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Minn. sheriff’s livestream shows suspect in stolen vehicle crash into cruiser, injuring trooper

The 19-year-old suspect admitted to officers that he enjoyed driving stolen cars following the crash that left a trooper with a broken leg and shoulder blade

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Mich. man convicted after drone interferes with police search

Jury finds livestreaming operator disrupted Bay County deputies’ aerial efforts to locate suspects during 2024 incident

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Scientists trace latest interstellar comet’s home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system, astronomers reported Thursday.

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Mass firing voided: Georgia town council uses legal loophole to reinstate police department

Two days after Mayor Ron Shinnick terminated the entire Cohutta Police Department, officials found his order violated the town charter

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Ganymede’s unique magnetic field may be powered by ongoing core formation—not a cooling core

Ganymede is not only Jupiter’s largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ice ocean. Adding to this planet-like moon’s uniqueness is the fact that among the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Ganymede is the only one that generates its own magnetic […]

Non-rotating early galaxy is a surprise to astronomers

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a surprising discovery about a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away: It isn’t rotating. That’s something only seen in the most massive, mature galaxies that are closer to us in space and time, said Ben Forrest, a research scientist in the Department of Physics […]

Black hole jets measured in real time, revealing 10,000-sun power

For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.

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Wash. deputy survives shooting 32 years after brother’s line-of-duty death

Detective Travis Feldner was shot twice while responding to a burglary call, 32 years after his older brother, an Idaho police officer, was killed investigating a stolen car

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A close brush with Mars will reshape NASA’s Psyche journey in a way few missions attempt

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet’s surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will harness the planet’s gravitational pull to speed up and adjust its trajectory toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, one of the more unusual objects […]

NYPD Mounted Unit officer promoted after nabbing paroled killer in pursuit

Officer McLaughlin credited his horse partner, Kelly, with helping close the distance on the fleeing suspect, who was already on lifetime parole for killing a livery cab driver during a botched robbery

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Mass. man driving front-end loader leads police on ‘slow-speed’ pursuit

The driver fled erratically at 15mph while ignoring Worcester Police officers’ instructions to stop the vehicle

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Lonely Jupiter-like planet 900 light years away tells us more about gas giants

One night last fall, University of Cincinnati astrophysics graduate Paul Smith waited anxiously for data to start rolling across his computer screen from the James Webb Space Telescope a million miles from Earth.

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This tiny grain-of-rice sensor gives robots a new sense and changes what delicate tools can detect

Researchers have developed a sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can measure forces and twisting motions in all directions using light instead of traditional electronics. The new sensor could help robotic tools and medical devices “feel” what they are touching, especially at very small scales.

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Likely daylight sighting by couple hiking through Otter Creek Wilderness (Report 80146)

Class B; July 2012; West Virginia, Randolph County

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Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defense, alongside a dedicated agreement for collaboration on the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

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