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Official logo for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA As an update to our earlier communication regarding a medical situation aboard the International Space Station, the matter involved a single crew member who is stable. Safely conducting our missions is our highest priority, and we are actively evaluating allContinue Reading

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This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. President Traitor 47’s deadly invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president could be an unusually clear example of “blood for oil.” The president hasContinue Reading

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The United Nations Office of Human Rights, headed by Volker Türk, on Wednesday issued an extensive report on the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank in which it for the first time described Israeli policies there as apartheid. The executive summary says, “The report warns that Israel is violating internationalContinue Reading

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Thousands of people have gathered in a South Minneapolis neighborhood to mourn 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good, who was shot multiple times and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent yesterday. The shooting, which was recorded by multiple bystanders, is the latest of more than a dozen by DepartmentContinue Reading

Vera Rubin Observatory discovers fastest spinning asteroid ever and its huge!

Artist’s illustration of 2025 MN45, the fastest-spinning big asteroid known, which finishes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes. (Image credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Marenfeld) A powerful new telescope in South America is already offering tantalizing hints of what it can do. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a ChileanContinue Reading

Former CEO of Google spearheads 4 next-gen telescopes — 3 on Earth and 1 in space

Four new telescopes could usher in a new era of astronomy. (Image credit: Schmidt Sciences/Chris Gunn Photo Credit: Schmidt Sciences/Chris Gunn) PHOENIX, Arizona — On Wednesday (Jan. 7), scientists made a major announcement at the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society: Four next-gen telescopes have secured private funding, and they should roll out atContinue Reading