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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #China #LongMarch10

Yesterday, the Chinese #Menghzou #spacecraft, launched on the Long March 10 rocket's first stage, completed a suborbital flight test. The #rocket conducted its own test, with a controlled splashdown, as part of the development of a reusable launch system. At the end of the test, the Menghzou splashed down as well, but in its case, it was also recovered. Thisis a step forward toward Chinese crewed Moon missions.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/02/12/china-has-completed-a-successful-test-of-the-menghzou-spacecraft-and-the-first-stage-of-the-long-march-10-rocket/

#evolution It's Charles Darwin's 217th birth anniversary https://english.netmassimo.com/2019/02/12/charles-darwin-was-born-210-years-ago/

10 years ago, the LIGO experiment announced the first detection of gravitational waves https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2016/02/11/the-ligo-experiment-has-annouced-the-detection-of-gravitational-waves/

#ScienceFiction #scifi #novel #review

My review of the novel "Aurora" by Kim Stanley Robinson

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/02/09/aurora-by-kim-stanley-robinson/

Cover of the novel "Aurora" by Kim Stanley Robinson

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Jules Gabriel Verne born OTD 1828 – was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His novel From the Earth to the Moon was published in 1865
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#writers #ScienceFiction #scifi It's Jules Verne's 198th birth anniversary https://english.netmassimo.com/2018/02/08/jules-verne-was-born-190-years-ago/

@thomholwerda my knowledge of YT's API and Google rules about handling the videos is very limited. However, I'm pretty sure that you can use the proper APIs to fetch what you need. At that point, if you just want an app for yourself, you can probably do pretty much what you want, at least untile Google changes something in YT's interface. I understand that limitations to the way you can handle videos in your app are enforced if you want to distribute an app.

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My review of the novella “Ironclads” by Adrian Tchaikovsky

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/02/05/ironclads-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/

82 years ago, the activation of Colossus, the first electronic #computer https://english.netmassimo.com/2014/02/08/a-celebration-for-colossus-the-first-electronic-computer/

#TachyonBeam #astronomy #cosmology #JWST #galaxies

An article accepted for publication in the "Open Journal of Astrophysics" reports evidence that the galaxy MoM-z14 is the most distant known so far. A team of researchers led by the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT used the James Webb Space Telescope as part of the “Mirage or Miracle” (MoM) survey. The results confirm that we see MoM-z14 as it was about 280 million years after the Big Bang.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/02/04/galaxy-mom-z14-sets-new-distance-and-age-record/

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My review of the novel "The Cloud Walker" by Edmund Cooper

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/02/02/the-cloud-walker-by-edmund-cooper/

Cover of the novel "The Cloud Walker" by Edmund Cooper

#writers #astronomy #astrophysics #ScienceFiction #scifi Writer Gregory Benford turns 85 https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/01/30/happy-birthday-gregory-benford/

‘It’s not too late to fix it’: web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul’ of the #internet
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/29/internet-inventor-tim-berners-lee-interview-battle-soul-web

@osnews it's shocking that in 2026 you need to write something like that. I mean, I remember buying a PC in 2004 and needed to install Windows because stuff. Well, Mandrake Linux was far quicker and easier to install and configure than Windows ME, and let's not even start about user experience! By 2010, I got rid of any Windows-only software, so I managed to buy a PC with Linux being the only OS installed.

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My review of the novel "Dreamfarer" by John B. Rosenman

https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/01/26/dreamfarer-by-john-b-rosenman/