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Apple begins the reconquest of China thanks to the strong point of the iPhone 17 Pro: it is orange

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Color psychology is a tremendously studied field. Something as simple as a color can trigger feelings subconsciouslybeing the use of green color in the scenes of the villains of classic Disney one of the best examples. It also depends on our languagebut I feel such a powerful weapon, it is evident that it is used consciously in the marketing and colors of the products. And there is nothing that exemplifies it better than China’s fever for the iPhone 17 Pro. For one in particular: the orange iPhone. In short. China is a market with immense potential for companies that want to exploit it. They are simple numbersand Apple has just witnessed what happens when they hit the key. How do they count in Financial TimesIn Apple’s recent financial presentation, Tim Cook welcomed the rebound in iPhone sales in China during the fourth quarter of 2025. The last and first sections of each year are the strong points of an Apple that usually launches its new devices between September and November of each year, but in the last quarter of 2025 they have experienced something unusual: income of 26,000 million dollars, marking a growth of 38% year-on-year in China and accounting for a fifth of the company’s total income. Taking into account the continuity in terms of specifications and fierce competition with Xiaomi, Alive and one Huawei that has returned on its ownit’s… curious. But it seems that the person responsible is none other than one color. cosmic orange. It is the model we analyzed, clearly the most striking of Apple’s colors for the latest batch of iPhone and the one that is causing a stir in China. Orange is a color that distills energy, happiness and vitality. It is a warm color, and in China it also has a meaning positive related to the vitality of the crops, but also with spirituality and with the association of “orange” and “success” due to the similarity in Mandarin. And it seems like a joke, but it’s not. As we said, the colors of a device are not chosen at random, and this one has also landed on the right foot in the Asian giant. Nabila Popal, research director of the analyst group IDCnotes in the FT that “it sounds simple, but iPhone sales respond to obvious external changes in the design, which include the introduction of a garish orange color.” Viral. But it is no longer that Chinese consumers are buying the orange iPhone because it symbolizes that vitality, but because it symbolizes status. The shade of Apple’s ‘Cosmic Orange’ is very, very similar to the classic Hermès Orange, a luxury brand with which Apple itself has collaborated on some occasions (for Apple Watch straps, for example). It is something that has made the orange iPhone Pro transcend: from being a premium range phone to a luxury accessory. And of course, it is only in the most expensive model, the Pro, which increases that even more. perception to have a luxury accessory. “Choosing orange means that everyone knows that you are using the latest iPhone. It is a statement of identity,” said an influencer in one of the -many- unboxings of the orange iPhone that are seen on Chinese networks. Beyond color. Aside from the fact that color has had an impact on the sale of iPhones in China during the last period, the interesting thing is that Apple has managed to turn the tables. It has presented its strongest quarter since the first of 2022, the year in which it stood out and which has been followed by three periods of dcadence compared to national competition. Huawei, in particular, was very strong after recovering from the US veto and starting to launch high-end mobile phones again, this time with home-made chips. Apple should not be too amused about calling the orange iPhone “the Hermès iPhone,” but seeing how viral it is, it’s not like this mix of identities should be a headache in Cupertino. Now the question is whether they will start launching other devices and models in orange to try their luck in China… or if they will withdraw it, leaving the color as an exclusive to the iPhone 17. It wouldn’t be the first time. Image | Xataka In Xataka | For Apple, the price of its iPhones was sacred. Until it began to fall into the void in China

