Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard's Star.As detailed in a new paper published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters,an international team of researchers discovered that the star a small red dwarf star just 16 percent of our own Sun's mass and just under six light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus has four tiny and seemingly rocky worlds orbiting it.According to the astronomers, these exoplanets which are among the smallest ever discovered could force us to reevaluate our understanding of how planets form and evolve.The four planets were spotted by the MAROON-X instrument, a highly sensitive piece of equipment attached to the Gemini North telescope at the International Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii."Its a really exciting find Barnards Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it," said University of Chicago PhD student and first author Ritvik Basant in a statement. "Its signaling a breakthrough with the precision of these new instruments from previous generations."MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule back-and-forth motion of a star caused by the gravitational pull of orbiting planets, a trick scientists call the radial velocity technique.Using the instrument, the team discovered four likely rocky exoplanets that are only anywhere from roughly 20 to 30 percent of the mass of Earth each. They orbit their star at an extremely close distance, completing a full revolution in a matter of a few Earth days.The team also used data from a 2024 study, which involved the ESPRESSO instrument at the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope in Chile, to confirm the existence of one of the four exoplanets. Last year, astronomers detected an exoplanet with at least half the mass of Venus orbiting Barnard's Star."We observed at different times of night on different days," said Basant in the statement. "Theyre in Chile; were in Hawaii. Our teams didnt coordinate with each other at all. That gives us a lot of assurance that these arent phantoms in the data."One of the four exoplanets spotted by MAROON-X was the smallest to have been discovered using the radial velocity technique, which could set the stage for many future discoveries like it.Unfortunately,the planets are unlikely to harbor life since they're not in Barnard Star's habitable zone, the area around a star where temperatures allow liquid water to exist on a given planet's surface."With the current dataset, we can confidently rule out any planets more massive than 40 to 60 percent of Earth's mass near the inner and outer edges of the habitable zone," Basant told Space.com. "Additionally, we can exclude the presence of Earth-mass planets with orbital periods of up to a few years."But that doesn't necessarily mean that will also be the case for other single-star systems like it. As our exoplanet detection methods continue to improve, astronomers are hoping to spot even more rocky worlds, which may still turn out to be habitable.More on Barnard's Star: Astronomers Spot Mysterious Planet Orbiting the Closest Single StarShare This Article

Mar 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Web SecurityA recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Tomcat has come under active exploitation in the wild following the release of a public proof-of-concept (PoC) a mere 30 hours after public disclosure.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24813, affects the below versions -Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.2Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.34Apache Tomcat 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.98It concerns a case of remote code execution or information disclosure when specific conditions are met -Writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default)Support for partial PUT (enabled by default)A target URL for security sensitive uploads that is a sub-directory of a target URL for public uploadsAttacker knowledge of the names of security sensitive files being uploadedThe security sensitive files are also being uploaded via partial PUTSuccessful exploitation could permit a malicious user to view security sensitive files or inject arbitrary content into those files by means of a PUT request.Additionally, an attacker could achieve remote code execution if all the following conditions are true -Writes enabled for the default servlet (disabled by default)Support for partial PUT (enabled by default)Application was using Tomcat's file based session persistence with the default storage locationApplication included a library that may be leveraged in a deserialization attackIn an advisory released last week, the project maintainers said the vulnerability has been resolved in Tomcat versions 9.0.99, 10.1.35, and 11.0.3.But in a concerning twist, the vulnerability is already seeing exploitation attempts in the wild, per Wallarm."This attack leverages Tomcat's default session persistence mechanism along with its support for partial PUT requests," the company said."The exploit works in two steps: The attacker uploads a serialized Java session file via PUT request. The attacker triggers deserialization by referencing the malicious session ID in a GET request."Put differently, the attacks entail sending a PUT request containing a Base64-encoded serialized Java payload that's written to Tomcat's session storage directory, which subsequently gets executed during deserialization by sending a GET request with the JSESSIONID pointing to the malicious session.Wallarm also noted that the vulnerability is trivial to exploit and requires no authentication. The only prerequisite is that Tomcat uses file-based session storage."While this exploit abuses session storage, the bigger issue is partial PUT handling in Tomcat, which allows uploading practically any file anywhere," it added. "Attackers will soon start shifting their tactics, uploading malicious JSP files, modifying configurations, and planting backdoors outside session storage."Users running affected versions of Tomcat are advised to update their instances as soon as possible to mitigate potential threats.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

