A new CRASH clock measures the chance of satellite collisions, and it’s ticking down fast

by quasarn01 | Jul 1, 2026 | Astronomy

Imagine a piece of space debris the size of a hockey puck slams into a Starlink satellite at about 10 kilometers per second. The kinetic energy is equivalent to 2 kilograms of TNT, or a fully loaded semitruck traveling at 100 kilometers an hour. Go to...

The universe is less uniform than we thought—cosmology may need a radical rethink

by quasarn01 | Jul 1, 2026 | Astronomy

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: If we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological principle. Go to Source

13,000 tons of space junk clutters Earth orbit. Here’s how it could be cleaned up

by quasarn01 | Jul 1, 2026 | Astronomy

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the moon. Now it has more than 15,000—about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch 1 million more satellites, each roughly 70 meters (230 feet) long...

XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way’s outer spiral arms

by quasarn01 | Jul 1, 2026 | Astronomy

The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. By measuring the distance to these echoes, they found...

BWC: Okla. K-9 dragged by suspect fleeing in truck

by quasarn01 | Jul 1, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Oklahoma City Police K-9 Dash grabbed onto a fleeing suspect’s leg; the suspect then began to drive away, dragging the K-9 “a significant distance down the road” Go to Source