Vodafone negotiates with Telefónica and Orange to create a common front: a RANco

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Eamonn O’Hare, CEO of Zegona (the owner of Vodafone Spain), has confirmed to Expansion which is in talks with Orange and Telefónica to create a RANco, a mobile network joint venture in the style of the fibercos which launched in 2025. Why is it important. Spain has three large operators managing three national mobile networks with identical fixed costs, but Orange and Telefónica have double Vodafone’s customers. This asymmetry makes Vodafone’s mobile network, comparatively, inefficient. A RANco would allow sharing infrastructure, reducing expenses and improving quality without eroding profitability. The context. Vodafone has multiplied its share price by 12 in 20 months after reducing costs and close two fibercos that generated 2.2 billion in value. The share went from 345 pence (things from the London stock market) when they bought Vodafone Spain to more than 1,565 pence now, and has returned 1,400 million in dividends to its shareholders. It now trades at 9 times its cash flow when its competitors do so at 13 times. The RANco is the missing piece to close that gap. How a RANco works. A RANco is a wholesale mobile network company shared between operators that provides services to its owners. It is similar to fibercos: the network is unified, synergies are captured and a minority stake is sold to an international investor. Vodafone pays 150 million annually to Vantage Towers for towers at double the market price. With the RANco, those costs are divided. Two possible scenarios: With Orange: easier to execute and attract investors, but fewer synergies because they already share a network in some areas. With Telefónica: more synergies by not having anything shared, but more complex to incorporate a financial partner. The calendar. O’Hare puts the closure of RANco within a year and a half. And in November 2028, the window opens to abandon the contract with Vantage Towers. Vodafone has already made a decision: either Vantage reduces its rates by 50% or terminates the agreement. Yes, but. Mergers between operators are not on the table. O’Hare rules out short-term purchases or sales because the regulatory risk is “too great” and would distract the group from its three priorities: Align your stock valuation with the competition. Reach 1,000 million in cash flow. And develop the RANco. The figures. Vodafone Spain generated 400 million in cash flow when Zegona bought it. Last year it reached 600 million. This year it will be close to 800 million. The goal is to reach 1,000 million in the coming years. At stake. The RANco is not just a financial movement. Turning off the cable network will take three or four years migrating customers to fiber. Small operators will disappear, devoured by Digi and Finetwork. And Vodafone keeps open a possible IPO in Spain within three or four years, when it would complete its transformation. The shadow of Telefónica. As published Populi Voice A few days ago, Telefónica began talks to buy Vodafone Spain and close the operation in the first half of 2026. But a RANco with Orange or with Telefónica itself, in addition to O’Hare’s own interview, would change the equation: Vodafone would enter that negotiation with shared infrastructure and long-term contracts that would make the purchase more expensive or directly unviable. Zegona negotiates the RANco also as a policy. Featured image | Orange, Movistar, Vodafone In Xataka | Any teleoperator would be worried about making less money with each client. Digi is exactly what you are looking for

Alcampo has a V16 beacon with its own app and offers coverage through Orange

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Many stores and supermarkets have their own catalog of V16 beacons. We have seen it in many cases such as consumption either aldi. Even Alcampo has some connected beacons with which to comply with DGT regulations, as is the case with the SOS Roadwhose price is 29.95 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This V16 beacon, which is also available at PcComponentes for a price of 29.99 eurosoffers coverage until 2038 with the DGT 3.0 platform through Orange. It can be associated with the SOS app and works with three AAA batteries that are included with the beacon. If you are looking for an alternative… As an alternative to the SOS Road, stores like Amazon have the Help Flash IoT+which has become quite popular with, according to the store itself, more than 100,000 sales in December. Its official price is 54.95 euros, but right now it costs 39.97 euros and it stands out for quite a few reasons. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The most interesting is that it is a beacon that offers approximately 290 candlesa fairly high figure that can be interesting to have good luminosity. It also stands out because it has the possibility of associating with the app myIncidencein order to contact the insurance company and emergency services. You may also be interested One v16 eco dgt 3.0 geolocated led emergency light The price could vary. We earn commission from these links FlashLED SOS Emergency Light V16 Connected Approved, Authorized by the DGT, SIM Card and DATA SERVICE UNTIL 2038, Magnetic Base, IP54 Water and Dust Resistance, INCLUDES CASE The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | SOS Road, Netun Solutions In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips In Xataka | Clarifying all the mess that the DGT has on its hands: the V-16 light, the V-27 signal and the emergency triangles

Movistar, Orange and Vodafone are going to raise prices in 2026. You still have time to do something to avoid paying more

