The universe is billions of years old, but telescopes and the modern study of the cosmos have only been around for a few centuries. So scientists turn to unlikely sources, like tree rings, for data on cosmic events that predate Galileo.

Over the years, tree ring data from around the world has shown evidence of several unexplained and potentially devastating space weather events that delivered a dose of radiation to Earth and many of its inhabitants, including the trees themselves.

“These huge bursts of cosmic radiation, known as Miyake events, have occurred approximately once every thousand years, but what causes them is unclear,” explained physicist Benjamin Pope from Australia’s University of Queensland, in a statement. “The leading theory is that they are huge solar flares.”

Pope led a team of researchers who analyzed tree ring data dating back over a millennia to investigate the link between Miyake events and solar flares. Their study findings appear in Proceedings of the Royal Society A.

In the paper, the team notes that one of the events with the most tree ring data occurred in the year 774 and appears to have been more than 10 times as powerful as the Carrington event of 1859, which was a geomagnetic storm tied to eruptions on the sun. When the blast hit Earth, it reportedly caused telegraph lines to burst into flames and generated global auroras.

“We need to know more, because if one of these happened today, it would destroy technology including satellites,

Maybe it’s old. Maybe it stopped working. Maybe you just want a bigger TV. Regardless of the reason, take some time away from drooling over your new TV prospects and spare a moment for your old one. That trusty TV that gave you seven great seasons of Game of Thrones (and one other) and countless movies, and showed your favorite teams winning, or not winning, the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup or some variation of all three. Are you just planning on throwing out your old TV? Actually, don’t.

Most cities prefer you recycle your old electronics rather than throwing them away. Trashing your old TV is wasteful and, depending on the age of the TV, it could contain toxic metals like mercury. So what should you do? There are plenty of options, especially if it still works. The most obvious is to just move it to another room, but I’ll assume you’ve thought of that one already, especially if you have a new tv to replace it with.

Fortunately, many of the options for getting rid of an old TV don’t cost you anything, other than perhaps a little bit of your time. Here’s what to do. For more, check out whether your old phone can be repurposed into a wireless mouse or a security camera.

Before doing anything else, wipe the data

No matter what you intend to do with your TV, make sure you log out of all your streaming accounts. Then go one

Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away is ever-expanding on Disney Plus The latest series to hit the streaming service is Andoran excellent prequel story that occurs five years before the events of Rogue One.

Eight of the 12 episodes are available now, and we’ll get one episode each Wednesday until Nov. 23.

Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor, who plays a vital role as a spy in the early days of the Rebel Alliance against the totalitarian Galactic Empire. You can also stream composer Nicholas Britell’s moody soundtrack for the early episodes.

Andor episode release dates and times

Here’s the full schedule for Andor on Disney Plus, as confirmed by the official Star Wars Twitter account. New episodes generally drop at midnight PT (3 am ET/8 am GMT/5 pm AEST).

Is there a trailer?

Lucasfilm gave us several trailers ahead of the show’s release, with the latest coming at parent company Disney’s D23 Expo in early September. You can also check out a 9-minute preview (mostly scenes from episode 3) in Disney Plus.

Will Andor get a second season?

It sure will. Creator Tony Gilroy confirmed at May’s Star Wars Celebration Anaheim that the show will return for a 12-episode second season that leads directly into Rogue One. It’s unclear when season 2 will air, but it’ll probably hit Disney Plus in 2023 or 2024. Expect to hear more at Star Wars Celebration Europe next April.

Zoom will soon be added to Tesla vehicles according to an official announcement from the maker of the popular video conferencing app, allowing drivers to participate in video and audio calls without using a mobile device (via Drive Tesla Canada).

The announcement was made by Zoom’s Group Product Manager Natasha Walia during the Zoomtopia 2022 Event on Tuesday, alongside a demonstration video brief of it working in a Tesla Model Y. The Zoom app would likely use Tesla’s in-cabin camera located above the rear-view mirror, allowing Tesla owners to see exactly what that camera monitors and use it as a live feed.

The cabin camera’s main function is to monitor driver attentiveness while Autopilot is engaged, allowing the vehicle to provide audible alerts or warnings, though the feature has previously raised concerns over driver privacy. If Zoom is utilizing the cabin camera then additional concerns could be raised regarding what access permissions are granted to third-party apps.

Zoom integration doesn’t have an official release date, but will be coming to “all new Tesla models soon.” Other details were also missing from the announcement, including if Zoom will only work on WiFi or if Tesla owners who currently pay for Premium Connectivity add-on ($9.99 monthly plus applicable tax) can make calls using the car’s own data plan. The video demonstrating the feature also doesn’t show the vehicle in motion during a call so it’s likely that Zoom