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For all the advances in table-top and tablet computing, some design professionals will always prefer the feel of pen on paper to stylus on glass. A new device could provide them with the best of both the digital and the real worlds.
Cat’s Paw Nebula or NGC 6334. This glowing nebula resembles a gigantic pawprint of a celestial cat out on an errand across the Universe. This complex region of gas and dust, where numerous massive stars are born, lies near the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, about 5500 light-years away. It covers an area on the sky slightly larger than the full Moon. The whole gas cloud is about 50 light-years across.
Credit: ESO
Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina.
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The lithium-ion batteries—which weigh 880 pounds—are located just in front of the rear axle, and the car is said to weigh a total of 2976 pounds, or roughly 200 more than the similarly sized Tesla Roadster. Audi claims a 40/60 weight distribution and a 0-to-62-mph time of 5.9 seconds. Top speed is limited to 124 mph. By comparison, the Tesla is much quicker; we’ve clocked the Sport version to 60 mph in four seconds flat, although its top speed is 122 mph. The Detroit e-tron is said to have a cruising range of 155 miles on a full charge, which takes 11 hours with a 230-volt current or just two hours if you can manage to find a special 400-volt charging station.
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In the year 1054 A.D., 12 years before the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England, a very bright explosion in the constellation of Taurus lit up the skies. In the Dark Ages, this was probably seen as an omen or some kind of supernatural occurrence, but astronomers were in fact treated to a very rare event: a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood, only 6,000 light-years away.
Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward; Optical: NASA/ESA/ASU/J.Hester & A.Loll; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Minn./R.Gehrz.
Closing in: A killer whale moves in on an unsuspecting shark. Using a combination of superior brain power and brute force, the highly-intelligent orcas are able to catch and eat what many think of as the ocean's top predators
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View of the CMS Detector before closure, on August 17th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice; Michael Hoch; Joseph Gobin, © CERN)
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Some impressive 373 kW / 507 HP produce a top speed of 347 km/h and pay tribute to the moving history of Veritas.
Every single Veritas RS III is handmade on-site at the Nürburgring. Limited to only 30 pieces, the super sports car becomes a very personal delight for its owner.
An optical image if the active galaxy NGC 1365; its nucleus contains a massive black hole that emits a strange mix of X-ray radiation. Credit: SSRO-South
