Image: Lake Balkhash viewed from the International Space Station

by quasarn01 | Sep 29, 2025 | Astronomy

Golden sunglint highlights Lake Balkhash in this May 31, 2016, photo taken from the International Space Station. The large lake in Kazakhstan is one of the largest lakes in Asia and is the 15th largest lake in the world. Go to Source

Moonbound Artemis II astronauts give Orion capsule a name

by quasarn01 | Sep 29, 2025 | Astronomy

The four astronauts set to climb aboard the first Orion spacecraft to fly humans have already given it a name. Go to Source

Two Neptune-sized exoplanets discovered around a young sun-like star

by quasarn01 | Sep 29, 2025 | Astronomy

Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets around a young sun-like star known as TOI-6109. The newfound alien worlds are slightly larger than Neptune and orbit their host in less than 10 days. The...

The Sibiu Manuscript—a 500-year-old text that describes multi-stage rockets

by quasarn01 | Sep 29, 2025 | Ancient Code

The Sibiu manuscript discovered in 1961, is a collection of around 450 pages that include among many other things, details of three-stage rockets and manned rocket flight. Most of us are unaware of the fact that there are countless ancient manuscripts scattered across...

Officers responded in 30 seconds after 911 call reporting shooting, fire at Mich. church

by quasarn01 | Sep 29, 2025 | Police Lives Matter

At least four people have died and eight have been injured in the attack on a Grand Blanc Township Church of the Latter-day Saints congregation; the shooter was shot and killed by officers Go to Source