What did you accomplish last week? is an anxiety-inducing question that nine times out of 10 would cause me to break out in a sweat. US federal employees received this exact email from Elon Musks new government outfit, the Department of Government Efficiency DOGE saying that a response was directly linked to their future employment. Could you easily answer such an email?Six months ago, I might have struggled to answer. But recently our practice has been pushing for a more metric-driven way to practise (involving timesheets and project tracking). This isnt revolutionary and reflects a general move by architects encouraged by the wider industry to build deep databases of metrics about our designs for buildings and how those buildings perform over their lifetimes, part of a wider effort to help transform the built environment and measure progress.But could it be that we are missing out on the data relating to how we complete projects? Time and money are standard metrics, but what else could you track within your business to help improve it?AdvertisementWe now live in an era where data is a new currency. Increasingly, companies offer users the ability to collect and self-track their own metrics, particularly through the boom in health apps. Im not immune to this myself, having tracked sleep, calories and blood glucose, all in an effort to find correlations and make marginal gains in mundane things such as sleep quality and avoiding the afternoon crash. Im now starting to wonder whether the same thinking could be applied to the much more significant and demanding part of my life: architecture.When I brought this up recently with friends, we ended up naming a number of tracking metrics beyond billable hours. Here are some of our favourites:Project Satisfaction Score internal score of 0-5, how much do you like the project?Passive Systems Index how many passive systems are in the project and can these be tracked to compare success across design stages?AFK Ratio a time-based measure of how often you are dragged away from your keyboard for site visits/meetings/internal reviewsBoldness Score an internal metric on how innovative the design is, accepting that the boldest isnt always the bestDrawing Revision Index - just one more change...Biscuit-to-Email Ratio self explanatoryAlthough nothing has quite yet made it beyond indulgent pub talk, this debate has started a meaningful conversation around what are you good at? and what do you want to improve?The interesting thread this topic pulls on is that, simply by asking what is worthy of tracking, you immediately start to think deeply about that particular area of practice. A practice-specific sustainability index will offer the bonus of immediately bringing this to the forefront of everyones mind, let alone the practical benefit if this is tracked across different project stages and compared across different projects.Of course, adding another layer of admin is unlikely to be welcomed by most jaded practitioners, and spamming clients with customer satisfaction surveys probably wont boost future referrals. But if theyre well-considered and integrated, Id argue that these metrics could benefit the practice as a whole and offer a more complete picture of architectural practice for year-on-year comparison than end-of-year financials alone.AdvertisementIf you were to apply this same rigour in daily practice, the next time you got a late-night email from a wealthy client asking what have you accomplished last week? you wouldnt be stumped. You might even be able to expand on exactly how you and your workforce felt about your achievements, how deeply it resonated with your clients and how many biscuits it took to power through your inbox.Toko Andrews is an associate at Tunbridge Wells-based Kaner Olette Architects and associate lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts2025-03-17will hurstcomment and share

The winning team selected for the estimated 20,000-to-30,000 contract will carry out a feasibility study exploring high-level design options for a new active travel corridor connecting the two key settlements within the New Forest.Key aims of the project include boosting walking and cycling facilities along the route which spans some of the most attractive and environmentally sensitive areas of the New Forest. The study will consider all relevant constraints and risks, then recommend preferred options with high-level concept designs and realistic costings.According to the brief: The New Forest National Park Authority supported by Hampshire County Council is seeking a consultant / consultancy to prepare an Active Travel Feasibility Study for a route between Lyndhurst and Lymington in the New Forest National Park, Hampshire, known in the New Forest LCWIP as Route 120.AdvertisementThe purpose of the feasibility study is to identify options for this important utility and leisure route through the New Forest. The study will need to look at the provision of new walking and cycling (and, where appropriate, equestrian) options along Route 120 from Lyndhurst to Lymington. The route has further very important utility and leisure connections to the north and east.The New Forest is one of the last areas of unenclosed pasture, heath and woods in southern England. It was created by William the Conqueror and contains various rare birds and mammals within its 380km2 territory.The latest procurement comes three months after New Forest District Council launched a search for a consultant for a new framework to transform Totton town centre in Hampshire.Bids for the latest commission will be evaluated 70 per cent on quality and 30 per cent on price.Competition detailsProject title Active Travel Feasibility Study - Lyndhurst to Lymington, Route 120ClientContract value TbcFirst round deadline Midday, 31 March 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009106-2025

