Attila Nagy, Author at Gizmodo

Venus’ South Pole Is an Ever-Swirling Hellish Mess

This striking combo image of Venus’ dynamic south pole was released today by the European Space Agency on the tenth anniversary of its Venus Express mission. It’a mess. ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft was launched on the 9th of November 2005. After a 153-day journey to the planet, the space probe spent eight years in orbit…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Nov 9

NASA’s Super Guppy Eats Spacecraft Parts for Breakfast

NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft is one of the most extravagant cargo planes in the world. The awkwardly shaped aircraft has been in service since 1965, and was specifically designed to carry oversized payloads, like rocket stages and spacecrafts. This Tuesday she was fed with the Orion service module stacking assembly interface ring and stack holding…

Tech News Attila Nagy Nov 6

This Time Lapse Video Makes the Coast Guard’s Massive New Ship Look So Elegant

In September, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division launched the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter (NSC), Munro (WMSL 755). The time lapse video below shows the workers painstakingly transporting and putting onto water their sleek and elegant new ship. The 418-foot long, 4,500-ton cutter was moved to the floating dry dock with the help…

Tech News Attila Nagy Nov 6

It’s Amazing How Far Digital Photography Has Evolved Since 1998

This isn’t art, though it may look like it. Instead, it’s a striking look at 17 years of progress in snapping digital photos in low light. How times have changed. San Francisco based photographer Jim Goldstein took the first professional Canon DSLR camera, the Canon D2000 from 1998, and the Japanese company’s latest product, the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Nov 6

The New Home of the Most Exotic Bomber Ever Built Is Aerospace Heaven

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the world’s largest military aviation museum—and it’s also home to the world’s only remaining North American XB-70 Valkyrie, which was moved to a new hangar a few days ago. Thankfully the spectacle that was the October 27th relocation of the aircraft was thoroughly photographed, so…

Tech News Attila Nagy Nov 3

Photographer Caught Stunning Meteor Instead of Spooky Asteroid

Hungarian photographer Péter Komka wanted to capture the Halloween asteroid that looked like a skull, as it made its closest approach to Earth. What he got instead was a striking image of a meteor streaking across the sky. Komka set up his camera gear on an equatorial mounted tripod near the medieval castle of Salgó,…

Tech News Attila Nagy Nov 2

These Tiny Antennas Will Help Map Big Bang’s Afterglow

This awesome piece of scientific equipment is a South Pole Telescope detector wafer at Fermilab’s silicon detector facility. Those swirly figures on its surface that resemble a neotribal tattoo are tiny antennas. But what does the entire instrument do? Fermilab explains the rest: Down at the South Pole, […] the South Pole Telescope (SPT) searches…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Nov 2

Newly Declassified Photos Show The Crewed USAF Spy Spacecraft That Almost Was

On October 22, 2015 the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) declassified and released 282 rarely or never before seen images and 825 confidential records (a total of 20,681 pages) about the so called Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), the project which would have sent American astronauts to orbit over the Soviet Union in order to take better…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Oct 30

Watch the Last Flight of a Legendary British Bomber Plane

It’s over. Nobody will ever watch The Spirit of Great Britain’s elegant delta shape silhouette fly again. XH558, the last flying example of the British Avro Vulcan strategic bombers, took-off for her final flight on the 28th of October, 2015. Here is gifset made of the short 15 minute farewell flight and the plane’s final…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 29

This Gorgeous GPS Satellite Is Ready for Tomorrow’s Launch

This golden slice of visual perfection is a Global Positioning System IIF-series satellite. It underwent final encapsulation inside its four-meter diameter protective payload fairing on October 21st at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners are scheduled to launch this satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Oct 29

This Artist’s Cheerful Renderings of Space Exploration Look Like Stills From The Martian

As eager plans for revisiting the Moon and colonizing Mars fill the everyday news, Patrick Rawlings’ scientifically and technically accurate paintings are more appropriate than ever. The following images from our ongoing aerospace artist series showcase one of the most optimistic, colorful body of space art ever created. As you may notice below, three things…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Oct 20

Here Is The Crowdfunded Film About Technoviking, One of The Most Popular Memes

The muscled figure of Technoviking is a significant part of the 21st century history of the Internet, you have seen him probably a thousand times, and you may wonder why only his blackened shape can be seen in the animated gif above. Here is why. The unknown German who was filmed in Berlin at the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 20

