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NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, in orbit around Mars, experienced a loss of signal with ground stations on Earth on Dec. 6. Telemetry from MAVEN had showed all subsystems working normally before it orbited behind the Red Planet. After the spacecraft emerged from behind Mars, NASA’s DeepContinue Reading

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Michael Shook Research Physical Scientist, Chemistry & Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Michael Shook has an undergraduate degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Kansas. He began work at NASA LaRC as a contractor in 2012 on airborne aerosol research with the LARGE group, airborne dataContinue Reading

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Patrick Rea Geospatial Coordination Lead, Contractor, Disaster Response Coordination System, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Mr. Patrick Rea, a Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. employee, will be serving as the Geospatial Coordination Lead within the DRCS Program Office where he will be responsible for ensuring data, products, and other capabilitiesContinue Reading

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Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Sprites occur at some 50 milesContinue Reading

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A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar system. NASA/Christopher LC Clark Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest inContinue Reading

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All links are libro.fm affiliate; each purchase earns a small percentage of income for the site. In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae, narrated by Melissa Moran (f/f) Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander, narrated by Aden Hakimi and Feodor Chin (trans m/m) I’ll Be Gone forContinue Reading

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LONDON (AP) — Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K’s top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states.” Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel RybarContinue Reading

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LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The latest regulatory flexing by Brussels risks antagonizing President Traitor 47’s administration, though EU officials denied they were singlingContinue Reading

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Electric vehicle sales are rising rapidly around the world. But few people who purchase these cars know anything about the workers who produce them. Labor activist Raraa Rahmawati is trying to change that for one group of EV supply chain workers: the more than 230,000 Indonesians who toil in the nickel miningContinue Reading