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OpinionMarch 17, 20255 min readShould Kids Do Chores?They may tell us they hate chores, but kids who help around the house report feeling accomplished and competent, not to mention happyBy Megha Satyanarayana edited by Jeanna Bryner Elva Etienne/Getty ImagesI often ask my kids to help around the house. Feed our dog. Put clean dishes in cabinets and drawers. Sweep up crumbs after dinner. We are a Montessori family, so a lot of this stuff falls under Practical Life, and its supposed to help with motor skills, executive functioning and caring for our spaces. We are also a Scouting family so, How do Girl Scouts leave a place? I ask my troop far too often. Better than we found it! Indeed.But the kvetching. Moooooommmmmm. I cant. My legs dont work. None of my friends have to do this stuff. And my favorite: I neeeeeeed to be a kiiiiiiid.The drama. But that last complaint resonates. Every family handles chores differently. Some parents hold off to let kids be kids, with the idea that children will eventually learn how to do laundry and clean dishes and do all the adult things. But is there any value in chores? Are the kids who do them benefiting in any way? I turned to Rebecca Scharf at the University of Virginia Medical School, a pediatrician who investigated this question in a recent study. Our conversation is below, edited lightly, as I stare down stacks and stacks of laundry that certain children might have to participate in folding. Assuming their arms dont suddenly stop working.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.[An edited transcript of the interview follows.]The term chore has kind of this negative connotation, at least according to my kids. What qualifies as a chore? Yeah, I hear that. From my perspective, it is something that a child has responsibility for thats contributing to the household. Its those daily tasks that we do that keep up our environment or help us participate in family life.And you decided to study how children who do chores fare?Yes. Im a developmental pediatrician, and lot of the things Ive researched come out of clinical practice. For this one, I was working with one of my colleagues, Dr. Elizabeth White, and she and I were talking about childrens sense of agency, or competence, especially girls, around science. We were looking at this dataset and came upon these questions. The surveyors asked third graders across the U.S. to rate themselves on a variety of things, like I am good at math. I am good at science. The sense was, I am capable. I can do things. So part of this dataset asked parents, Does your child have chores? And we found that children who were doing chores often, or very often, as the survey asked, were more likely to have a sense of capability or more of a sense of being able to do things in the future than children who were doing chores rarely or never. The chores we looked at were in kindergarten or first grade, and then were looking at third-grade outcomes that the children self-reported.So by the time they were in third grade, they were like, Im a badass. Exactly. We were looking at prosocial behaviors. We were looking at peer relationships. We were looking at, Do they feel theyre good at academics? And you could make the case that children who are good at things are perhaps more likely to be given chores by their parents. However, we did look at this across time and hopefully that takes that into account as well.Was it surprising that all these kids said, you know, that they were more confident? These werent huge differences, but I think it was interesting that they were happier with their lives and that they felt they were better at academics, even a little bit. But it was also interesting to me that the concept of chores is not just the work you learn how to do but the contribution to the family and the household. Its important in terms of thinking outside yourself or thinking of the ways you can make a difference in the lives of something else.Theres also something to the technical aspect of yes, young children can learn to do dishes or help with laundry or sweep the floor and theres the competence there, the fine motor skills that are developed, the gross motor skills, the language needed and the social negotiation needed, which is all useful for children and developing brains.What is social negotiation? Ive never heard that term before.Its part of social communication. Its an important part of how children learn to navigate their environments as they grow up. Kids have to learn negotiation in the sense that, they may not want to take out the trash, so could they do the dishes? Can I finish reading my book before I do my chores? That back and forth.SolStock/Getty ImagesWhat comes next? Are you planning to look at other things in the dataset? Im not sure what the plans are for this dataset. But kids can do a lot more than we think. Chores are childhood. Work is childhood. Its similar to the Montessori method, but I think that giving children responsibilities is part of growing up as little humans. The task of a child is to gain these developmental milestones, these skills. I think this can be very satisfying for a child as they gain new competencies.There are people who grow up, go off to college and who dont know how to cook or clean, and so some impetus or guidance is very useful. One thing I like to think about is how we can positively motivate children. How can you pair a task with something that is fun? There are ways to make chores feel like an accomplishment. Or is this something we do as a family that can be fun? There are a lot of ways