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Unfortunately for users, it has already become a tradition: every year around this time, the three operators begin to notify their customers of the price increases that they will come into force in January. And 2026 is not going to be an exception. The first to report it It was Movistarthen Orange followed and shortly after It was Vodafone’s turn. They are all preparing an update to their upward rates for the first weeks of 2026 that will directly impact the pockets of millions of households. The increase is not the same in all rates, but in some cases, it may mean pay up to 6 euros more per month. The good news is that we still have time to take measures to avoid it. It all depends on whether you are willing to continue paying for services that you may no longer need. Image: Xataka On January 8, Vodafone prices rise. Although last year Zegona, the owner of Vodafone Spain, allowed to avoid the inertia of the increases linked to the CPIin 2026 prices will rise again. And this time they will not be linked to the CPI, but will exceed the expected inflation (close to 3%) to reach an average of 4%. The increase affects almost everyone: from those who only have a mobile line, who will pay 1 euro more per month, to families with complete convergent packages, whose fee will increase between 3 and 5 euros per month. In addition, you will pay 1 extra euro for each additional line and another extra euro for each contracted streaming platform. Ancillary services such as Secure Net, One Number or MultiSIM maintain their prices. Orange rates rise on January 12. Orange packages will suffer a weighted average increase of around 3.8%. For example, customers who have contracted the Fiber pack with one or two unlimited lines will pay 5 euros more per month. Also those with the Cinema and Series package, both with one mobile line and two. Football fans will be worse off, since the Football and Cinema packages will increase by 6 euros per month, regardless of whether you have one or two mobile lines. Image: Movistar Movistar customers have their turn a day later. The customers who will notice the increase the most are those who have 1 Gbps fiber rates and unlimited mobile line services. For example, the 1 Gbps fiber and unlimited mobile package plus an additional line increases from 63 to 65 euros per month, and the option with two unlimited lines increases from 80 to 83 euros. The basic Movistar Plus+ package with deco increases by one euro, from 13 to 14 euros. What remains the same are the entry rates, such as the basic package with 600 Mbps Fiber and mobile with 60 GB, which remains at 53 euros per month. The date on which the new prices will come into effect is January 13, 2026. Why do operators raise prices? The justification for these price increases by Movistar, Orange and Vodafone is very similar and always revolves around investment and quality of service. As they are “premium” operators, they do not limit themselves to giving you connectivity, but offer the latest technologies (WiFi 7, 5G+, 10 Gbps fiber…) and an entire ecosystem of services, such as alarms, insurance, telemedicine, etc. To this we must add television with a decoder, agreements with third parties to integrate their content and the high cost of football in the case of Orange and Movistar. In fact, the three operators hide behind the increase in costs on the part of providers and their desire to continue offering varied and quality content. You have the right to cancel the contract. Operators are obliged to communicate any modification to the contract (a price increase is one) at least one month in advance of its entry into force. In all three cases, the new prices will be applied, as we have seen, in the first days of January. Hence, customers are now receiving the relevant notices. Even if you have a current contract, the unilateral modification of the conditions by the operator gives you the right to terminate the contract and change companies at no cost, as long as you do so before the date of entry into force of the new prices and that you are not paying for a device in installments. If you receive the notice and do nothing, the operator legally assumes that you accept the new conditions. Therefore, December is the perfect time to analyze your day-to-day needs and check the options you have both within your current operator. like in the competition. On mobile phones, for example, there is a golden rule that recommends hiring a rate that offers your average consumption plus a 20% margin. On fiber, you may be able to lower the speed, and on television, you may not need as many platforms or content packages. Cover image | Xataka In Xataka | Telefónica does not buy Vodafone or Digi for now, but it already has a plan: one in which mergers are necessary In Xataka | For the first time in decades, Telefónica can freely decide with whom it shares its network. And that changes the entire Spanish market

There are a lot of people replacing the oil on ham toast with coffee and orange. And oddly enough, it makes sense.

