Mars rovers give scientists a ground‑level view of the red planet—peek inside their NASA control room

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Astronomy

Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a.m. I’m the first to arrive, even though I already feel late. Go to Source

BWC: Ohio officers arrest 49ers owner Jed York

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools; prosecutors reduced the prostitution charge to disorderly conduct under a plea deal Go to Source

NASA’s Webb telescope rules out two new Dyson sphere candidates

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Astronomy

The latest Swedish-led search for technosignatures in the form of Dyson spheres has again come up empty-handed. The two latest stellar candidates in the hunt for such hypothetical extraterrestrial technology have been eliminated as Dyson spheres. Go to...

Venus’s mysterious clouds may hide an exceptionally strong light absorber

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Astronomy

Venus appears pale yellow in visible light, but ultraviolet images reveal dramatic dark and bright patterns moving with the planet’s upper sulfuric acid clouds. Scientists have known about these markings for roughly a century, yet the chemical identity of the...

New clues about how space travel may affect women’s health

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Astronomy

As space missions become longer and ambitions for deep-space travel grow, scientists are working to understand how life beyond Earth may affect every system in the human body. Two years after her initial study took flight, Begum Mathyk, MD, and collaborators are...