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John Wick: Chapter 5 Is Neither Locked Nor Loaded
When John Wick: Chapter 4 comes out on March 23, you might want to savor it. Stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski says he and star Keanu Reeves are “done for the moment” bringing the trigger-happy misadventures of the assassin to movie theaters.
NASA just found a new type of ancient asteroid loaded with water
Scientists have identified a new type of large, dark space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that is flush with water.
This asteroid group has striking similarities to Ceres, the only dwarf planet within the inner part of the solar system, known for being chock-full of H2O. But these asteroids — though relatively close to Ceres — are orbiting farther out in the belt than their much larger sibling.
The discovery, made with measurements taken at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii, adds to the mounting evidence indicating asteroids in the main belt migrated there from a cold nether region, perhaps beyond the orbit of Neptune or Pluto. Such clues suggest the massive gravity of giant planets in the primitive solar system changed their travel plans, nudging the asteroids to their present location, relatively closer to the sun.
How Earth got water
The new class of asteroids might thrill astronomers who are proponents of the theory that Earth’s oceans formed from icy comets and asteroids smashing into the planet. While some scientists believe primitive Earth vented out gasses 4.5 billion years ago, eventually creating an atmosphere that allowed rain to fall and pool, many believe the large bodies of water formed because space rocks from the outer edge of the solar system brought water to it or some combination of the two. The mystery hasn’t been solved yet.
Though this group of asteroids isn’t quite a “missing link” to Earth’s hydration history, the research does back up the idea that super faraway rocks brought ingredients for water to an otherwise arid region of the solar system, said Andy Rivkin, a planetary astronomer at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab. Rivkin, who wasn’t involved in this study, is an expert on asteroids with water and organic materials.
“This would be perhaps the kind of objects that made it into the solar system and brought ice and organics with them,” Rivkin told Mashable. “Their cousins might have hit the Earth and brought some of that, as well as hitting Mars.”
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA
Millions of asteroids orbit the sun. They’re the rubble left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Often asteroids get stereotyped as menaces of the planetary neighborhood, snatching sensational headlines for coming “close to Earth,” even when they’re safely tumbling millions of miles off in the distance. Astronomers tend to think of them as menial rocks that couldn’t quite hack it, never coalescing and amounting to an actual planet.
But their scientific value is undeniable, providing an ancient record of the complex chemical and physical changes that happened over time in the solar nebula — the gas and dust cloud from which the sun and planets formed, said Driss Takir, lead author of the study published in Nature Astronomy this week. The new Ceres-like class of asteroids, rich in water and carbon, possess the same ingredients essential to life on Earth.
“These asteroids can help us better understand the origin and evolution of our solar system,” he told Mashable.
“These asteroids can help us better understand the origin and evolution of our solar system.”
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Scientists from Heidelberg University in Germany who collaborated on the research used computer simulations to study how these asteroids could have migrated from the outer solar system to today’s asteroid belt.
After observing 100 carbonaceous asteroids with infrared spectroscopy, a process of measuring the light reflected from a surface to reveal information about its minerals, Takir has detected 15 dark and water-rich asteroids like Ceres. With more observations, he believes scientists will be able to estimate just how many others like them exist in the main asteroid belt.
What Ceres is made of
As cosmic objects go, Ceres was pretty obscure before 2006, known to experts then as a huge, 500-mile-wide asteroid more than 250 million miles from the sun. At the same time the scientific community demoted Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, Ceres was being upgraded to dwarf planet. Then, in 2015, a NASA spacecraft got a closer look at the unusual bright patches visible on Ceres’ surface.
Through the Dawn mission, scientists learned that Ceres was an ocean world. Its white spots were a salty crust of sodium carbonate, the same type of salt people use as a water softener. After looking at the mission data, scientists concluded that the salt was the residue of a vast, briny reservoir about 25 miles underground and hundreds of miles wide. Meteorite impacts either melted slush just below the surface or created large fractures in the dwarf planet, allowing salt water to ooze out of ice volcanoes.
Astrobiologists are interested in whether primitive lifeforms could exist on Ceres, the closest ocean world to Earth. The National Academies Planetary Science Decadal Survey recently recommended that NASA send a robotic spacecraft to land on Ceres to collect samples.
Just like Ceres, the discovered asteroids have minerals on their surfaces that derive from an interaction with liquid water. The research suggests at least some of these asteroids may also have water ice.
“Especially asteroid 10 Hygiea, the largest dark Ceres-like asteroid with a near-spherical shape,” Takir said. “We will need high-resolution spacecraft observations to search for water ice on these asteroids.”
Despite the strong case for outer solar system objects bringing water ingredients inward, the research team didn’t find any meteorite material on Earth matching the new class of asteroids. That wouldn’t seem to bode well for the theory if those objects never make the long journey to Earth.
But scientists say just because you don’t find pieces of them on the ground, doesn’t mean they’re not here.