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“You insist on putting olive oil on our Iberian ham toast and this is like putting sugar on top of a chocolate cake.” Víctor Sanchego did not know it, but with those words was about to make thousands of people prepare the strangest breakfast we’ve seen in a long time. How come you don’t have to add oil to the ham? Sanchego’s argument is that “the fat of Iberian ham contains more than 60% oleic acid, the same component of extra virgin olive oil.” Therefore, as happens in a perfumery when we have already worn several colognes, when we mix oil and ham at the same time our taste buds become saturated. “Instead of helping it enhance the flavor, it is subtracting it,” says the ham man. The reality, of course, is more complex. The general idea is true for Iberian ham: adding oil (especially if it is an intense and complex one) blurs the flavor profile and can actually oversaturate the bite. This, however, does not happen with the rest of the hams or with the rest of the oils. It is, so to speak, a borderline case. And a well-known one, at that. The normal thing when we talk about Iberian ham, in fact, is that it is recommended to enjoy it alone or with an accompaniment that cleanses the palate, such as a piece of neutral bread. Nobody usually proposes eating a plate of ham with a glass of EVOO on the side. The striking thing about all this is not that. The striking thing is the coffee with orange zest. Because Víctor Sanchego does not propose to eat ham with white bread, nothing like that. He suggests smearing the bread in a mixture of black coffee and orange peel, toasting it and, now, putting the Iberian ham on top. It’s a strange thing, yes; but we cannot define it as madness either. We said before that the ideal thing is to eat Iberian ham with something that ‘cleanses the palate’ and Sanchego’s idea goes directly there: coffee, due to its dry and intense qualities, allows us to enhance the organoleptic properties of our ham. Is it the most interesting decision? Well, the truth is that I couldn’t say. On a theoretical level, there could be dozens of similar combinations that fit better with our usual organoleptic repertoire; but without a doubt it is bold and many of those who try it (on social networks) They are delighted with the result. And that, without a doubt, is good news. Not because of the ham, not because of the coffee, not because of the orange zest. It’s good news because culinary Talibanism It is a practice that greatly impoverishes our understanding of food. And it limits us for no reason. Being open to ‘playing’ with products as iconic as Iberian ham is a symptom of a gastronomic maturity that, used well, can help us resolve problems in a much simpler way. big problems of the food security of the century. Image | Stephan Coudassot | Nathan Dumlao In Xataka | Why salads are the biggest source of food poisoning and what to do to avoid it

30,000 lightning strikes, orange warnings and severe events: don’t call it ‘squall line’, call it ‘new normal’

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During the early morning and early hours of this Wednesday, November 5, the arrival of a cold front to the Peninsula has caused a very active squall line throughout the southwest. And, in this case, saying “very active” is not an exaggeration: the images that they come to us from Portugal they are incredible and at the moment, he is heading to Extremadura and Western Andalusia. The interesting thing is that we no longer talk about meteorological information, we begin to enter the field of Okay, but what is a squall line? This is an organized storm system that, often ahead of a cold front, forms in a line. Due to its structure, this phenomenon causes strong and destructive winds, torrential rains, hail and lightning. In addition, they are characterized by advancing very quickly and being able to cause significant damage. In Xataka The "tropicalization" of the atmosphere is going to change Spain and not exactly for the better And so it has been. Portugal’s Civil Protection recorded more than 150 nighttime incidents and, as the Portuguese press explainedit is not just the problems caused by the rain and wind; is that tens of thousands of electric shocks have been recorded. About 30,000 in a few hours. Given this, AEMET activated orange noticesin Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia. In addition, 122 Extremadura is prepared for rains of 5–20 l/m² in very short periods of time. It’s not a lot of water, but in these circumstances it can cause a lot of problems. Aren’t we talking about autumn showers? No, we are not talking about loose showers: it is an organized convection capable of producing severe gusts, hail and wet blowouts. They are formations that trigger the risk on urban areas, electrical networks and mobility. It’s another episode of “This is not just an Atlantic storm” that has been with us for weeks now. It is true that November is a typical month for hallways in the southwest; but the data suggests that we are facing something more. {“videoId”:”x89b35l”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”PROFESSIONAL STORM CHASERS_ this is their daily life”, “tag”:””, “duration”:”400″} What is really happening? In technical terms, we are talking about the arrival of an Atlantic trough and cold front with sufficient shear to organize convection and force a quasi-linear system. Ambient humidity does the rest and that is the key. As we said a few days agothat area of ​​the peninsula is prone to low convergences that, with adequate shear and sufficient humidity,They organize convectively very easily. As connections with the Gulf of Mexico (the famous ‘rivers of moisture’) become more common and, with them, the available humidity grows: these systems will become more frequent and more intense. It is the same as occurs in the Mediterranean with DANAs: It doesn’t matter if climate change causes more or not, the amount of “available fuel” makes any spark turn into a fire. Meteorologically speaking, of course. Image | Carlos Virazón (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news 30,000 lightning strikes, orange warnings and severe events: don’t call it ‘squall line’, call it ‘new normal’ was originally published in Xataka by Javier Jimenez .

