Miami-Dade Police Unmanned Ground Vehicle PUG Autonomous
Miami-Dade County just welcomed a new member to its sheriff’s fleet, and this one drives on its own. Unveiled this week among the bustle of a luxury automobile showroom, the Police Unmanned Ground Patrol Partner—PUG for short—marks the first time a U.S. law enforcement department has brought out a completely autonomous patrol vehicle. Built on the strong frame of a Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the PUG drives familiar streets without a human behind the wheel, keeping an eye out for trouble via a bank of cameras and sensors.

WISPIT 2b System Planet Ring Around Star
Photo credit: Yuri Beletsky via Harvard
A team of astronomers has captured something amazing: a picture of a baby planet, still growing, nestled in a gap in a disk of gas and dust around a distant star. WISPIT 2b is a protoplanet 5 times the mass of Jupiter and 5 million years old, which is nearly 1000 times younger than Earth. It orbits star WISPIT 2, 437 light years away and this is a first. A planet has never been seen forming in one of these ring shaped gaps, confirming a long held theory about how planets affect their surroundings.

Tesla Budget Model Y Standard Spy Shot Leak
Photo credit: Ryan Mable
A Tesla Model Y has been spotted near the company’s Texas Gigafactory and it’s not the sleek, feature-packed crossover we’re used to. This is the Model Y Standard, a stripped down version designed to bring Tesla’s electric SUV to a wider audience. The $7,500 federal EV tax credit is no longer available so Tesla’s timing couldn’t be better.