Man who got drunk at birthday party, shot at Calif. sheriff’s office helicopter sentenced to 9 years in prison

The man ultimately finished off a handle of Jack Daniels containing 1.75 liters of hard liquor before firing shots intermittently for at least 20 minutes Go to Source

Children of first responders would be eligible for free community college under N.C. bill

The Family Support for Those Who Serve Act would apply to children of certain public safety officers between the ages of 17 and 24 who meet admissions standards Go to Source

SpaceX: Five key moments, from first launch to Starship megarocket

More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling successes but also catastrophic failures and unfulfilled promises. Go to Source

Meet REMORA: The autonomous space fleet built to tag and track asteroids

To truly understand what an asteroid is made of, we need to send a probe to it. Remote sensing from ground-based telescopes, or even orbiting observatories, can only do so much. A new white paper submitted to the U.K. Space Agency’s 2035 Space Frontiers program...

Scientist creates ‘mini‑universe’ to measure time without a clock

A University of Birmingham scientist has built a “mini-universe” that takes a step toward answering one of science’s biggest questions: “What is time?” Publishing his findings in Physical Review Research, Professor Giovanni Barontini...