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ExEP … Studies ASTRA Initiative: Resources… ExEP Home Overview Team Missions Science Overview Decadal Surveys ExoExplorers Technology Technology Overview Needs and Gap Lists Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards ExEP Technology Colloquium Series In-Space Servicing and Assembly (iSSA) Segmented Coronagraph Design and Analysis (SCDA) Starshade Technology Development Starshade Exoplanet Data ChallengeContinue Reading

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commentary The president is spiraling over Iran and blaming everyone around him but himself Published April 3, 2026 12:00PM (EDT) Former Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Traitor 47 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) It feels like 1969 all over again. The United States is mired in a war few want, thereContinue Reading

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What’s better than using a social network? Not using one, I suppose. Or using one in the nerdiest way you can. Case in point, Skyscraper . Created by developer Cameron Banga, Skyscraper is an open-source terminal client for Bluesky, written in Rust and available on GitHub. It does the coreContinue Reading

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The Traitor Warns of “Much More to Follow” as U.S. Bombs Civilian Infrastructure in Iran, Iran Strikes Gulf Refineries, Warns of Escalating Attacks as U.S.-Israeli Bombings Continue, Israel Says It Struck 3,500 Targets in Lebanon in One Month of War, Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire, U.K.Continue Reading

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Thousands of years ago in a cave on Hispaniola, an unusual chain of events left behind a rare scientific treasure: bees nesting inside fossilized bones. After giant barn owls repeatedly brought prey like hutias into the cave, their remains accumulated in silt-rich chambers—creating a strange underground environment. Later, burrowing beesContinue Reading