There are green, orange and even purple USB ports. The color rule that indicates your generation is extinct

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There was a time when everything was easier. If the USB port was white, it was slow; if it was black, it was standard; and if it was blue, it was the fastest. That rule that helped us Easily identify USB-A generations It’s gone. The arrival of new standards, charging functions and brand marketing has meant that today we find a wide range of green, orange and purple ports that no longer mean much. Image: StorageReview The original color code. The current chaos, as we explain in our guide to the USB standardit was not planned. The USB-IF organization tried to standardize it: white corresponds to USB 1.x, black for USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), and blue (or turquoise) for fast USB 3.0 (5 Gbps). First confusion. That is a product of the charging ports: the first problem came when colors began to be used to indicate power functions, not just data transmission. This is how the yellow, orange or red ports arrived. These usually indicate an “Always on” or “Sleep & Charge” function, which means that the port continues to provide power even when the computer is turned off or in sleep. More speed, more colors. To differentiate USB 3.1 (10 Gbps) and 3.2 (20 Gbps), the standard suggested the color turquoise blue, or failing that, red. Here the system began to leak. And the final blow came from marketing. A purple USB cable for a Huawei device indicates that it supports SuperCharge, its fast charging technology. Image: Reddit The rule became extinct completely when the brands decided use colors as corporate identity. The most famous case is that of Razer, which dyes its ports a characteristic lime green. Likewise, if you see a purple port, it’s probably from Huawei. The Chinese manufacturer uses them to identify its devices compatible with SuperCharge (its fast charging system), although technically it is still a USB 3.1 port. Chaos also in names. If there is already a mess with the colors, there is also a mess with the names: USB-IF itself has contributed by renaming the standards. USB 3.0 was renamed “USB 3.1 Gen 1” and is now “USB 3.2 Gen 1.” In parallel, USB 3.1 is now “USB 3.2 Gen 2”. This makes it almost impossible for a user to know what they are buying without looking at the fine print, a mess that the Wi-Fi Alliance solved much more elegantly. with standards such as Wi-Fi 5, 6 or the most recent Wi-Fi 7. The real culprit: USB-C. The final nail in the color coding coffin is the USB-C connector. It’s just a reversible connector, but what’s inside is chaos: the same USB-C port can be a slow USB 2.0, a USB 3.2 or a very fast Thunderbolt 4. The only way to differentiate them is to look for the lightning bolt logo that characterized Apple. Or read the device’s spec sheet because color, unfortunately, no longer means anything. Image | Xataka In Xataka | How to prepare a USB to use it on your mobile phone, tablet or Smart TV and expand its memory

The first, a resounding ‘yes’ to orange. The second, Apple has been treading strong

