Japan’s space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusable rocket

by quasarn01 | Jul 11, 2026 | Astronomy

Japan’s experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX. Go to Source

To ancient astronomers, Theta Eridani was brighter for 1,000 years—now we know why

by quasarn01 | Jul 10, 2026 | Astronomy

There’s a bit of a historical mystery surrounding the star Theta Eridani. Ptolemy in the second century A.D. and al-Sufi in A.D. 964 both recorded Theta Eridani as one of the 13 brightest stars in the sky. Hipparchus may have said the same. But there’s a...

Close range road crossing sighting of a sasquatch by motorist at 1:45am July 5 next to Pachaug River 14 crow miles east of Norwich (Report 81329)

by quasarn01 | Jul 10, 2026 | Bigfoot

Class A; July 2026; Connecticut, New London County Go to Source

Dark energy flips its sign, but the Hubble tension refuses to budge

by quasarn01 | Jul 10, 2026 | Latest in Physics

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. In the late 1990s, two independent teams, the Supernova Cosmology Project, led by Saul Perlmutter, and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, led by Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, discovered...

Video: Teen tries to bait Calif. officers into pursuit, gets tracked by drone instead

by quasarn01 | Jul 10, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

“Instead of giving the suspect the pursuit he seemed to be looking for, officers used drone technology and coordinated tactics to safely monitor his movements,” the Palm Springs PD stated Go to Source