Drought Brings a 16th-Century Mexican Temple to the Surface Again

The ruins of the Temple of Santiago are not an easy destination to visit, or even have a look at. The walls of the once sacred building are usually hiding under water, but now drought lowered the river the temple has been hiding in, revealing a rather awesome sight. The mid-16th century Mexican church (also…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 19

The Beautiful DiY Rebar Art That Still Decorates Ex-Socialist Buildings

If you happen to be wandering the countryside walking the streets of ex-socialist towns and villages in Central or Eastern Europe, you may notice a similar decor on houses built in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. What you’re witnessing is DiY rebar art in its finest form. Just like the case of the cabins beside…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 17

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Fourth Mirror Melting Is Mesmerising

Mirrors start off as melted glass—and big mirrors need an appropriately large oven to cast properly. It takes a full year to cast segments of the mirrors used to build the Giant Magellan Telescope, and the melting process is elaborate and hypnotic. The GMT will be an enormous ground-based in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Scheduled…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy Oct 16

Euronews’ Alien HQ in Lyon Is Staring At You

Euronews opened its brand new global headquarters in Lyon, France on Thursday, and I am pretty sure Lyon just got an iconic landmark on the bank of its Saône River. Paris-based architects Jakob+MacFarlane’s work became reality in four years, and now the multilingual news television channel has a modern and extravagant new home in the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 16

The Futuristic Bridge Rolls-Royce Designed For Its New Ships Looks Like a Spacecraft Cockpit

Norwegian shipping company Simon Møkster Shipping got a brand new offshore platform supply vessel back in August. That might not mean anything to you, but the ship’s bridge is the first to tout a new type of ergonomic design created Rolls-Royce–and it looks like an amazing place to work. The ship, named Stril Luna, was…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 15

Two Sated Warthogs Light Up the Sky in Spectacular Fashion

Aerial refuelling photos are always awesome. But this one, taken right after two of America’s best ground attack jets were topped up, easily beats all the similar photos I’ve ever seen. Two U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs, assigned to the 163rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, release flares after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, 340th Expeditionary…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 15

Incredible Scale Models of War Scenes, from World War II to Warhammer 40K

When I was a teenager, I used to build model airplanes. I spent all my pocket money on kits full of unpainted, unassembled plastic. I wasn’t very good at that hobby, but at least I can appreciate the work of those who’ve really mastered the art of scale modeling. The following photos were taken at…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 14

A Rare Peek Inside a Factory Where Toilets Are Born

In the age of smart phones, we probably spend more time sitting on toilets than ever before. And technology has changed the toilet-making process, too. Recently we visited a massive factory in Hungary where humans and robots make toilets hand in hand. The 267 year-old European ceramics manufacturer Villeroy & Boch acquired Alföldi Porcelángyár, the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 13

Attila Nagy

Venus’ South Pole Is an Ever-Swirling Hellish Mess

NASA’s Super Guppy Eats Spacecraft Parts for Breakfast

This Time Lapse Video Makes the Coast Guard’s Massive New Ship Look So Elegant

It’s Amazing How Far Digital Photography Has Evolved Since 1998

The New Home of the Most Exotic Bomber Ever Built Is Aerospace Heaven

Photographer Caught Stunning Meteor Instead of Spooky Asteroid

These Tiny Antennas Will Help Map Big Bang’s Afterglow

Newly Declassified Photos Show The Crewed USAF Spy Spacecraft That Almost Was

Watch the Last Flight of a Legendary British Bomber Plane

This Gorgeous GPS Satellite Is Ready for Tomorrow’s Launch

This Artist’s Cheerful Renderings of Space Exploration Look Like Stills From The Martian

Here Is The Crowdfunded Film About Technoviking, One of The Most Popular Memes

Drought Brings a 16th-Century Mexican Temple to the Surface Again

The Beautiful DiY Rebar Art That Still Decorates Ex-Socialist Buildings

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Fourth Mirror Melting Is Mesmerising

Euronews’ Alien HQ in Lyon Is Staring At You

The Futuristic Bridge Rolls-Royce Designed For Its New Ships Looks Like a Spacecraft Cockpit

Two Sated Warthogs Light Up the Sky in Spectacular Fashion

Incredible Scale Models of War Scenes, from World War II to Warhammer 40K

A Rare Peek Inside a Factory Where Toilets Are Born

Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube

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