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A curious fact: each and every one of the mobiles that I have bought throughout my life have been black. All, if exception. More matte, more Glossymore curved or more flat, all blacks. And it is curious, because at no time have I thought about changing it. Today I write this from London, just a few hours after having tried the iPhone 17 Pro First hand in Apple’s central offices, with an idea that does not stop around my head: how beautiful the orange is, how good the new flagship of Apple has and, above all, how much you have to demonstrate. While the analysis arrives, here is a contact. It is much more beautiful in person than in the photos | Image: Xataka Orange: Yes. Although having a matte black available, I would surely think about it, we must recognize that Apple has done a sensational job with the “cosmic” orange. The firm has realized that the iPhone focused on the most professional public does not have to be boring and this touch of color stands out, much, on dark blue and silver. It also highlights that huge camera module, closer to what we see in some high -end Android mobiles than the previous iPhone Pro, and the double finished of the rear. Apple returns to aluminum For the unibody chassis, according to the company, thermal issues, but the rear, what we touch with the hand, is Ceramic Shield. The touch, as in the iPhone Airit is very, very pleasant and, in theory, this material should endure the scratches better. However, all this cares little if we are going to put a case. It is something more big than the previous model, enough to be noticed | Image: Xataka In hand. It feels very similar to iPhone 16 Pro I was wearing in his pocket. The dimensions are not very different and the weight is similar, although slightly greater and all cases: 0.4 millimeters higher and width, five more grams and, yes, half a thicker millimeter. It may seem little, but those 0.5 millimeters are noticed. The touch is also different because, well, we go from titanium to aluminum and Ceramic Shield, although it does not feel less premium. That Apple has well dominated. Speaking of design. One of the keys of the iPhone 17 pro is The steam chamber. This is something that we have already seen in some high -end Android terminals and that now reaches Apple’s models. The idea of ​​this system is to dissipate heat better and maintain sustained performance, but it has two challenges ahead. The first, to be up to summer. The second, be able to refrigerate the device when the user puts an case. Now imagine matte black | Image: Xataka This will not only have an impact when we play or execute heavy tasks, but the cooling system will have to answer when we put the camera to work. If you usually record video with the mobile in 4K you will perfectly know how it heats up when you use it for a long time. This camera sees better and further … Although we have not had the opportunity to try the camera as we do in an analysis, we have been able to struggle with it to see what we can expect. On the one hand, Apple has mounted a 48 megapixel sensor under all the lenses, something that will sit in fear of telephoto. We can make four increases optical zoom and up to eight increases with “optical quality”, as well as digital zoom of up to 40 increases, 25 if we talk about zoom in video. Photo taken with the wide angle (x0.5) | Image: Xataka Photo taken with the angular (x1, automatic) | Image: Xataka Photo taken with Zoom X2 (automatic) | Image: Xataka Photo taken with Zoom X4 (automatic) | Image: Xataka Photo taken with Zoom X8 (automatic) | Image: Xataka Photo taken with Zoom X40 (automatic) | Image: Xataka The result is good, within that the light was the one that was, although when carrying the zoom we will see the seams. Anyway, this is something that we will investigate more during the analysis. … but it’s not the most powerful zoom. Be that as it may, and although the camera points ways, it is no secret that other brands such as Alive, Oppo, Samsung, Google either Xiaomi Zoom systems with more scope are already set up, up to 200 increases in some cases. Here not only the camera comes into play, but the processing that applies the ISP of the processor. Each brand adopts a different approach and Apple has preferred to be more conservative. Personally, I doubt that no one misses having more digital increases, especially if the final result falls into an AI system that artificially recovers the details causing, in some cases, unwanted artifacts. Anyway, and as we pointed before, we will see it more detail when we can try this camera thoroughly. Image | Xataka The square sensor. This does seem absolutely disruptive and that is available throughout the iPhone 17 series seems to me a success. The cameras sensors are 4: 3, that is, slightly rectangular. That is why to get a horizontal selfie you have to rotate the phone. The inner chamber sensor of the new iPhone is squarewhich allows you to take photos or record video horizontally holding the phone vertical. It works at a thousand wonders and surely let’s not see it becoming a standard of the high Android range. The same as always. The iPhone 17 Pro is a expensive phone and, as such, it is normal to ask if it really is worth it. The answer will depend on the profile and why we use the terminal. If we want to use it to record and we know what we are doing in edition, the iPhone 17 PRO promises strong emotions thanks to the prorew prorew format, for example. It also has the … Read more

Starship ended as an orange after flight 10. Spacex has not explained the reason, but the Internet has its theories

