Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars and sometimes they abruptly increase their rotation rate. This sudden change of spin rate is called a "glitch" and I was part of a team that recorded one happening in the Vela Pulsar, ...
Astronomy
Apr 12, 2018
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The orbiting International Space Station has shifted in position after an engine glitch on a docked spacecraft which is due to bring astronauts back to Earth this week, Russia said.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2015
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A team of astronomers, including Danai Antonopoulou and Anna Watts from the University of Amsterdam, has discovered that sudden speed jumps in the rotational velocity of pulsars have a minimum size, and that they are caused ...
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2014
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Recently, the global financial market experienced a series of computer glitches that abruptly brought operations to a halt. One reason for these "flash freezes" may be the sudden emergence of mobs of ultrafast robots, which ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 11, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A security researcher, describing some of his about-me features as "mobile enthusiast" and "Linux fiddler," this week discovered a security hole on an Android Samsung phone. In a March 20 posting on his blog, ...
A commercial vessel carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday, and flight controllers scrambled to fix the problem.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The ground team for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been active.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2013
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The International Space Station briefly lost contact with ground controllers on Tuesday because of a computer problem, but its commander said the crew was fine, NASA said.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of Southampton have called in to question a 40 year-old theory explaining the periodic speeding up or 'glitching' of pulsars.
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2012
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Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone.
Software
Dec 13, 2012
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