“If you throw a snowball at Earth, it’s going to not really make it through the atmosphere because it’ll kind of heat up and melt and vaporize,” Rivkin said. “But the water would be added to the atmosphere.”
The Velvet Underground’s Loaded set for nine LP vinyl reissue
Featuring songs released on vinyl for the first time as well as demos, studio outtakes and rare live recordings
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Best Buy Presidents’ Day Sale Is Loaded With Game And Tech Discounts
It might not be Black Friday, but Presidents’ Day is bringing some surprisingly great discounts on video games, laptops, gaming PCs, and other electronics to Best Buy. Hundreds of products are included in the event, but all savings end on Monday–so be sure to head over and check out the deals while you can.
As is always the case with Best Buy, some of the most enticing price cuts are for video games. This includes Dying Light 2 for just $25, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for $20, and Far Cry 6 for $15. Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition is also listed for just $10, and while it’s a bit old, the community is just about as active as ever. It’s even expected to get some massive updates in 2023, making this a great time to dive into the tactical shooter. You can also pick up Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Cosmic Edition for $30. This version also comes with Kingdom Battle, the first game in the series, so it’s a stellar deal.
If you’re not interested in video games, be sure to scroll through the collection of laptop deals. One of the cheapest gaming laptops is the HP Victus 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop, which is down to $570 from its usual $800. It’s sporting an old GTX 1650, but it’s a great option if you’re a college student that wants a reliable laptop with solid gaming chops. Conversely, you’ll find the ultra-premium Acer Predator Helios 300 with an RTX 3070 Ti available for $1,500, down from $2,100.
The list of discounts at Best Buy is nearly endless, with TVs, computer monitors, keyboards, storage solutions, and more included in the savings. We’ve put together a list of our favorite deals below, but be sure to check out the full catalog if nothing we call out catches your eye.
HP Victus 15.6-Inch Gaming Laptop (GTX 1650)
$570 ($800)
Toshiba 65-Inch Class C350 Series LED 4K Smart Fire TV
$400 ($600)
WD_Black SN850 1TB Internal SSD
$136 ($240)
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
$30 ($60)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
$40 ($60)
Super Mario Odyssey
$40 ($60)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
$41 ($60)
Super Mario Party
$40 ($60)
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
$20 ($60)
The DioField Chronicle
$35 ($60)
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
$25 ($60)
Far Cry 6
$15 ($50)
FIFA 23
$40 ($70)
Live A Live
$40 ($50)
Grand Theft Auto V
$20 ($40)
Madden NFL 23
$40 ($70)
PGA Tour 2K23
$35 ($70)
Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition
$10 ($40)
Riders Republic
$15 ($60)
Sifu Vengeance Edition
$30 ($50)
Sonic Frontiers
$40 ($60)
Soul Hackers 2
$30 ($60)
Star Ocean: The Divine Force
$35 ($60)
ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14-Inch Gaming Laptop (RX 6700S)
$1100 ($1650)
Lenovo Legion Slim 7i 16-Inch Laptop (RTX 3060)
$1500 ($1700)
Acer Predator Helios 300 (RTX 3070 Ti)
$1500 ($2100)
Alienware x14 R1 14-Inch Laptop (RTX 3060)
$1500 ($1900)
Samsung 85-Inch Class TU690T Series LED Smart TV
$1200 ($1400)
LG 75-Inch Class 80 Series QNED 4K Smart TV
$1100 ($1300)
Samsung 65-Inch Class Q80B QLED 4K Smart TV
$1100 ($1300)
Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gaming Desktop (RTX 3060)
$1100 ($1400)
Razer Huntsman Elite (Full Sized)
$100 ($200)
MSI Aegis ZS Gaming Desktop (RX 6700XT)
$1500 ($1900)
LG 32-Inch UltraGear Gaming Monitor
$400 ($500)
Cable Guy: Halo Infinite iPhone and Controller Holder
$20 ($25)
Captain.tv, Loaded, creators team up for streamer-led racing game
US military biometric capture devices loaded with data were sold on eBay
Old US military equipment being sold on eBay contained what appears to be biometric data from troops, known terrorists, and people who may have worked with American forces in Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East, according to a report from The New York Times. The devices were purchased by a group of hackers, who found fingerprints, iris scans, peoples’ pictures, and descriptions, all unencrypted and protected by a “well-documented” default password. In a blog post, the hackers called getting at the sensitive data “downright boring,” given how easy it was to read, copy, and analyze.
Matthias Marx, who lead the group’s efforts in researching the devices, doesn’t think that the data itself is boring, though, calling the fact…
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New Video: Tiwa Savage & Asake – ‘Loaded’
Afrobeats stars Tiwa Savage and Asake have linked up for a titan-sized collaboration.
Christened ‘Loaded,’ the track sees the stars trade verses over a pulsating beat – courtesy of Magicsticks.
The song arrives amidst a breakout year for Asake, who has galvanized the globe with hits such as ‘Terminator,’ ‘Joha,’
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