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Starship’s tenth test has been a resounding success. The highest rocket in history took up a lot of expectation after three failed pitches, but this time one by one fulfilled the objectives of the mission. What surprised many was the orange color that the ship had when it merited in the Indian Ocean, a tone that we had not seen so far. Extreme suffering. After displaying Starlink Satellites simulators for the first time, Starship 37 lit an engine in the exorbitant space. It was then that Spacex tested the structure of the ship. An especially hard reentry angle, a series of aggressive maneuvers with the ailerons and a deliberately incomplete thermal shield made the ship suffer, but never disintegrated or stop maneuvering. Unlike flights 7, 8 and 9, which did not have a controlled reentry, flight 10 has allowed Spacex to collect an incalculable amount of data to improve Starship’s most critical and green part: Your reusable thermal shield. And it is precisely the thermal shield in the rocket belly that seems to have acquired an orange color after 26,000 km/ha 12 km/h. But how did that rusty tone occur if the thermal tiles are ceramic? A buoy and a mystery. Although Spacex has not yet pronounced on the subject, the images of the Ship 37 issued live from a buoy in the Indian Ocean called the attention of fans and aerospace experts equally. While the ship’s belly seems to have churruscado, the main theories do not point to The tiles fall Or they were burned, but for something deposited on them. The location of the experimental metal tiles at the vertex of the orange cone A refrigerant leak. The hypothesis that has gained the most force is the one that points to one of the key experiments of this flight: a metal tile with active cooling In the upper part of the thermal shield. Unlike the usual ceramic tiles, which are passive insulators, this experimental piece leaves circular cohete refrigerant to dissipate heat. The theory, supported by Analysts like Scott Manleysuggests that the tile with active cooling could have suffered a leak. The refrigerant fluid (perhaps methane of the rocket itself), by escaping and coming into contact with the incandescent plasma of the reentry, would have been burned and deposited throughout the fuselage, creating that characteristic feature of orange -shaped cone color that is appreciated in the images. In fact, the location of the experimental tile It coincides perfectly with the vertex of the orange area. Other possibilities. A non -exclusive theory is that experimental metal tiles (there were others on board without active refrigeration) They will simply oxidize Due to the extreme temperatures of the reentry, leaving that trail of oxide color. What seems clear is that we are not seeing the result of a ablation. Starship silica tiles are reusable insulating, not ablative shields that disintegrate by design. If the tiles had worn up to the point of exposing the ablative material underneath, we would be talking about a catastrophic failure of the system. A torture laboratory. This visual result, far from being a failure, is the direct consequence of Spacex experiments for this flight. The Starship 37 has gone through an authentic test bench for the thermal shield, which Elon Musk himself has pointed out as The main technological stumbling block of the program. On this flight, Spacex withdrew tens of tiles in key areas to see how the lower structure endured. At the same time, he added metal tiles and with active cooling to look for more resistant alternatives in areas of maximum thermal stress. And softened the edges of some tiles to mitigate the hot points observed in previous flights. In summary, the orange color of the Starship does not seem to be a sign of a catastrophic failure, but the visible footprint of an experiment taken to the limit. Images | Spacex In Xataka | A astrophysicist calls Elon Musk: “Even in a nuclear apocalypse, the earth would be a paradise compared to Mars”

Aemet indicates that we will touch the 43rd to orange notices for storms

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In Sunday afternoon, locations such as Morón de la Frontera (Sevilla) or Montoro (Córdoba) saw their thermometers to place On the edge of the 43rd Celsius. Although high temperatures are not going to disappear so quickly, the phenomenon that experts are now worried is A week of change. Meteorologists foresee A new change Meteorological this week, one that will not only bring us a drop in temperatures: the models warn of the arrival of storms that could be intense. As if that were not enough, hail could also make an appearance. What is happening? Since the end of last month, the meteorological sway was marked by the succession of several dorsal and a trough. The former brought us atmospheric stability and high temperatures, the last one brought us rainfall and a brief relief of heat. However, the fresco is not going to bring a new trough, Experts warn: It will be an isolated depression at high levels, a Dana. Although it is expected that as of today the storms begin to demonstrate in the north, the effects of this Dana will be especially notorious in Galicia from the day of Tuesday. From heat to storms. According to The forecasts From the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet), the storms will have the probability of being strong and arriving accompanied by both hail and “very strong” gusts in some areas of the plateau, Eastern Betic System and in the Iberian South. The agency has activated various notices For storms in these areas, oranges in the case of the province of Teruel for “very strong hail probability and very strong wind gusts.” On Wednesday, “strong” storms are also expected in the northern half, with probable showers in western Galicia, Cantabrian environment, Alto Ebro, the Iberian and the Pyrenees. Aemet storm notices will be activated in most of the Peninsular Northern area, with orange notices in areas of the Basque Country and Catalonia. Not far from 40º. Despite the decrease in temperatures, storms will coexist with heat. So much so that weather notices for rains and storms will coexist these days with notices due to extreme temperatures above 37º. Aemet has also activated An orange alert on Tuesday on the Ebro banks in Zaragoza due to maximum temperatures of up to 39º. In Xataka | The time of truth of the Spanish reservoirs: how are they going to endure the heat after rains that has left them overflowing Image | ECMWF

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