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Euclid space telescope unveils new images of the cosmos

A mind-boggling number of shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way: new images were revealed from Europe’s Euclid space telescope on Thursday.

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Pyramids: An ancient global symbol, blueprint of the Gods?

There are Pyramids everywhere. Some of them are eerily similar. Image by Richard Cassaro.

While we are familiar with Pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, the truth is that these structures are not confined to these two countries. There are more than 1000 pyramids in central America alone. There are 300 Pyramids in China and […]

BWC video shows Ariz. police standoff with suspect in possession of several weapons

Tucson Police Department officers attempted to de-escalate the situation and use less-lethal measures on the suspect before the officer-involved shooting occurred

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Wash. PD officers in another city for conference arrest suspect in hit-and-run crash while en route to dinner

The off-duty Pasco Police Department officers witnessed the crash and pursued the suspect while in Spokane for a leadership conference

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Photos: Calif. sheriff’s office has two different sets of family members working together

A Sutter County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s father works as the training manager for the department, while a corrections lieutenant’s son works his way through the academy

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Cosmic leap: NASA Swift satellite and AI unravel the distance of the farthest gamma-ray bursts

The advent of AI has been hailed by many as a societal game-changer, as it opens a universe of possibilities to improve nearly every aspect of our lives.

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Scientists discover CO₂ and CO ices in outskirts of solar system

For the first time, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ices have been observed in the far reaches of our solar system on trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).

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Charge your laptop in a minute? Supercapacitors can help; new research offers clues

Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.

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Boeing won’t fix leaky Starliner before flying first crew to ISS

Boeing is set to launch its first crewed space mission in June without fixing a small helium gas leak on its troubled Starliner spaceship, officials said Friday.

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Man convicted of murder in death of Washington state police officer mistakenly shot by deputy

Officer Donald Sahota was mistakenly shot by a responding deputy while struggling with a suspect at his home

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A man noticed this abandoned hangar, he never expected to find this historic treasure inside

While exploring the world, photographer Ralph Mirebs came across something extremely rare and unexpected, a discovery, unlike anything we’ve ever come across. During a trip to Kazakhstan, the urban explorer stumbled across a massive, abandoned building. What’s inside is out of this world.

At first—looking at the building from afar—you’d expect it to […]

Researchers create new type of composite material for shielding against neutron and gamma radiation

Recently, Dr. Huo Zhipeng and his student Lu Yidong from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a new type of composite material for shielding against neutron and gamma radiation. They used micron plate Sm2O3, a type of rare earth-based filler, to reinforce boron-containing polyethylene.

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Theory and experiment combine to shine a new light on proton spin

Nuclear physicists have long been working to reveal how the proton gets its spin. Now, a new method that combines experimental data with state-of-the-art calculations has revealed a more detailed picture of spin contributions from the very glue that holds protons together. It also paves the way toward imaging the proton’s 3D structure.

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3D-MAT, a thermal protection material for the Artemis Generation

The 3-Dimensional Multifunctional Ablative Thermal Protection System (3D-MAT) is a thermal protection material developed as a critical component of Orion, NASA’s newest spacecraft built for human deep space missions. It is able to maintain a high level of strength while enduring extreme temperatures during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere at the end of Artemis missions to […]

Regulators say LASD committed ‘willful’ safety violations that led to 2023 mobile range fire, death of deputy

Both of the deputies inside the trailer sustained third degree burns in the fire, and Alfredo “Freddy” Flores, 51, died after spending six months in the hospital

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