to keep children engaged in a task without it being sternmusic, an audiobookways we can make this time mutually enjoyable.I used to have this rule that whatever leaves you raked you could jump in. My kid would rake a small pile of leaves and jump in them; and then I would go and actually rake and bag them up. I didnt expect her to do a great job. But I was trying to set her up with this idea that work, hard work, came with rewards. Thats great. Its important to identify ways that each child can contribute to the family in some way. Everybody has different abilities. And if chores are not your thing, then a community activity or service can yield that same sense of competency. My patients who have a purpose, its so important for a childs sense of self.This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views expressed by the author or authors are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

March 17, 20253 min readWorld's First Carbon Removal Plant Powered Directly by Wind PlannedA planned project in Texas could be the world's first direct air capture development to rely primarily on electricity produced on site by wind powerBy Corbin Hiar & E&E News Wind turbines in a field at sunrise on June 28, 2024 in Nolan, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | How can projects that scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere reduce their sky-high costs?For a planned development in Texas, one answer is to draw power directly from a wind farm.The innovative project, announced Monday by three European companies, could be the world's first direct air capture development to rely primarily on so-called behind the meter electricity. That means the DAC facility would run mainly with low-cost clean power that's generated on site, not metered out from the grid.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.The facility is slated to come online in 2028 and is intended to eventually remove up to 500,000 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere per year more than the average annual emissions of a natural gas plant, according to EPA data. The planned facility is larger than any other direct air capture plant currently in operation, although several DAC projects under development are similarly sized.The new Texas project is being led by Return Carbon, a Dutch project development and investment company, and Skytree, a direct air capture technology firm also based in the Netherlands, with wind power from the North American renewables subsidiary of EDF, the state-owned French utility. Carbon dioxide the facility pulls from the sky would be stored permanently underground by the Texas firm Verified Carbon."It is a new framework, which we have agreed with EDF," said Martijn Verwoerd, the co-founder and managing director of Return Carbon, said in an interview before publicly revealing the deal. "That's why we're announcing it."The novel agreement would ensure that Return Carbon, which plans to own and operate the direct air capture facility, has access to consistent supply of low-cost clean energy from Texas's windy gulf coast. Verwoerd declined to say the price per kilowatt-hour Return Carbon has locked in and said the consortium would decide on a precise location later this year.For EDF, the deal would reduce the likelihood that it has to sell its electricity at a loss or even pay to add it to the grid, Verwoerd explained. Utilities can suffer so called negative power prices when electricity production exceeds the demand for power.The agreement also allows EDF to redirect its electricity from Return Carbon onto the grid when there is "peak pricing in the market," he said. In that scenario, the direct air capture facility could operate using renewable energy from a separate agreement Return Carbon has struck with other power providers or go offline until electricity prices fall to an acceptable level.It's a "win-win for all parties," Verwoerd said.To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists say the world needs to immediately reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide, the main source of which is the burning of oil, gas and coal. At the same time, countries and companies need to begin deploying carbon dioxide removal technologies such as direct air capture to reduce the amount of carbon that's already been spewed into the atmosphere.Neither are happening quickly enough, with President Donald Trump promising to double down on oil drilling while slashing federal support for climate-related initiatives.Direct air capture plants use fans, carbon absorbing materials, electricity, heat and piping to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and deposit the planet-warming gas into rock formations thousands of feet below the Earth's surface. Members of Congress and top corporations have supported DAC technologies largely because the amount of CO2 they remove is easily quantifiable.But the process is expensive, costing around $500 per ton of removed carbon dioxide, according to CDR.fyi, an industry data clearinghouse. That's nearly three times what it costs to remove CO2 by burning biomass for energy and trapping the emissions, a process known as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.Return Carbon and Skytree, which was spun out of the European Space Agency in 2014, didn't respond to a follow-up question about their target price for removals from the new Texas project.Last November, Return Carbon and Skytree announced a similar wind-powered direct air capture megaproject in the Lone Star State with Greenalia, a Spanish renewables company.European climate and clean energy firms are looking to expand in the oil state of Texas because "there's a lot of wind" and "the geology is very well known," said Verwoerd.Reprinted from E&E News with permission from POLITICO, LLC. Copyright 2025. E&E News provides essential news for energy and environment professionals.

