BWC: Wash. K-9 jumps through car window after 40-minute standoff with suspected impaired driver

by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The Vancouver Police standoff unfolded when a man refused to exit his vehicle after a Grappler device ended a pursuit Go to Source

Physicists trace solar outbursts that led to historic Mother’s Day storms

by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Astronomy

On Mother’s Day weekend in May 2024, Earth experienced its most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, spawning auroras—the ribbony bands of light in the nighttime skies in the Northern and Southern hemispheres—that may have been among the strongest displays...

An ultramassive white dwarf half Earth’s size may hold a rare oxygen-neon core

by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Astronomy

Astronomers have found evidence that one of the most massive white dwarfs known has an oxygen-neon core instead of the more common carbon-oxygen core. The finding is important because the composition of a white dwarf’s core determines how it will evolve. A paper...

UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat

by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Astronomy

In the sweeping shadow of a satellite dish, staff at the Chilbolton Observatory in southern England track a growing number of objects in Earth’s orbit, providing data that underpins Britain’s space monitoring efforts. Go to Source

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash

by quasarn01 | Aug 7, 2026 | Astronomy

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket. Go to Source