Roman Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist – Goddard Space Flight Center There’s a deep intellectual satisfaction in figuring things out; it’s why people do crosswords or jigsaw puzzles, and I get to do that for the universe itself! That is one of the many reasons I have always loved myContinue Reading
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. Teams inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulateContinue Reading
Technicians prepare to transfer the #2 RS-25 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket engine (front) to the work stand with the #3 engine (back) for integration with the Artemis III core stage rocket on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/ClaytonContinue Reading
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft today fired its thrusters for 20 mins, 43 seconds boosting the International Space Station’s orbit. The CygnusContinue Reading
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space holds the solutions to our problems on Earth. If data centers are so hard to find a place for down here, why not put them hundreds of miles above the planet instead? Since power demand surges inContinue Reading
HQ Web Team Aug 26, 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, ahead of mating to a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman’s science instruments areContinue Reading
The Traitor has accused the state of ‘cheating’. But election officials say they are using outreach to combat misinformation., Voting from home California’s mail-in voting system has also become a particular target for The Traitor. Voting by mail surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, California passed a law toContinue Reading
Ratko Mladic a Bosnian Serb war criminal, has died in prison aged 84., Ratko Mladic, a war criminal convicted over the first genocide on European soil since the second world war, has died prison in The Hague at the age of 84. Earlier this year, Serbia requested that Mladic beContinue Reading
AI-powered voice typing is coming to Ubuntu in Myna , a speech-to-text feature that lets you talk into any valid text field. It’s still a work in progress, but I grabbed an early build to see how it’s shaping up. With Ubuntu 26.10 now entering its freeze, the user-facing piecesContinue Reading
Adobe has added a simplified editing mode to Photoshop designed to help new users get acquainted with the popular image editing app. AI Assisted Editor, now available in beta, is an optional alternative to the standard view — now called Pro Editor mode — that provides a prompt-based interface similarContinue Reading
It doesn’t matter what the UK government says, the majority of the UK public is reluctant to hand over additional surveillance powers that require tech companies to build backdoors to access encrypted communications. That’s based on a poll release Thursday by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a US-based advocacyContinue Reading
Ancient teeth and human DNA are revealing a surprising history of insect eating. Modern humans in northern Eurasia appear to have eaten insects only occasionally, while Neanderthals may have consumed them much more regularly. Populations near the tropics also retained genes that make insect exoskeletons easier to digest., Read MoreContinue Reading
An infamous Eagle, Idaho watering hole known for its hard-line conservative politics and provocative specials is officially on the market, opening the door for an unexpected transformation. Mark Fitzpatrick, the owner of Old State Saloon, announced he is selling the establishment. Listed online for $2.4 million, with its liquor licenseContinue Reading