A black hole as light as 40 tons can exist inside a star if dark matter helps

by quasarn01 | Sep 5, 2026 | Astronomy

In 1974, Stephen Hawking made a prediction that transformed our understanding of black holes. Black holes, he showed, are not truly black: They slowly lose energy through a quantum process now known as Hawking radiation. The lighter the black hole, the faster it...

NYPD honors fallen Emergency Service Unit members at Memorial Wall rededication

by quasarn01 | Sep 5, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted that more than half of the 23 NYPD officers killed in the World Trade Center attack were with the ESU, calling the unit “the tip of the NYPD’s spear” on Sept. 11 Go to Source

Law enforcement from across Md. meet Baltimore youth on the basketball court

by quasarn01 | Sep 5, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

“We have to find other ways to connect with our young people, and this is a perfect example,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Go to Source

Spacecraft bound for Mercury begins ‘tricky’ arrival

by quasarn01 | Sep 5, 2026 | Astronomy

After an eight-year journey, a spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes began the monthslong, high-risk approach to Mercury on Thursday to study the sun-scorched planet. Go to Source

Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter

by quasarn01 | Sep 5, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. Led by Christopher Tunnell, associate...