Georgina Torbet

Berlin, United States

Science and Technology Writer and Reporter at Freelance

Freelance space reporter. Writing at The Verge, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Inverse, Futurism, and Engadget. Pronouns: she/her. [email protected]

Articles

Gorgeous cotton candy clouds show how Hubble processes space images

1 day ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

This stunning new image from the Hubble Space Telescope might look like cotton candy, but in fact it’s part of a nebula in a next door galaxy. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way which is around 160,000 light-years away, this nebula consists of dust and gas that glows in different colors which indicate different physical processes at work.
iPhone 18 Pro once again tipped for a significant design change

1 day ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

The iPhone 17 Air is set to become the first iPhone that's as light as a feather -- or light as air, as its name suggests. Not because it's as tiny as the oldest iPhone models, but rather it's because it's as thin as the MacBook Air that inspired it and thinner than the rest of the iPhone 17 line.
New NASA mission captures a gorgeous cosmic rainbow

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

A new NASA mission is already collecting data and producing striking images of the solar system. Launched in March, the PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission aims to study the sun’s corona and how the sun interacts with the wider environment of the solar system. Made up of four small suitcase-sized satellites, the mission is able to capture a continuous view of the entire inner solar system thanks to a camera placed on each satellite.
Listen to the sounds of a black hole with these NASA sonifications

2 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Georgina Torbet

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos. These massive, extraordinarily dense objects have such strong gravity that they suck in anything which comes to close to them — even light. But that doesn’t mean that black holes are featureless. Although the black holes themselves are invisible, the clouds of dust and gas around them can get extremely hot and glow brightly, enabling telescopes to ‘see’ the black hole in detail.
Listen to the sounds of a black hole with these NASA sonifications

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos. These massive, extraordinarily dense objects have such strong gravity that they suck in anything which comes to close to them — even light. But that doesn’t mean that black holes are featureless. Although the black holes themselves are invisible, the clouds of dust and gas around them can get extremely hot and glow brightly, enabling telescopes to ‘see’ the black hole in detail.
Get a first look at Google Messages’ new mentions function

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

If you've been lamenting the relatively limited size of the Google Messages text box, good news: it can now get bigger than just four lines. Last month, Google Messages redesigned its compose field — the area where you write your message — but a lot of fans took issue with the fact it could only display four lines of text at once. This was a particular pain point if you had to share a long URL that took up the majority of the field. Now, though, things are changing.
Take a look at this gorgeous Italian 60s-inspired carbon roadster, powered by a US V8

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

Waymo and Toyota have announced they’re exploring a strategic collaboration—and one of the most exciting possibilities on the table is bringing fully-automated driving technology to personally owned vehicles. Alphabet-owned Waymo has made its name with its robotaxi service, the only one currently operating in the U.S. Its vehicles, including Jaguars and Hyundai Ioniq 5s, have logged tens of millions of autonomous miles on the streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin.
Transport yourself to the spa with these garden fresh tequila cocktails

2 days ago | themanual.com | Georgina Torbet

Table of Contents With the arrival of National Cocktail Day tomorrow, now is the time to raid your home bar and get to mixing. You can of course try starting out with something simple, from a classic Gin & Tonic to the ever-popular Ranch Water. But if you’re a tequila lover and you’re looking for some more ambitious inspiration, then these recipes from Tequila Corralejo are for you.
Celebrate World Cocktail Day with these innovative mezcal cocktails

2 days ago | themanual.com | Georgina Torbet

Table of Contents Tomorrow is World Cocktail Day, one of the few holidays that can surely unite everyone in fondness for a good drink. While this is a great excuse to try out some of the classic cocktail recipes, from sours to gimlets to martinis, if you’re an old hand at the classics then you might want to try out something a bit different.
Europa Clipper spacecraft snaps cool thermal images of Mars

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Georgina Torbet

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is currently on its long journey through the solar system, headed for Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa. There, it’s hoping to find whether Europa could ever have supported life — but before it arrives, it’s doing some investigating closer to home as well. NASA scientists recently used Europa Clipper’s instruments to take readings of Mars, as the spacecraft was passing within just 550 miles of the red planet’s surface on March 1.