NASA Launches New $4.3B Telescope with 300 Megapixel Camera

$4.3B

NASA recently put the finishing touches on a telescope set to become the agency’s flagship infrared space telescope, but it hasn’t come cheap. The total cost for developing, building and launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, plus five years of operations after it launches later in 2026, comes in at $4.3 billion.

NASA says Roman will be worth its price tag though, with 18 infrared detectors working together to create a 300-megapixel camera that will be able to capture the cosmos at a scale 100 times larger than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Source: Ars Technica

A NEED FOR SPEED

The world’s fastest business jet is getting ready to take to the skies. Bombardier says its Global 8000 can reach a top speed of Mach 0.95, beating out the Gulfstream 700’s Mach 0.935. The four-cabin jet will also have a range of 8,000 nautical miles (9,206 miles), the farthest for jets in its size and speed range. It also boasts a service ceiling of 41,000 feet, giving it the lowest altitude cabin pressure, equivalent to 2,691 feet.
Source: New Atlas

90%

A new study from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company has found that vehicle-to-home charging could save people 40 to 90 percent on charging costs over the lifetime of their electric vehicles. This practice works by allowing homeowners to use their electric vehicle’s battery to put power into their home. And it would improve their environmental footprint, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70 to 250 percent, an average of 24 to 57 tons of CO2.
Source: Interesting Engineering

SLOP OF THE YEAR

Low-quality content created by artificial intelligence found its way into every nook and cranny of our digital lives in 2025. So much so, in fact, that Merriam-Webster named “slop” the word of the year, defining it specifically as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.”
Source: Engadget