DF Weekly: if the Xbox handheld is years away, what's the point of Project Kennan?A crucial first step in bringing Windows and Xbox together. Blog by Richard Leadbetter Technology Editor, Digital Foundry Published on March 17, 2025 According to Microsoft's Phil Spencer, the highly anticipated Xbox handheld is "several years out" and only exists in prototype form, so what should we make of last week's news that actually, we may see a handheld later on this year? Leaks are suggesting that Microsoft has put together some kind of OEM device proposition, with Asus lined up to produce the first 'Project Kennan' handheld. In my opinion, expectations from this device should be tempered and we should think of it more as one further step down the road that'll see Xbox merge in some way with Windows - a significant undertaking, but a crucial one that needs to be proved out and battle-hardened before next generation hardware arrives in the next few years.So, looking towards the device expected in the near-future, what should we hope for? For me, the question is this: has Microsoft created its own bespoke OEM handheld design that the likes of Asus, Dell and Lenovo can license? Or is the Xbox connection software only - a work-in-progress Windows OS variant that puts the Xbox Store front and centre, with the only hardware flourishes consisting of an Xbox guide button and other design cues?The former is potentially more exciting: it would represent a baseline design for a handheld that we should expect to be capable enough of seeing out the current console generation. There may even be some potential for a custom processor, just as Valve uses for Steam Deck, but hopefully more powerful. As impressive as the Deck is, there can be challenges in running the most demanding triple-A titles on it - especially when the PC port itself may be of a poor quality. Unverified leaks suggesting a $500 price-point may suggest a lower-end Z2 processor. The Z2 Go is the best fit here, with hardware underpinnings similar to the Ryzen 7 6800U, which we looked at two years ago. I'd describe this as 'OK' but would hope for something better - the existing Z1 Extreme in the ROG Ally is a class apart, while I'd expect even more from a tailor-made custom chip.It's the latest edition of DF Direct Weekly, where the Kennan handheld is our lead story.Watch on YouTube00:00:00 Introduction00:00:38 News 1: Xbox-branded Windows handheld reportedly in development00:19:36 News 2: Death Stranding 2 gets release date, new trailer00:30:23 News 3: 9950X3D launches with impressive performance00:46:43 News 4: Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake rumoured00:55:51 News 5: AI Aloy prototype debuts in leaked footage01:09:19 Supporter Q1: Have we underestimated PS5 Pros ML performance?01:19:31 Supporter Q2: Is Nvidia betting on a big gaming performance increase for the 60 series?01:26:47 Supporter Q3: Could the PS4 survive indefinitely as a platform?01:31:30 Supporter Q4: How should we understand generational leaps for PC gaming?01:36:10 Supporter Q5: Will the Series X become a sought-after retro console?01:40:55 Supporter Q6: Could you produce videos showing carefully tailored experiences for certain graphics cards?01:46:56 Supporter Q7: Is Nvidias focus on proprietary tech helping or hurting PC gaming?Perhaps more likely though is an off-the-shelf AMD design with proprietary Xbox stuff coming from software and design language only. And at this point, probably more important than the specific hardware is getting the user experience right on PC: Microsoft needs a fully featured interface that's competitive with SteamOS that removes all of the pain points PC users face: games from all stores need to be integrated into one seamless interface, while at the same time putting the Xbox Store front and centre. Windows updates and driver updates need to be handled for the user with no fuss and without leaving the new UI. On top of that, some kind of alternative to Linux/SteamOS's Gamescope is required for accessing PC-style features from a console-like interface.This may sound relatively painless - and of course, manufacturers like Asus have their own solutions already - but this is far more difficult than it sounds. The big success of SteamOS is that the front-end does everything that's required and although the Linux desktop is there, there's absolutely no need to ever use it. I've reviewed many, many PC handhelds and in all cases, a USB hub with keyboard and mouse is required at various points to get the device set up and maintained. Microsoft also needs to grab the bull by its horns and overcome some of the fundamental shortcomings of Windows 11 itself: like shader compilation stutter, which is that much worse on lower power handhelds compared to more capable desktop PCs.I'm expecting whatever Microsoft comes up with to be in some kind of beta or work-in-progress state, simply owing to the sheer scale of the task ahead of it - but there are