by quasarn01 | Jun 28, 2026 | Astronomy
Astronomers have uncovered new details about the black hole that ripped apart a star in a tidal disruption event named AT2024tvd. Findings suggest it is a wandering supermassive black hole—the kind that is not located at the center of a visible galaxy. The paper...
by quasarn01 | Jun 28, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
“Being around the Police Department as a little kid, I always looked at these guys like they were superheroes,” Casey Kloepfer said. “I always just wanted to be one one day.” Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 28, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
Patrick found his 1-year-old brother, Liam, unresponsive in the pool, pulled him out, and alerted his mother and neighbors for help, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator will shutter operations Monday for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision capacity and the potential for unlocking one of the greatest mysteries of the universe: dark matter. Go to...
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Astronomy
Using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), astronomers have discovered a new millisecond pulsar as part of the ongoing Southern-sky MWA Rapid Two-metre (SMART) survey. The discovery is reported in a research paper published June 17 on the arXiv preprint server. The...
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics
In quantum mechanics, the geometry of quantum states has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding phenomena ranging from electrical conductivity to superconductivity. One research direction aims to extend these geometric concepts to non-Hermitian quantum...
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
Over six hours, the man fired his gun no less than 24 times; one gunshot struck a cruiser where deputies were taking cover, and one struck an armored vehicle where a deputy was seated Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Scientists at Delft University of Technology, in collaboration with Waymo, have developed a new model that predicts with high accuracy how human drivers respond to dangerous traffic situations. For the first time, different types of collision avoidance behavior are...
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
The change to the police department legal fund, plus a trim to the fire department’s vehicle budget, will cover the estimated $1.4 million cost of the firefighter pay increases Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 27, 2026 | Astronomy
A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in the solar system, primarily because they have been visited only by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Their “ice giant” moniker comes from longstanding...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
The report found that with current staffing levels, about 80% of child abuse reports don’t get assigned to an investigator and the majority of property crimes also go uninvestigated Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed a technique for interrogating molecules on surfaces with spectroscopic precision, thereby reaching the ultimate quantum limit for the first time. With their findings, published in...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
A mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 30, at 6:23 a.m. EDT (10:23 p.m. UTC+12), from Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Go...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an ancient inhabitant of our galaxy. This sparkling scene features a globular cluster: a collection of tens of thousands to millions of stars, all tightly bound together under the influence of...
