Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests

A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s first Artemis moonshot could drastically cut the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms.

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What if there’s a star inside a black hole?

There is a question that often comes up at every public talk I do, and I have never had a good answer to it—well, not an entirely confident one. What’s inside a black hole? The textbook reply is a singularity. Cross the event horizon, and everything falls inward to a point of infinite density where […]

Fla. deputy kidnaps, kills woman before killing himself, sheriff says

Pinellas County Deputy Troy Savetz took the woman from her home before they were both found dead inside a rental vehicle, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said

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‘He undoubtedly saved lives’: ISP names off-duty cop who confronted gunman in Idaho In-N-Out shooting

Idaho State Police Specialist Steve McClain returned fire at the armed gunman outside the Twin Falls restaurant

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Former Ga. deputy dies from injuries sustained in 1994 on-duty crash

Deputy Betty Uriegas was patrolling during a tropical storm when a crash left her paralyzed; she had served with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office for nine years

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DHS plans to purchase electrical pulse gloves for ICE officers

The reported $20 million planned purchase would equip ICE officers with Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters (G.L.O.V.E.)

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Famous oddball quasar isn’t X-ray weak after all, astronomers say

For more than two decades, the quasar PHL 1811 has been considered the prototype of a rare class of “intrinsically X-ray weak” quasars, thought to produce unusually little X-ray radiation. But in 2024, the Einstein Probe spacecraft caught the object in a bright X-ray flare. In a new study, astronomers combined that observation with more […]

How to enjoy the solar eclipse safely

Most people underestimate how much light a pair of sunglasses blocks out. A typical dark pair removes around 80% to 90% of the visible light reaching the eye.

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Spontaneous magnons synchronize with external signals at room temperature

Signals ride on waves of one kind or another: light, sound, radio. But new carriers are needed to relay information in next-generation devices. Disturbances or waves in magnetic materials called magnons could be an efficient option—if scientists can tame them.

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Mirage or miracle? JWST finds earliest known ‘black hole star’ at cosmic dawn

Little red dots have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data from the universe’s deep past. Their “powering engines” might resemble a newly discovered phenomenon dubbed a “black hole star”—an early, rapidly growing black hole wrapped in dense gas. This object, described in a study published today in Nature by […]

La. PD proposes hiring retired officers for administrative roles

“Support specialists” would assist Baton Rouge Police in reviewing cold cases and bodycam video, assisting with public records requests and operating the drone program

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Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time

An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has identified three actively accreting supermassive black holes in the galaxy J0148-4214. Matter is falling into the black holes from accretion disks surrounding them.

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Quantum advantage reassessed: More realistic benchmarks for quantum algorithms

Quantum advantage refers to the point at which a quantum computer solves a clearly defined task faster or more efficiently than any classical computer—or makes it solvable in the first place. For many practical applications, this has not yet been demonstrated. Research therefore relies heavily on theoretical models and simulations to explore where and under […]

Moonquakes could reveal buried lunar ice for future explorers

The surface of the moon is a bleak and forbidding place that could be hiding a lot of water ice within its dusty landscape. However, most possible ice deposits don’t just stand out in an image. Scientists need specialized mapping to find those deposits, so they have devised another way to find the moon’s frosty […]

Long-sought Zhang-Rice singlet visualized directly in cuprate superconductor

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero electrical resistance below specific temperatures. Most of these materials become superconducting at very low temperatures, but some also exhibit superconductivity at higher temperatures.

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