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It’s the greatest cosmic murder mystery of the year: How did a black hole destroy a star—and what kind of black hole is the culprit? Normally, so-called “gamma ray bursts,” sudden flashes of extremely ...

Abstract: Aiming to address the challenges of centroid errors, failed star extraction, and fake stars in star identification under complex radiation environments, an angular distance-based recognition ...

3D computer animation is the go-to style for most studios making animated films today. However, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation once ruled over the industry and is sorely missed in the modern ...

Ninja Gaiden has returned as a new 2D side-scrolling action platformer called Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Revealed at The Game Awards 2024 with the trailer, below, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound sees new ...

Millions of digital horses were clad in armour on April 3, 2006. The survivors of this phenomenon called this downloadable content purchase a “microtransaction.” They lived only to face new nightmares ...

Abstract: This research introduces a path planning method based on the geometric A-star algorithm. The whole approach is applied to an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) in order to avoid the problems of ...

“After their audience with the king, [the wise men] set out,” reads chapter two of the Book of Matthew. “And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped ...

Pope Leo issued an apostolic letter titled, “In Unitate Fidei” (“In the Unity of Faith”), ahead of his first official visit outside Italy, where he traveled to Türkiye and met His All-Holiness ...

Terminator 2D: No Fate has finally crash-landed on Xbox after several shipping-related delays, and it sounds as though the team has delivered a solid 2D Terminator game going off the early reviews ...