SpaceX launch sets record turnaround from Cape Canaveral pad

SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than two days since the last launch, setting a record for its Cape Canaveral launch pad.

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Frequency comb lasers enable clearer observation of black holes

Radio telescopes are instruments that capture faint radio signals from space and convert them into images of celestial bodies. To observe distant black holes clearly, multiple radio telescopes must capture cosmic signals at exactly the same time, acting as a single unit. Research teams at KAIST have developed a new reference signal technology that uses […]

Turning crystal flaws into quantum highways: A new route towards scalable solid-state qubits

Building large-scale quantum technologies requires reliable ways to connect individual quantum bits (qubits) without destroying their fragile quantum states. In a new theoretical study, published in npj Computational Materials, researchers show that crystal dislocations—line defects long regarded as imperfections—can instead serve as powerful building blocks for quantum interconnects.

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Overcoming symmetry limits in photovoltaics through surface engineering

A recent study carried out by researchers from EHU, the Materials Physics Center, nanoGUNE, and DIPC introduces a novel approach to solar energy conversion and spintronics. The work tackles a long-standing limitation in the bulk photovoltaic effect—the need for non-centrosymmetric crystals—by demonstrating that even perfectly symmetric materials can generate significant photocurrents through engineered surface electronic […]

AI screening error led to ICE hires being deployed while undertrained, LE sources allege

Mentions of “officer” in resumes led the AI to misclassify applicants as having prior law enforcement experience, routing some into shortened training, sources said

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Minneapolis: ICE officer shoots man who attacked him with shovel

The incident unfolded after a Venezuelan national fled from federal officers; when an officer ran after him, the man and two other people attacked him

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Two new exoplanets and the need for new habitable zone definitions

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to flesh out our understanding of the exoplanet population. The second was to determine if any were in the habitable zones around their stars.

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Temporal anti-parity–time symmetry offers new way to steer energy through systems

The movement of waves, patterns that carry sound, light or heat, through materials has been widely studied by physicists, as it has implications for the development of numerous modern technologies. In several materials, the movement of waves depends on a physical property known as parity-time (PT) symmetry, which combines mirror-like spatial symmetry with a symmetry […]

Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses

Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as electroweak decay. Altering the speed with which muons decay into other particles was so far deemed a challenging quest, requiring very strong electromagnetic fields that cannot be produced in conventional laboratory settings.

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Are scientists catching on to ancient knowledge of how to change DNA?

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One of the main tenets of the ancient astronaut theory is that ancient beings may have manipulated the DNA of humans and other lifeforms. Numerous ancient carvings appear to show the double helix motif of DNA, prompting theorists to speculate: What if extraterrestrial beings gave humans an evolutionary kickstart? Perhaps […]

Possible wood knock, etc., in Big Cypress Boardwalk Trail portion of Goethe State Forest (Report 79673)

Class B; December 2025; Florida, Levy County

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Researchers solve mystery of universe’s ‘little red dots’

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) went into operation, red dots in its images have puzzled researchers around the world. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have explained these enigmatic findings, revealing the most violent forces in the universe concealed in a cocoon of ionized gas. The discovery is published in Nature.

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Peering below Callisto’s icy crust with ALMA

What exists beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon, Callisto? This is what a recent study accepted by The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the subsurface composition of Callisto, which is Jupiter’s outermost Galilean satellite. This study has the potential to help scientists better understand the interior composition […]

From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation will make 2026 an exciting year for space

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds, water on the moon and clues to how our solar system formed.

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ISS astronauts splash down on Earth after first-ever medical evacuation

Four International Space Station crewmembers splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, NASA footage showed, after the first ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab’s history.

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