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Samsung has expanded AirDrop-style file sharing to more Galaxy devices via Quick Share, enabling cross‑platform transfers with iOS. However, the rollout appears buggy and uneven, with some users seeing the option but reporting it doesn’t work, suggesting Samsung is still ironing out the feature.
Samsung’s Galaxy devices on One UI 8.5 gain a significantly upgraded Linux Terminal that can run graphical Linux apps, shows access to all shared storage folders (DCIM, Movies, Android, etc.), and is operable via ADB commands; the feature aligns with Android 16 QPR2’s graphical-apps support, but enabling Terminal now requires ADB and the Developer Options search for Terminal is removed.
Astronomers tracked galaxy J0218−0036 (about 10 billion light-years away) and found its central supermassive black hole dimmed by about 20x overall and ~50x in the active nucleus from the early 2000s to 2023. Dust obscuration was ruled out, pointing to an intrinsic drop in accretion with the Eddington ratio falling from ~0.4 to ~0.008. The observed e-folding timescale is roughly 2,000 days in the observed frame (~700 days rest frame), far faster than standard models predict, suggesting a change in accretion mode and challenging current black hole growth theories.
Astronomers using Gaia data found Sun-like stars, including the Sun, clustered around 4–6 billion years old at similar distances from the Galactic center, implying the Sun migrated outward from the core; this migration helps time the Milky Way's corotation barrier and suggests moving away from the center aided life’s emergence on Earth.
Samsung has published a list of satellite-ready apps that can work on Galaxy devices even without cellular coverage, enabled through carrier partnerships in Europe, Japan, and North America. Galaxy S22+ and newer models generally support direct satellite connectivity (with some markets also supporting select Galaxy A series), and service varies by country. Current satellite-ready apps include Find My Mobile, Google Maps, Google Play Services, WhatsApp, Samsung Account, Samsung Health, Weather, and X (Twitter), among others.
Astronomers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, Euclid and the Subaru Telescope identified Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), a distant galaxy that appears to be about 99.9% dark matter and extremely star-poor. The galaxy’s mass is inferred from a halo of four globular clusters, suggesting a rare, almost-dark galaxy that could provide a cleaner probe of dark matter—though further observations, including with the James Webb Space Telescope, are needed to confirm its dark matter content.
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope, Euclid, and the Subaru Telescope have identified Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2) in the Perseus Cluster, a galaxy so faint it’s dominated by dark matter—at least 99.9%—with four globular clusters indicating a massive dark halo and little to no starlight. The finding, based on globular clusters around a largely starless galaxy, suggests such dark galaxies may be common and could provide clean tests of dark matter physics; further observations with the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm its dark matter content.
Astronomers have confirmed CDG-2, a faint galaxy in the Perseus cluster detected only through four globular clusters that provide about 16% of its light; by combining data from Hubble, Euclid, and Subaru, they estimate the galaxy’s total luminosity at roughly 6 million suns and a mass composed of 99.94%–99.98% dark matter, making it one of the most dark-matter–dominated galaxies and a valuable natural laboratory for studying dark matter and galaxy formation.
GOG says it’s already working on a native Linux version of its Galaxy desktop client after posting a senior software engineer role to port the app; CEO Michał Kiciński says he’s a fan of Linux and calls it the next major frontier in gaming, but an ETA hasn’t been shared.
A Galaxy analyst says Bitcoin could fall below $60K due to structural weakness in its price, with on-chain signals and the 200-week moving average pointing to a test of around $58K (and roughly $56K realized price). Absent near-term catalysts, BTC may drift toward the bottom of the supply gap near $70K before probing the $58K–$56K zone; historical drawdowns have often extended losses, though long-term holders could view a potential bottom in the current range as a buying point.
A rumored 5,500 mAh battery in Apple's foldable iPhone could push Samsung to finally cross the 5,000 mAh threshold in future Galaxy devices, potentially sparking a broader race to bigger batteries across flagship phones and reshaping how battery life is marketed.
Nintendo will host a Sunday Direct focused on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, offering an exclusive first look with no gameplay info, set for 6am PT / 2pm UK time on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.
A report suggests Apple is testing a new RCS profile and end-to-end encryption in iOS 26.3 Beta 2 to improve cross-platform messaging with Galaxy devices. RCS Universal Profile 3.0 adds E2EE, plus features like Tapback, inline replies, and edit/unsend, with four French carriers currently showing the code; Apple may also collaborate with Google to boost Android-to-iPhone RCS availability.
Astronomers studying the nearby merging galaxy VV 340a detected kiloparsec-scale, precessing jets from its central black hole that heat and eject coronal gas, removing star-forming material at roughly 19 solar masses per year—an unusually large-scale example of black-hole feedback that may suppress star formation, though the merger could later reignite it.
There isn’t a universal ‘down’ in space. The solar system lies in a flattened disk (the ecliptic) because the collapsing rotating solar nebula shaped planets to orbit in roughly the same plane. The Milky Way has its own galactic plane (tilted about 60° to the ecliptic), and the Local Group sits in a nearly perpendicular supergalactic plane (about 84.5° to the galactic plane). Orientation of these planes comes from the initial rotation of matter when clouds collapsed, so every star, planet, and galaxy can have its own plane and direction depending on where you’re looking.