Dallas PD changes immigration enforcement policy after threats to grant funding

by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The new policy allows officers to ask about immigration status at stops and removes prohibitions on holding people longer to investigate their status Go to Source

Sombrero Galaxy’s vast halo emerges in rare detail 30 million light-years away

by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Astronomy

Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo, as well as a faint stellar stream, are captured in exquisite detail in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated...

‘Aquila Booster’ challenges theoretical limits of particle acceleration in pulsar wind nebulae

by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Astronomy

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has detected PeV (1015 eV) gamma-ray emission from a pulsar wind nebula powered by PSR J1849-0001 in the constellation Aquila, marking the discovery of a new PeVatron and posing a challenge to the classical...

LAMOST maps open cluster NGC 1647, linking broad main sequence to differential reddening

by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Astronomy

Using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers have observed a nearby young open cluster known as NGC 1647. Results of the new observations, presented in a paper published April 13 on the pre-print server arXiv, deliver...

Gravity’s subtle effect on light could improve groundwater, volcano and carbon storage monitoring

by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A study by University of Wollongong (UOW) physicist Dr. Enbang Li has demonstrated that gravity can subtly influence the behavior of light, a breakthrough that could underpin future technologies for monitoring groundwater, tracking glacier melt, locating mineral...