A sweeping barred spiral galaxy marks the spot in this image, but the real treasure is the gravitational lens in the lower-right corner, where a distant background galaxy is being magnified and distorted by the gravity of a closer galaxy.
It is due to be the second of two storms to hit Scotland over the weekend, with Storm Austen bringing heavy rain on Friday.
Autonomous robots, drones, and mobile platforms increasingly rely on remote supervision. Engineers can monitor system status, issue commands, and deliver software updates without being physically present at the device. However, remote connectivity creates a difficult engineering challenge: how ...
The amber Met Office alert for counties Antrim and Londonderry lasts from 21:00 BST on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
The LongMemEval benchmark is a public test of long-term memory in chat assistants. It has 500 hand-written questions, and each one sits on top of a long history of past chat sessions between a user and an assistant. To answer a question, a system has to find the right facts in that history and ...
Glass can keep a drink safely contained, protect a smartphone screen, or serve as a foundation for electronic components. But when it comes to controlling heat, this familiar material still holds some scientific mysteries. Now, researchers have identified a key factor governing how efficiently ...