other strategic elements in play: Lenovo has a SteamOS device available that essentially sees Valve's Linux-based operating system running on a standard AMD processor - the Z2 Go. Without coming up with an alternative, Windows cannot compete with Steam Deck or the range of SteamOS third party devices that will hit the market. We've yet to go hands-on with the Lenovo SteamOS device, but we have used another SteamOS alternative a great deal: Bazzite, running on the Asus ROG Ally - and it's simply excellent. It retains everything you'd want from SteamOS, including Gamescope. It taps into the extra horsepower of the ROG Ally's Z1 Extreme. It even supports the Ally's VRR display. Perhaps more to the point, it has Fossilize - a good effort in minimising shader compilation stutter. All things being equal, it's important for Microsoft to get into the handheld market sooner rather than later simply from a competitive standpoint.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. However, beyond that, there is one more crucial component to the Windows/Xbox 'merger' that is required: the ability to bring your Xbox digital purchases over to what is, after all, an Xbox. In essence, we are talking about backwards compatibility of all prior Xbox hardware to run on Windows. Bearing in mind that the majority of this consists of OG Xbox and Xbox 360 software layers for devices that already run on x86 processors paired with Radeon graphics hardware, this should work fine.Where there may be challenges is in the third party Xbox Series library - the horsepower simply isn't there in a handheld to run even Series S games. In this scenario, PC versions of those games using Xbox Play Anywhere will work fine, but how third-party current-gen versions will work would be a hurdle to overcome. Beyond that, there's an even bigger question: if the strategy is as ambitious as making every PC an Xbox, what are the chances of users being able to bring over their existing console purchases outside of the Play Anywhere initiative to Windows? It sounds like a licensing nightmare.The first order of business is obvious though: a unified launcher that allows access to the full library of PC games while putting the Xbox Store and Game Pass libraries front and centre. More generally, that crucial, fully-formed Xbox interface and minimal intrusion from standard Windows 11 would go a long way. The Kennan device would take point with this endeavour, but a subsequent Windows install for other handheld and even desktop PCs would be welcome. There are numerous other challenges to overcome - not least PC handhelds' lack of efficiency compared to Steam Deck - but even so, I'm fascinated to see how this upcoming collaboration with Asus will pan out and how the software will evolve over time until the next generation consoles - and presumably the 'real' Xbox handheld - arrive.

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You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereFollowing collaborations with Kaiju No. 8 and other anime properties, the next Fortnite anime collaboration has been revealed by renowned video game leakers.Solo Levelling, an anime based on the Korean web novel, is reportedly coming to the battle royale game in the form of a brand-new collab in the Fortnite store.Fortnite x Solo LevellingLeaked by both Shpeshal_Nick and Loolo_WRLD, the next Fortnite anime collaboration will be Solo Levelling with a number of beloved characters coming to the game as skins.Just got a DM that Solo Leveling is supposed to be coming to Fortnite, leaker Shpeshal_Nick told fans in social media. Have no idea what that is, I had to Google it. I thought he was telling me levelling of individual characters lol.The upcoming anime collaboration was quickly echoed by well respected Fortnite leaker Loolo_WRLD. According to the leaker, the upcoming collab has been in development for a while and will be coming to the game in a future update.SOLO LEVELING X FORTNITE COMING SOON!! the leaker said. I also heard about this information a few weeks ago, and can confirm its legit!While nothing has been confirmed and no assets have leaked, it would make sense for the alleged collaboration to add a number of main characters to the game. If the collaboration is real, we should expect skins for Sung Jin-woo, Cha Hae-in and Sung Jin-ah as well as a glider and pickaxe.With a special April Fools event on the way and new Tomb Raider skins coming to the battle royale game, Epic is continuing its efforts to bring constant content to its massive video game platform.For more Fortnite coverage, read about the massive loot changes that just came to the game. Additionally, check out how Epic removed this major feature from several game modes across the title.FortnitePlatform(s):Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/XGenre(s):Action, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter9VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share