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...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
In May 2024, auroras were observed at unusually low latitudes across the globe, lighting up skies that rarely see such displays. Inside Earth’s magnetosphere, the region of space surrounding our planet and dominated by its intrinsic magnetic field, something...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
How do you teach someone to look at the moon? Not glance at it, the way we all have on a clear night, but truly read it, the way a geologist reads a hillside. That was the challenge NASA set itself before Artemis II, because when Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Almost every material expands when heated. Well-known examples include railroad tracks and concrete roadways, which feature visible expansion gaps to accommodate this effect. However, thermal expansion poses a far more acute challenge for extremely precise...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a natural phenomenon known as gravitational lensing to achieve a definitive characterization of LAP1-B, an ultra-faint galaxy from 13 billion years ago. Expanding upon initial...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
Astronomers from Germany and Turkey have analyzed available data from various space telescopes to investigate an ultraluminous X-ray source designated X-4, which is located in the nearby galaxy NGC 4631. Results of the new study, published June 22 on the preprint...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Physicists at Paderborn University have, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated the so-called “return” of Rabi oscillations in semiconductor quantum dots. The phenomenon, which was first predicted theoretically in 2007, describes the decrease in...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Ufos
WAR.GOV/UFO, the Pentagon’s PURSUE portal, launched on May 8, 2026 and has already passed 1.7 billion hits, making it one of the most visited US government sites ever. The post A US Government UFO Website Has Been Hit 1.7 Billion Times in Six Weeks. appeared...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
A lawsuit alleged that Mayor Jacob Frey must ensure the city maintains more than 731 officers; a judge agreed, ordering Frey to hire officers by January 2027 or go to trial Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
Greece is planning “a first historic mission” to send a Greek astronaut to the International Space Station, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ office announced Friday. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
Suspended Franklin Township Officer Kevin Bollaro is accused of interviewing one person while responding to calls reporting gunshots and screaming before going out for pizza Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
Lurking at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of the sun, surrounded by a puzzling collection of young, massive stars whose orbits have long defied explanation. Astronomers have proposed various...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Police Lives Matter
Deputy Damien Draper Bost, 30, had served with the sheriff’s office eight years and was a school resource officer at South Columbus High School Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Astronomy
The NASA Artemis program, now supported by 67 countries under the Artemis Accords, plans to return humans to the moon by 2028. A recent White House Executive Order has gone further, directing NASA to establish a permanent lunar outpost by 2030. Go to...
by quasarn01 | Jun 26, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Controlling and trapping molecules, units of a substance consisting of two or more chemically bound atoms, with laser light is significantly more challenging than trapping individual atoms. This is because molecules exhibit more complex vibrational and rotational...
