This is a short, hands-on course on building with coding agents: how to structure agent loops, when autonomy helps vs hurts, how tools and memory are actually used, and where things tend to break in real projects.The course focuses on:* Practical agent loop patterns (plan → act → reflect and variants)* Tool use, context management, and guardrails* Common failure modes (hallucinations, drift, runaway autonomy)* Tradeoffs between control, reliability, and speedIt’s aimed at engineers who want to go beyond toy examples and actually ship things with coding agents. Not a framework, not a product — just structured lessons based on real-world patterns.Feedback and critiques welcome, especially from people already building agents in production.Jan 20, 2026 9:13 PM

nasa.gov
NIH Supplements, Facts First Challengehttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci/nih-supplements-facts-first-challenge/NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the “Supplements, Facts First: […]Jan 20, 2026 8:29 PM

nasa.gov
NASA’s SLS Rocket: Secondary Payloadshttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-sls-rocket-secondary-payloads/When NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launches the agency’s Artemis II mission to the Moon, four CubeSats, or small satellites, will be hitching a ride inside the rocket’s Orion stage adapter (OSA). All four Artemis II CubeSats are provided by countries that are signatories of the Artemis Accords. Payload deployment, which begins approximately five […]Jan 20, 2026 6:56 PM
bing.com
B.C.'s balmy January brings out blossoms, but a cold snap could put plants in perilhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a892f62333a43059d5729d7ab662744&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fbritish-columbia%2Fjanuary-warm-weather-b-c-cherry-blossoms-9.7053080&c=17661303398446029432&mkt=en-usA couple weeks ago, North Vancouver resident Larry Sewell looked down a street in his neighbourhood and did a double take. "I said, 'God — [that] looks like a cherry blossom,'" said Sewell. "I just ...Jan 20, 2026 12:05 PM

nasa.gov
Jaclyn Kagey Shapes Humanity’s Return to the Moonhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/jaclyn-kagey-shapes-humanitys-return-to-the-moon/For Jaclyn Kagey, helping astronauts put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work. As the Artemis III extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey plays a central role in preparing astronauts for humanity’s return to the lunar surface. She helps define how astronauts will work on the Moon, from planning detailed spacewalk […]Jan 20, 2026 11:00 AM
github.com
Show HN: Txt2plotter – True centerline vectors from Flux.2 for pen plottershttps://github.com/malvarezcastillo/txt2plotterI’ve been working on a project to bridge the gap between AI generation and my AxiDraw, and I think I finally have a workflow that avoids the usual headaches.If you’ve tried plotting AI-generated images, you probably know the struggle: generic tracing tools (like Potrace) trace the outline of a line, resulting in double-strokes that ruin the look and take twice as long to plot.What I tried previously:- Potrace / Inkscape Trace: Great for filled shapes, but results in "hollow" lines for line art.- Canny Edge Detection: Often too messy; it picks up noise and creates jittery paths.- Standard SDXL: Struggled with geometric coherence, often breaking lines or hallucinating perspective.- A bunch of projects that claimed to be txt2svg but which produced extremely poor results, at least for pen plotting. (Chat2SVG, StarVector, OmniSVG, DeepSVG, SVG-VAE, VectorFusion, DiffSketcher, SVGDreamer, SVGDreamer++, NeuralSVG, SVGFusion, VectorWeaver, SwiftSketch, CLIPasso, CLIPDraw, InternSVG)My ApproachJan 19, 2026 9:57 PM
bing.com
Events of 1970http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb24d238745f185b015473713ba23&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FArchives%2FAudio%2FEvents-of-1970%2FEvents-of-1970%2F&c=17905102493740515679&mkt=en-usAnnouncer: 1970, the beginning of a new decade; a new decade yet too young to pinpoint its direction or to give it a name. The '70s, where are they going, what will they bring? Perhaps a look at the ...Jan 19, 2026 4:00 PM