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A “super-puff” exoplanet is leaking a lot of helium into space, new observations show — and may be in the process of losing a lot of its atmosphere.A large plume of helium gas was spotted evaporating from the giant planet, known as WASP-107b, according to research based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).The results, published Monday (Dec. 1) in the journal Nature Astronomy, show that the gas spanned an area nearly five times the diameter of the planet and that the gas was visible speeding far ahead of the planet along WASP-107b’s orbital path. You may like…
The Sonic the Hedgehog movies have been a success for Paramount and Sega, and the pair are looking to build on that with a spin-off movie. An expansion of the Sonic cinematic universe, if you will. The companies haven’t revealed more details about this “Sonic universe feature,” as Deadline described it, but the flick is set to hit theaters on December 22, 2028.There have been rumors for a while that a film focused on Shadow the Hedgehog is in development, so that might be the direction Paramount and Sega take here. Keanu Reeves voices Shadow in the film series. There…
A holographic Gengar from the Pokémon TCG set Skyridge just fetched over $30,000 at GameStop. The company is touting it as an “own” aimed at all the “trolls” who make fun of its infamously poor trade-in values. But the record-breaking deal is really a window into the meme stock retailer’s slimy new loot box idea: trading card Power Packs. Pokémon cards are a giant cash cow. Scalpers raid GameStop stores multiple times a month to buy up all the new products that the Pokémon Company can’t print fast enough. But GameStop barely makes any profit off of those sales. It…
Consumers can also use the app or website to check the number of mobile connections in their name and report any that appear to be fraudulent. Priyanka Gandhi of the Congress Party, a member of Parliament, said that Sanchar Saathi “is a snooping app… It’s a very fine line between ‘fraud is easy to report’ and ‘we can see everything that every citizen of India is doing on their phone.’” She called for an effective system to fight fraud, but said that cybersecurity shouldn’t be “an excuse to go into every citizen’s telephone.” App may need “root level access” Despite…
When it comes to holiday video game gifts, Nintendo gear is often at the top of the list for kids and adults like. This year likely more so than ever thanks to the launch of the Switch 2 back in the spring. But if you were hoping to save money on the console with Cyber Monday gaming deals still live, you may be disappointed. The Nintendo Cyber Monday sale was announced a few weeks ago, and unsurprisingly, there are a scant few real “deals” to be had. This is typical of Nintendo, though — actual Nintendo Cyber Monday deals are…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. At roughly the length of a small school bus, anacondas are famously some of the world’s largest snakes. Now fossil evidence proves that these enormous reptiles are also glimpses of an ancient world. According to a study published on December 1st in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, anacondas reached their maximum length around 12.4 million years ago—and have remained giants ever since. Some of today’s largest animal species are puny compared to their Middle-to-Upper-Miocene megafauna ancestors. South America’s black caiman crocodile (Melanosuchus niger) grew up to…
Having plenty of storage space is invaluable. If you’re a photographer, videographer, or any professional who regularly handles large files, you know how crucial it is. Gamers get it too—growing video game file sizes make having a reliable, high-capacity SSD more essential than ever. Luckily, Amazon has a spectacular deal that’s still up post-Cyber Monday. You can save 32% on the Samsung T9 portable SSD with 1TB of storage. That brings the price down from it’s usual value of $140 to just $95. That makes for a large savings of $55 for a limited time. Need more storage than that?…
Streaming services have a way of reviving love for old shows, and HBO Max is looking to entice old and new fans with this month’s addition of Mad Men. Instead, viewers have been laughing at the problems with the show’s 4K premiere. Mad Men ran on the AMC channel for seven seasons from 2007 to 2015. The show had a vintage aesthetic, depicting the 1960s advertising industry in New York City. Last month, HBO Max announced it would modernize the show by debuting a 4K version. The show originally aired in SD and HD resolutions and had not been previously…
One of the iPhone’s many accessibility features is something Apple calls “Magnifier,” which uses the smartphone’s cameras to magnify and identify objects in the world around you. For Global Accessibility Awareness Day in May this year, Apple brought Magnifier to the Mac, opening up even more places the assistive tool can be used, like classroom or work environments where you might already have a MacBook pulled out.Magnifier requires macOS 26 Tahoe and can work with a built-in webcam, a connected third-party camera or an iPhone via Apple’s Continuity feature. Provided your MacBook can run Apple’s latest software update, it’s a…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Understanding the weather forecast can sometimes feel like reading tea leaves. Do I need a heavier coat? Should we move our plans inside because of rain? Will it be safe to drive? With at least nine types of precipitation and constantly changing dynamics in the atmosphere, predicting the chance of precipitation can be a particular challenge for both civilians and meteorologists alike. But it’s not impossible. What does ‘chance of precipitation’ really mean? Precipitation is simply when water falls down to Earth’s surface as part of…