‘Back the f*** up’: Man yells at N.J. detective, pulls gun from pocket before fatal OIS

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Two NJSP detectives assigned to a U.S. Marshals task force found the man on a front porch; when they instructed him to raise his hands, he grabbed a revolver instead Go to Source

A monster black hole appeared first, then its galaxy began to grow around it

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy

Using observations gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers have revealed that one supermassive black hole in the early universe must have formed before a galaxy developed around it. Publishing their results in Monthly...

Neb. woman kidnaps child at knifepoint, slashes him before fatal OIS

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The suspect approached a female shopper and a 3-year-old boy, then displayed a large knife she had taken from the store and “took possession of the child,” Omaha Deputy Chief Scott Gray said Go to Source

Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A special class of sensors leverages quantum properties to measure tiny signals at levels that would be impossible using classical sensors alone. Such quantum sensors are currently being used to study the inner workings of cells and the outer depths of our universe....

JWST spots methane on a giant exoplanet, but its star may be distorting the signal

by quasarn01 | Apr 15, 2026 | Astronomy

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and elsewhere have observed a giant exoplanet known as HATS-75 b. Results of the new observations, published April 8 on the arXiv pre-print server, yield important information...