Watch out SpaceX, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) rocket successfully completed a vertical landing test at sea in in Haiyang, East China’s Shandong Province. The prototype managed to fly at an altitude of over 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) before descending into a smooth hover. It then decelerated using engine reverse thrust and touched down steadily with a landing precision of under 10 meters (33 feet).
Photo credit: Valter Binotto
Photographer Valter Binotto managed to captured a strange red ring of light that appeared in the skies above Italy for milliseconds. This phenomenon is known as an ELVE, which are massive red halos that occur high in the atmosphere at around 100 km (62 mi) above active thunderstorms. They can be as large as 400 km (248 mi) in diameter and last just a mere millisecond.
The LEGO Star Wars Emperor’s Throne Room (75352) diorama building set has been unveiled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. This 807-piece set faithfully recreates Emperor Palpatine’s Throne Room on the re-built Death Star featured in the film, including its infamous window, the Emperor’s chair and many other details.
Photo credit: Mike Atkinson
Two thieves planned a heist that involved cut a 24″ x 18″ hole through a coffee shop bathroom’s wall to gain access to the Apple Store stock room at Alderwood Mall in Washington. A total of 436 iPhones and other devices were stolen, calculated to be worth roughly $50,000 USD.
From afar, this appears to be a Porsche 917, but upon closer inspection, you’ll realize that it is actually a custom-built Le Mans slot car raceway. This 1:32 scale slot car raceway was built by Detroit-based Slot Mods, measuring 13′ long by 6′ feet wide complete with hand-painted track surfaces, structures, signs, landscaping, as well as spectators.
The Carrera R/C Nintendo Mario Kart 2.4 GHz Mini Collectible is a great way to burn some time while at home or the office, and you can get one for $23.36, today only, originally $39.99. Put simply, its a 1:50 scale recreation capable of achieving speeds of over 3-mph and comes with a small remote control with a clear storage section to safely hold your RC car when not in use. Product page
Jay Leno takes up an up-close look at the Halo Warthog-like GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) for the U.S. Army. Power comes from a 2.8L Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine generating 186 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque, mated to a 6-speed automatic gearbox. The company is initially building 649 ISVs for the U.S. Army.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured sparking new images of Uranus and its dramatic rings. The seventh planet from the Sun actually rotates on its side at roughly a 90° angle from the plane of its orbit, resulting in extreme seasons since its poles experience many years of constant sunlight followed by an equal number of years of complete darkness.
The Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition FireCuda PCIE Gen4 NVMe SSDs feature interchangeable faceplate designs depicting Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker, while offering blazing fast speeds as well as peak performance to the battle stations of Star Wars collector. These designs are built on swappable heatsink faceplates so users can choose their favorite design inspired by the Jedi or Sith that fits their collection in an instant.
Andrew Illarionov Kotpaw, also known as Enderman on YouTube, tricked ChatGPT into generating a working key for Windows 95. Anyone who has used ChatGPT knows that there are limitations to what you can ask, and working Windows 95 keys is one of them. To get around this, Enderman asked the chatbot to generate 30 strings of number characters using a specific format.